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General
Convention 2006
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 The
75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church,
USA, will meet June 13-21, 2006, in Columbus,
Ohio.
Meeting
once every three years, General Convention is the
ultimate legislative body for the Episcopal Church.
It is comprised of the House of Deputies and House of
Bishops, which meet separately but must concur for
any action to become church policy. Also meeting concurrently
is the Triennial, the gathering of the Episcopal Church
Women. >> Click
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REPRESENTING THE DIOCESE OF NEWARK |
| House of Deputies - Lay Order |
House of Deputies - Clergy Order |
House of Bishops |
Louie Crew
Lyn Headley-Deavours
Martha Gardner
Marge Christie
Michael Rehill, Alternate
Kim Byham, Alternate
Steven A. Boston, Alternate
Sydney W. King, Jr., Alternate |
The
Rev. Diane Doyle Clark
The
Rev. E. Bevan Stanley
The
Rev. Sandye A. Wilson
The
Rev. Elizabeth Kaeton
The
Rev. Geoffrey B. Curtiss, Alternate
The
Rev. Randall Day, Alternate
The
Rev. Kenneth M. Near, Alternate
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The Rt. Rev. John P. Croneberger
The Rt. Rev. Carol Gallagher |
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Triennial Delegates |
Doris Mardirosian, Anna Byrne, Lindsay McHugh,
Eleanor Howell |
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Youth Participants |
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| Alexandra "Allie" Acaster,
Christ, Ridgewood |
Alexandre "AJ" DeWalkt,
St. Luke's, Montclair |
| Janelle Grant, St. Paul's, Paterson |
Charles Herrera, House of Prayer, Newark |
| Amasi Kumeh, House of Prayer, Newark |
Dolores Macauley, House of Prayer, Newark |
| Kevin Parker, Christ Church, East Orange |
Catherine Potter, St. Luke's, Hope |
| Russell Taliaferro, St. Luke's, Montclair |
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Chaperones |
| Sophia Matlock, St. Luke's, Phillipsburg |
Ken Near, St. Paul's, Englewood |
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LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY THE DIOCESE OF NEWARK |
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Our diocesan conventions in 2005 and 2006 adopted several
resolutions for submission to General Convention. The
resolutions have been filed by the General Convention
Office and assigned to their appropriate working committees,
Social and Urban Affairs, Special Legislative Committee
and Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music.
The resolutions addressed a variety of social and
economic justice issues that are (by title):
- Episcopal
Network for Economic Justice
- Church
Responsibility in Reparations
- General
Convention Site Choices
- Importance
of the Anglican Communion
- Right
of Workers to Organize
- Anglican
Consultative Council Appropriation
- Martyrs
of Lyon Name Change
The texts of these resolutions as adopted by the diocesan
conventions can be found on the diocesan website. The
first six resolutions were adopted at Convention 2006
and the text can be viewed at www.dioceseofnewark.org/convention/resolutions06.html.
The last resolution regarding the feast day name change
is available at www.dioceseofnewark.org/convention/resolutions05.html.
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