DIOCESAN CONVENTION 2009 RESOLUTION

Diocesan Convention 2009 – Resolution


RESOLVED, That this 219th Convention of the Diocese of Rhode Island invites a review of our diocesan mission priorities, and be it further


RESOLVED, That a Mission Task Force be created to facilitate this process. This Task Force shall be comprised of one priest and one lay person elected by the Standing Committee from its membership; one cleric and one lay person elected by Diocesan Council from its membership, and two people appointed by the Bishop. The Bishop’s appointees shall not be employees of the Diocese. The Task Force shall be constituted by November 39, 2009, and be it further


RESOLVED, That the President of the Standing Committee shall set the time and place of the first meeting of the Task Force to be held before December 31, 2009. At this first meeting, the Task Force shall elect a chairperson from its membership and shall recruit at least six members, one from each deanery of the diocese, in addition to its original membership; and be it further


RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall devise a process in which the lay and clerical members of the Diocese may express their hopes and ideas regarding the future mission of the Diocese. The Task Force may request reasonable staff support from diocesan staff (e.g. mailings, electronic communication); and be it further


RESOLVED. That the Task Force shall report to the 220th Convention of the Diocese of Rhode Island with its findings, including a recommendation for mission priorities to be adopted or affirmed by the Diocese. The Task Force is encouraged to be in regular communication with the appropriate people and groups for the budgeting process, in the event that a revised budget is to be presented to the 220th Convention of the Diocese to match modified mission priorities.





Task Force Committee Members

Rev. Dorothy Brightman (Narragansett Deanery) DLBrightman@aol.com
Rev Buck Close (Blackstone Deanery) buckclose@gmail.com
Brian Ehlers (Bishop’s Appointment) bce@cox.net
Fran Gammell-Roach (Standing Committee) fgammell@aol.com
David Isherwood (East Bay Deanery)
davidisherwood@isherwoodappraisal.com
Rev Bill Locke, Chaplain frbill@cox.net
Rev Pam Mott (Aquidnick Deanery) pam@smcportsmouth.org
Scott Nicholson (Bishop’s Appointment) scottnicholson@cox.net
Rev Jennifer Pedrick, Chair (Standing Committee) jennifer@epiphanyep.org
Modesta Pellot (Diocesan Council) moepellot@gmail.com
Jim Segovis (Central Deanery) jsegovis@bryant.edu
Susan Wright (West Bay Deanery) susandwright@gmail.com


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a. List of Committee Goals to be accomplished by ’10 Convention
#1. Design and implement a listening process to engage members of the Diocese in expressing their hope for future diocesan mission priorities and programs.
#2. Link with other diocesan bodies and leadership throughout the process, e.g.
Program and Budget, Diocesan Council, Diocesan Staff and Bishop.

#3. Report to the next Convention an articulation of energy and commitment to new and/or renewed mission priorities and suggested next steps.

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Communication

To keep up to date on the work of the Task Force look at the Diocesan Web Page (www.episcopalri.org) or the Diocesan Blog (http://episcopalri.blogspot.com/) or, most specifically, look at the Task Force Blog.

To connect to the Mission Task Force Blog, enter http://mission-task-force.blogspot.com/ into the address line of your computer's internet browser (Windows Internet Explorer for Windows PCs.). Soon there will be a link to the blog from the Diocesan Website (internet address is http://www.episcopalri.org/) Undo ?