Resolution Results
113th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
December 5 – 6, 2008
Resolution regarding Socially Responsible Investing
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote. Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles recommends that the Trustees of the Diocesan Investment Trust consider revising the first paragraph of the trust’s Statement of Investment Objectives to read:
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles urges the Diocesan Investment Trust to include in its Annual Report information regarding socially responsible investments. Submitted by: The Very Reverend Will Wauters
The primary investment objective of the Trust’s Long-term Diversified Fund is to, in a socially responsible way, preserve and enhance capital through long-term growth in value, with reasonable liquidity and moderate volatility and risk. The secondary investment objective is to achieve a competitive total return measured against relevant market indices and funds with similar objectives and characteristics.
and, be it further
Member, Program Group on Peace and Justice
Church of the Epiphany, Los Angeles
Resolution regarding Deployment
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote. Submitted by: The Very Reverend Canon Michael Bamberger, Dean, Deanery Five The Very Reverend Rob Bethancourt, Dean, Deanery Nine The Reverend Gary Commins, Rector, St. Luke’s Church, Long Beach The Very Reverend Canon Peter Haynes, Dean, Deanery Ten The Very Reverend Judy Heffron, Dean, Deanery Six The Very Reverend Jerome Kahler, Co-Dean, Deanery One The Very Reverend Canon James Newman, Dean, Deanery Three The Very Reverend Rand Reasoner, Dean, Deanery Two The Very Reverend Will Wauters, Dean, Deanery Four
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles request that our Bishop hold four regional forums for our Diocese prior to the 114th Annual Meeting of the Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles to enable an open dialogue between (1) our Bishop and (2) his staff and (3) the Clergy and (4) lay leaders representing diocesan and congregational structures about deployment practices in our Diocese.
Resolution regarding Our Companion Relationship with the Anglican Diocese of El Salvador
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles extend our companion relationship with the Anglican Diocese of El Salvador for an additional three year period, ending June 30, 2012. Submitted by: The Reverend George Woodward Chair, World Mission Group
St. Edmund’s Church, San Marino
Resolution regarding The Mission Share Fund Budget
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote.
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los establish a policy wherein resolutions seeking to amend the Mission Share Fund budget as part of the debate during the Diocesan Convention must include in the resolution the sources of funding for any effort to increase the amount of the budget for any line item, or for any effort to add a line item; and be it further
Resolved, that the Diocese also establish the policy wherein resolutions seeking to change the Mission Share Fund budget after it has won the approval of the Diocesan Convention will be ruled out of order.
Submitted by: The Reverend Canon Elizabeth Habecker
On behalf of the Diocesan Council
Resolution regarding the 2006 General Convention Resolution B033
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote.
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles call upon the 76th General Convention of The Episcopal Church to abide by the canons of The Episcopal Church; to respect the responsibility of each diocese to discern prayerfully the will of God in calling leaders; to refrain from restricting the potential field of candidates on the basis of gender and sexual orientation; and thus to retract General Convention 2006 Resolution B033. Submitted by: Mr. Jim White
Chair, Diocesan Deputation to General Convention
All Saints’ Church, Pasadena
Resolution regarding Economic Justice for and with Lower Income People
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote.
Resolved, the House of ________ concurring, that the 76th General Convention affirm and adopt the following as the policy and program for Economic Justice of “The Episcopal Church during the next six years: Submitted by: Ms Elizabeth Hailey
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles join with the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice in urging the General Convention of the Episcopal Church to accept the resolution on Economic Justice for and with lower income people.
1. Each Episcopal congregation shall know where the marginalized of their community live and work, shall have a relationship with one or more poor families in their community, knowing people by their names, and shall form a local partnership with an agency that is working with low income people.
2. Episcopal congregations shall continue to engage in the traditional acts of mercy in which many congregations and Jubilee Centers participate: food pantries, clothes closets, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and other opportunities for low income people.
3. The Episcopal Church, its dioceses and congregations shall continue advocacy by the Church and its congregations (in concert with the Episcopal Public Policy Network) for legislation which provides adequate levels of support and opportunities for low income people.
4. The Episcopal dioceses and congregations shall promote and participate in church-based community organizing whereby people of the local community exercise the power of numbers and conviction to bring their needs to the attention and effective action of elected officials and governmental bodies.
5. The Episcopal Church, its dioceses and its congregations shall support and participate in various models through which low income people and their co-workers can take control of their own lives and meet their own needs: models like community development corporations, housing corporations and co-ops, and small business development.
6. The Episcopal Church at every level shall be encouraged to make loans and deposits at a level of one to ten percent of its financial assets to community development financial institutions (community loan funds, community development banks and credit unions, and micro-loan business funds) to support local community development, and, where helpful and necessary, to create such a financial institution themselves.
7. The Episcopal Church shall develop at the national level a community development loan fund which is open to deposits from Episcopal dioceses, congregations, organizations, and members with a goal of becoming a $24 million fund that will support the “community-controlled economic development programs of the disadvantaged”(quoted from the Economic Justice Resolution of the 1988 General Convention).
8. The Episcopal Church at the national level shall fund the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice at a level of $100,000 per year for the coming triennium so that it can continue and increase its mission of supporting and assisting economic justice work at every level of the Church.
Member, Program Group on Peace and Justice
St. Michael and All Angels Church, Studio City
Resolutions proposed in response
to the Bishop’s Address
Resolution from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote Proposed by: The Rev. Canon Gregory Richards (for the Committee)
Resolved, that the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles embraces, encourages, and supports the work of the Bishop Diocesan, as the Chief Missioner of the Diocese, his work with the Program Groups and Commissions, churches, and individuals, and in the work of the emerging expressions of worship in the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Resolution from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address
Moved, seconded, passed by majority vote Resolved that the Bishop Diocesan put into place a process for this election.
Resolved, that since the current Bishop Suffragan, the Right Reverend Chester L. Talton, has announced his retirement as of June 2010, the One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles concurs with the request of the Right Reverend, the Bishop Diocesan, J. Jon Bruno to call for the election of a Bishop Suffragan, on December 4 and 5, 2009 at the One Hundred Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles; and be it further
