Convention 2008

The 134th Convention

April 25-26, 2008

Traverse City, Michigan

Legislation

 (On This Page)

• Executive Offices
  • Standing Committee,

    General Convention Alternates,

    Provincial Synod &

    Ecclesiastical Court

 

• Resolutions & Canonical Changes

        

• Budget & Finance Information

Executive Offices

General Convention Deputy Alternates

Clergy in order

1.           William Spaid, Canon to the Ordinary

2.           David Brower, St. Gregory’s, Muskegon

3.           Cynthia Black, Parish Church, Portage

4.           Rick Swanson, St. Paul’s, Dowagiac

 

Lay in order

1.           Olivia Adams, St. Andrew’s, Big Rapids

2.           Musette El-Mohammed, St. Martin’s, Kalamazoo

3.           Kate Griffes, St. Andrew’s, Grand Rapids

4.           Jane Puvogel, St. Martin’s, Kalamazoo

 

Standing Committee

Clergy

David Meyers, St. John’s, Ionia

 

Lay

Netty Cove, St. Andrew’s, Big Rapids

Anne Davidson, St. Mark’s, Coldwater

 

Ecclesiastical Court

Clergy

Val Ambrose, St. Andrew’s, Grand Rapids

 

Province V Representative

Lay

Pam Chapman, St. Philip’s, Grand Rapids

 

Convention Affirmed elections to Executive Council

Traverse Deanery:

              Sheila Garner, Grace Church, Traverse City (2011)

Lakeshore Deanery:

              Lily Marx, Muskegon Area Ministry (2011)

St. Joseph Deanery:

              Cynthia Black, Parish Church (2011)

              Richard (Rick) Swanson, St. Paul’s, Dowagiac (2010)

Eastern Deanery:

              Stephen Bartlett, St. Mark’s, Coldwater (2010)

              Carol Spangenburg, St. John’s, Charlotte (2011)

Grand Valley:

              Wes Hackett, St. John’s, Ionia (2011)

 

Resolutions (as they were amended & passed)

R-1 (as amended & passed) -Building houses, raising awareness, transforming lives – a partnership between Habitat  for Humanity and the Diocese of Western Michigan

  

R-2 (as amended & passed) - Diocesan engagement in the Millennium Development Goals.

  

R-3 (passed) - Minimum Clergy Compensation Standard

R-4 (passed) - Review And Rewrite Of Diocesan Canons

  

R-5 (passed) -Dissolution of St. Michael’s Church, Cascade

R-6 (passed) - The Task Force for the Elimination of Racism

  

Canonical Changes Presented to Convention

CC-1 (passed)- "Of Church Property"

Budget & Finance Information

Budget Information

Powerpoint presentation on the finances of the Diocese

Diocesan Actual Expenses Graphs.pdf

2008 Approved budget (.pdf)

Other Financial Information

Cathedral & St. Paul's Sales Proceeds (.pdf)

Diocesan Investment Summary 12.31.07.pdf

Diocesan Pledge Revenues Trend.pdf