Another Update
Hi all!
This is a quick update!
The House of Bishops past the Revised Common Lectionary resolution, it still has to go to the House of Deputies before it would take effect.
Triennial had a special service in recogntion of the Anniversary of Women's Ordination.
It was a nice gesture, though I don't really fit in.
It was either Susie Erdey or Dylan Breuer who made the comment that I rather enjoyed - after mentioning that I don't fit in Triennial, the responce was along the lines of "you in Triennial is like Susan Russell there. WOW, I just got compared to Susan Russell...not sure what to make of that.
Jackie Means spoke of Kids Camp, a ministry for children of incarcerated parents. Anyone intersted in helping or starting a branch of their own should contact her - somehow.
The HOD started using a new electronic voting system (different from the one used last GC). There seem to be a lot of problems, and some claiming errors in their voting. Having not used this system I'm not sure if their complains are valid and widly felt or if some of the deputies are just really dumb. (When a motion was made and a vote was taken to return to paper ballots the motion was defeated.) However, paper ballots will be used for elections as more than 10% of the deputies made errors while voting (such as voting for #26 out of 19) .
Okay, that was yesterday.. today I finally got to get on the floor.. W00t, there was a vote by orders (thanks Louie Crew) on whether Bishops consents should only be done by Standing Commitees (hopefully that will fail).
A159 DID pass, check out that resolution on the Blue Book link. That is the only Windsor resolution any of us favored. It basically said we all enjoy the anglican communion, we trust eachother, etc, but only committed to parts A and B of the report, NOT the moratorium.
Speaking of which, last night's hearing in front of Committee #26 was interesting, many spoke, but more on that in another post.
Oh, the Title IV resolution is being COMPLETELY rewritten and lay inclusion in this canon may be taken out. There is, however, much doubt as to whether this rewrite will be possible in the days left of convention, and though the current canon is very broken, the revision as rewritten is very flawed, even if written by the brilliant Sally Johnson.
The PB election is being kept very quiet. Neil Alexander still seems like the leader, even though this is unsure, and almost all the Bishops seem to say they could live with any of the nominees. The only Bishop I'm hearing much contest about is Jenkins (many couldn't deal with him as PB, and people question if now is the right time for a woman [Katherine Jefferts Schori] - especially one whose diocese is smaller than some large parishes.
PB&F came forward with a resolution which redistributed the focuses of the committee. The brought Peace and Justice to number 1, Youth to 2 (renaming it children and youth), Reconsiliation and Evangelism to number 3, followed by Congregational Transformation then Partnerships.
Though some protested the move of Youth, I approved strongly, as I believe that little motivates youth than seeing justice and peace brought to the world. That is the Living Church.
I'm gonna run, more updates soon.
Peace all,
Allie
This is a quick update!
The House of Bishops past the Revised Common Lectionary resolution, it still has to go to the House of Deputies before it would take effect.
Triennial had a special service in recogntion of the Anniversary of Women's Ordination.
It was a nice gesture, though I don't really fit in.
It was either Susie Erdey or Dylan Breuer who made the comment that I rather enjoyed - after mentioning that I don't fit in Triennial, the responce was along the lines of "you in Triennial is like Susan Russell there. WOW, I just got compared to Susan Russell...not sure what to make of that.
Jackie Means spoke of Kids Camp, a ministry for children of incarcerated parents. Anyone intersted in helping or starting a branch of their own should contact her - somehow.
The HOD started using a new electronic voting system (different from the one used last GC). There seem to be a lot of problems, and some claiming errors in their voting. Having not used this system I'm not sure if their complains are valid and widly felt or if some of the deputies are just really dumb. (When a motion was made and a vote was taken to return to paper ballots the motion was defeated.) However, paper ballots will be used for elections as more than 10% of the deputies made errors while voting (such as voting for #26 out of 19) .
Okay, that was yesterday.. today I finally got to get on the floor.. W00t, there was a vote by orders (thanks Louie Crew) on whether Bishops consents should only be done by Standing Commitees (hopefully that will fail).
A159 DID pass, check out that resolution on the Blue Book link. That is the only Windsor resolution any of us favored. It basically said we all enjoy the anglican communion, we trust eachother, etc, but only committed to parts A and B of the report, NOT the moratorium.
Speaking of which, last night's hearing in front of Committee #26 was interesting, many spoke, but more on that in another post.
Oh, the Title IV resolution is being COMPLETELY rewritten and lay inclusion in this canon may be taken out. There is, however, much doubt as to whether this rewrite will be possible in the days left of convention, and though the current canon is very broken, the revision as rewritten is very flawed, even if written by the brilliant Sally Johnson.
The PB election is being kept very quiet. Neil Alexander still seems like the leader, even though this is unsure, and almost all the Bishops seem to say they could live with any of the nominees. The only Bishop I'm hearing much contest about is Jenkins (many couldn't deal with him as PB, and people question if now is the right time for a woman [Katherine Jefferts Schori] - especially one whose diocese is smaller than some large parishes.
PB&F came forward with a resolution which redistributed the focuses of the committee. The brought Peace and Justice to number 1, Youth to 2 (renaming it children and youth), Reconsiliation and Evangelism to number 3, followed by Congregational Transformation then Partnerships.
Though some protested the move of Youth, I approved strongly, as I believe that little motivates youth than seeing justice and peace brought to the world. That is the Living Church.
I'm gonna run, more updates soon.
Peace all,
Allie
posted by Allie at 7:15 PM
2 Comments:
Also today Presiding Bishop Griswold, NH Bishop Robinson and Canon Anderson of the AAC appeared on CNN's Larry King Live to discuss sexuality. Anderson came off as usual as an idiot (in my opinion of course). But to my surprise Griswold did sound so hot either. The New Hampshire bishop sounded the most sane of all the people on the show, which included a Roman Catholic Priest, Gay Roman Catholic blogger, UCC minister and your typical bible thumping Southern Baptist minister. I believe the interview will be on tonite at either 12 midnight or 1 AM on CNN.
"It was either Susie Erdey or Dylan Breuer who made the comment that I rather enjoyed - after mentioning that I don't fit in Triennial, the responce was along the lines of "you in Triennial is like Susan Russell there. WOW, I just got compared to Susan Russell...not sure what to make of that."
I have to believe that the only way there will be a Triennial in another generation is if someone under the age of 30 is there. ECW will be very different in the future...
And as for Susan+, she may have decided to serve the Lord as opposed to continuing life as an Orange County soccer mom, but I have to believe the OC is still lurking inside her.
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