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Session 3: God’s Mission Considering Our Resources

Session 3: God’s Mission Considering Our Resources. Lynn Alan Brooks, Treasurer of the Diocese Session Leader. Session 3: God’s Mission Considering Our Resources. Purpose

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Session 3: God’s Mission Considering Our Resources

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  1. Session 3: God’s Mission Considering Our Resources Lynn Alan Brooks, Treasurer of the Diocese Session Leader

  2. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Purpose The purpose of Session 3 is to consider the resources that exist in the Diocese and to think about ways they could be used to further God’s Mission in Connecticut and the world. After the presentation that consists of selected national and local data, you will be asked to answer and discuss the three questions in your workbook pertaining to this session.

  3. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Source: National Church Data

  4. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources U. S. Population Change since 1990 (By Diocese) CT 0 – 10% Growth

  5. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Episcopal Church Average Sunday Attendance (1995 – 2000) CT 0 – 10% Decline

  6. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Episcopal Average Sunday Attendence (2000 – 2005) CT 10 – 25% Decline

  7. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Episcopal Average Sunday Attendance (2005 – 2009) CT 10 – 25% Decline

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  9. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Average Parish Pledge to Budget of Convention2005 - 2011

  10. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Pledges to Budget of Convention by Category2007-2011

  11. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Parish Pledges to Budget of Convention - 2011

  12. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources % Pledge to Budget of Convention vs. Size of Parish

  13. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources % Pledge to Budget of Convention vs. Operating Budget

  14. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Diocesan Financial Resources2011 9.5% *Estimated total amount spent by parishes and Convention Budget based on 2011 proposed budget

  15. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Diocesan Resources

  16. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Diocesan Resources

  17. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Diocesan Resources

  18. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Please take 2-3 minutes of silence to respond individually to Question 1 on page 5 of your Convention Notebook. Briefly share your responses to Question 1 around the table.

  19. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Please take another 2-3 minutes of silence to respond individually to Question 2 on page 5 of your Convention Notebook in light of the presentations in both Session II and III. Briefly share your responses to Question 2 around the table.

  20. Session 3: God’s MissionConsidering Our Resources Please consider Question 3 on page 5 of your Convention Notebook and explore possible responses around the table, noting what you would like to report back to your parishes.

  21. God is FaithfulCelebration Banquet Honoring Jack Spaeth 30 years of service & ministry

  22. Celebration Banquet Citation from the Trustees for Receiving Donations for the Support of the Bishop Presented by Lynn Alan Brooks, Trustee & Secretary

  23. Celebration Banquet Trustees For Receiving Donations For The Support Of The Bishop Citation Presented on October 21, 2011 to Jack Spaeth Whereas: Jack Spaeth has faithfully served the Diocese of Connecticut for several decades, to the best of his very considerable abilities, and Whereas: his efforts have been essential to the effective operation of the Diocese, setting a standard that will be virtually impossible to emulate, Therefore, be it RESOLVED to extend to Jack a heartfelt “Well done,” and the thanks of the Trustees for his manifold efforts and accomplishments, and our best wishes for the journey ahead, wherever the road may lead.

  24. Session 5: God’s MissionAnd the Budget of Convention Lynn Alan Brooks, Treasurer of the Diocese Cindy Winslow, Diocesan Controller Session Leaders

  25. Session 5: God’s MissionAnd the Budget of Convention Resolution #1: Our Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence as the Body of Christ (Submitted by Program & Budget Committee) Affirms that our common participation in God’s Mission as a Diocese invites us to mutual responsibility and interdependence as the Body of Christ. Reaffirms Resolution #2 of the 1993 Annual Convention that established the 12.5% Parish pledging level. Establishes participatory mechanisms that support and encourage mutual responsibility and interdependence in our common life together as the Diocese of Connecticut.

  26. Session 5: God’s MissionAnd the Budget of Convention • Provides for regional co-operative ministry teams that support and encourage our mutual responsibility and interdependence • Clarifies steps that may be taken in event parish fails to contribute 10% for two consecutive years.

  27. Session 5: God’s MissionAnd the Budget of Convention CANON I – OF THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF PARISHES, AND OF THEIR MEMBERS AND OFFICERS Section 12. Every Parish is responsible to live within a system of support and accountability that links its life and ministry with that of the Bishop and with those of other Parishes in the Diocese. Section 13. a) The Bishop shall make available to the parishes of the Diocese a system of support and accountability to encourage and enable the development of their life and ministry. Specific provisions shall be made to assist parishes not served by full-time clergy, or unable to meet financial obligations. Such assistance may be in the form of financial subsidy included in the diocesan program budget, permission to make use of different forms of ordained ministries (e.g. cluster, shared or part-time clergy leadership, and the like), or pastoral intervention. Such parishes shall be subject to the following conditions: They shall work with the Diocese within a system of accountability and support in close relationship with the Bishop's Office with special emphasis on the development of their life and ministry. Their clergy shall be designated Vicars and shall be appointed by the Bishop in consultation with the Vestry.

  28. Session 5: God’s MissionAnd the Budget of Convention b)Where, in the judgment of the Bishop, any such Parish shall fail to fulfill the obligations set forth in Canon 1, Sections 12 and 13 (a) and shall fail to implement on its own initiative the provisions of Canon I, Section 14, the Bishop may, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee and upon the recommendation of the Bishop and Diocesan Executive Council, terminate the existence of any such Parish after due notification of such intent at least six (6) months prior to such termination. Such notification shall also set forth the right of such parish to appear before the Bishop and Diocesan Executive Council prior to termination.

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