Selected Mailings online  posted Sep 19, 2008

Committee Reports Due Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Convention memo

To: Everyone Submitting Reports: Committees, Boards, Commissions of the Diocese
From: Diocesan Convention Office
Subject: Committee Reports due October 1st
Date: September 17, 2008

This is a reminder to please make sure that your committee report (please try to use Word) is in by October 1st if you would like it to be posted on the diocesan website prior to the convention on November 8th. Suggested contents are listed below.

Selected Mailings online  posted Sep 04, 2008

Pre-Convention Meeting Guidelines

Convention memo

To: Deans, Diocesan Council Representatives, Alan Lindsay and Everett Gillison, co-chairs, Program Budget Committee, Karen Lash, chair, Resolution Committee
From: Bishop Bartlett, Standing Committee
Subject: Uniform Guidelines for the 2008 Pre-Convention Meetings
Date: September 4, 2008

1. The dean calls, convenes, arranges for, and chairs the Pre-Convention deanery in her/his deanery. S/he may chair the meeting as s/he believes is best for his/her deanery.

Selected Mailings online  posted Aug 26, 2008

Updated links and deadlines

Convention memo

To: Clergy, Convention Deputies, Lay Leaders
From: Diocesan Convention Office
Subject: Diocesan Convention – November 8, 2008
Date: August 21, 2008

Nominations
All information on Nominations is available at www.diopa.org/office/convention/2008/nominations including a list of those that have been nominated by the Nominations Committee, Forms for Nominations and Biographical information sheets. The firm deadline for nominations is October 3rd for Nominations and for submitting Biographical information. Please submit nominations to JDLafrance@diopa.org.

Selected Mailings online  posted Aug 26, 2008

Convention deadlines

Convention Memo

For: All Congregations From: Diocesan Convention Office Subject: convention materials Date: August 21, 2008

Here are additional materials for our Diocesan Convention to be held Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Cathedral. Please note the important deadlines:

• Materials for additional nominations – deadline October 1st
• Committee reports & membership – deadline October 1st
• Resolutions – deadline September 8th

Selected Mailings online  posted Aug 26, 2008

Exhibitions at Convention

Convention Memo

For: Potential Exhibitors at Convention
From: Karen Bach, Assistant for Ordinations and Transitions
Subject: Exhibitor Registration by October 6, 2008 (or First-Come, First-Served)
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Download the Exhibit Request Form

On November 8, 2008 the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania will hold its 225th convention at the Philadelphia Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. More than 900 clergy and lay leaders will gather for this event and browse the exhibit hall from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to educate our diocese about your organization or sell your wares.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jul 18, 2008

Certificates for Convention Delegates

Convention Memo

For: All Congregations
From: Diocesan Convention Office
Subject: Certificates for Convention Delegates
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008

All Convention participants are encouraged to register online

Enclosed are the certificates on which you record the names and addresses of those lay persons that have been elected to represent your congregation at the Diocesan Convention on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Philadelphia Cathedral, 38th and Chestnut Streets. Also enclosed is the Youth Delegate Certificate.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jul 18, 2008

Convention Materials

Convention Memo

For: All Congregations
From: Diocesan Convention Office
Subject: Convention Materials
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Enclosed are materials for our Diocesan Convention to be held Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Cathedral. Please read all materials carefully and make every effort to meet the deadlines.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jun 26, 2008

Bishop Bartlett's Letter

June 24, 2008

Dear Standing Committee Members:

Thank you for the invitation to continue to serve as Assisting Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania.

After considerable reflection, I am pleased to accept your gracious invitation for the period September through December 2008, assuming the Standing Committee remains as the Ecclesiastical Authority and that my services are needed.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jun 25, 2008

Pastoral Care for Clergy

When the Standing Committee called me to serve as Assisting Bishop, one of the primary duties they had in mind was pastoral care of the clergy of the Diocese and their families. This continues to be a meaningful role for me.

To extend it, I want to continue a practice that goes back many years in this Diocese. When Barbara Blodgett retired, the Rev. Christine Ritter was asked to administer the Wellness Fund, which provides funding for emergency health needs of clergy and families. She does this, but she brings other gifts as a trained psychotherapist, as well.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jun 23, 2008

Former Chancellor Responds

Download the Letter from Review Committee

Ladies and gentlemen: I have just read the statement from the Standing Committee that continues to repeat the Committee’s charges that Bishop Bennison was responsible for “financial mismanagement.”

I attach the letter from the President of the Review Committee to which the Standing Committee referred. The canons of the Church do not require it to be kept confidential. I note Bp. Henderson’s statement that “The Church Attorney concluded that Bishop Bennison committed no offense in these matters … for which he should be disciplined…”

Selected Mailings online  posted Feb 06, 2008

Assisting Bishop's Message

FAMILIAR GROUND, NEW ROLE: A Greeting to Friends New and Old

I was touched and honored by the Standing Committee’s invitation to serve three days a week as Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, pro tempore, until one able to serve longer could be found. I accepted, but it was not easy. My plate was at least half full with things I enjoy doing, and the joys of retirement are not lightly relinquished.

Selected Mailings online  posted Feb 05, 2008

Bishop Bartlett begins ministry as Assisting Bishop Pro Tempore

From: The Standing Committee
Date: February 5, 2008

Dear Diocesan Family:

We are pleased to announce that Bishop Allen L. Bartlett has agreed to be the Assisting Bishop Pro Tempore while we maintain our search for an Assisting Bishop. We continue to work with Bishop Clay Matthews of the Presiding Bishop’s Office in this endeavor.

Selected Mailings online  posted Jan 25, 2008

Candidates for Assisting Bishop

From: The Standing Committee
Subject: A message from the Standing Committee
Date: January 22, 2008

Dear Diocesan Family:

We have endeavored to call an Assisting Bishop since November 3, 2007. Two candidates were under serious consideration. One withdrew from consideration in mid-December. On Friday, January 18, 2008 another bishop withdrew from consideration.

Selected Mailings online  posted Dec 21, 2007

Bishop's Ball moved to January 12, 2008

Dear Clergy and Lay Leaders:

The Bishop’s Ball has been moved by the Youth Council to January 12, 2008. The reason for this is to give parish youth groups more time to prepare after the holidays for the dance. The dance will be at St. Paul’s Church in Chestnut Hill located at 22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, 19118. All registration forms are available on on the website in the youth section.

Selected Mailings online  posted Oct 18, 2007

Volunteers needed for ushering at Convention

Convention Memo

To: Clergy, Convention Deputies, Lay Leaders
From: Jeff Baker, Head Usher at Diocesan Convention
Subject: Diocesan Convention – November 3, 2007
Date: October 17, 2007

Calling All Congregations of the Diocese of Pennsylvania:

We are looking for robust volunteers for ushering at convention. We will need up 20 people.

Convention ushers will be required from 6:30AM – 5:00PM. If required we can accept volunteers that can only commit to part of the day, in which case we, of course, will require additional volunteers.