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Naughton Awarded House of Deputies Medal
Episcopal Café founder, long-time editor honored for service to church On January 31, House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings awarded the House of Deputies medal to Jim Naughton, founder and long-time editor of Episcopal Café, a blog of news, meditations,...
House of Deputies Legislative and House Committee Officers
01 Dispatch of Business Chair: The Rev. Dr. James B. Simons (Pittsburgh, III) Vice Chair: The Very Rev. Anthony R. Pompa (Bethlehem, III) Secretary: Mr. Kenneth C. Beck (Spokane, VIII) Assistant Secretary: The Rev. Martha B. Berger (Milwaukee, V) 02 Certification of...
Speaking from the Heart: Chaplain Lester Mackenzie
Born in Johannesburg and raised by his grandparents in Cape Town during apartheid, Deputy Lester V. Mackenzie is fluent in Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Dutch, Portuguese, and he’s getting the hang of Spanish. But the primary language he lives, preaches, speaks and...
Executive Council Opening Remarks January 2015
On January 9, 2015, President Jennings gave these remarks to the opening session of the Executive Council meeting: Here we are in January of 2015. In a few short months, General Convention will be before us. The mood is expectation and anticipation, and it feels a bit...
Draft Rules of Order Released
The House of Deputies Study Committee on the Rules of Order has released its report, which includes a proposed revision to the Rules of Order. Deputies and alternate deputies are asked to read the report, download the draft Rules of Order, and take an online survey...
Report of the House of Deputies Study Committee on the Rules of Order
La versión en español del proyecto de Reglas de Orden es aquí: Las Reglas de Orden en español December 10, 2014 Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies: The House of Deputies Study Committee on the Rules of Order was appointed by President Jennings following the 77th...
Informe de la Cámara de Diputados Comité de Estudio sobre las Reglas de Orden
Estimados diputados y suplentes: La presidente Jennings nombró el Comité de estudio sobre las Reglas de Orden de la Cámara de Diputados después de la 77ª. Convención General. Su objetivo al designar el comité era emprender una revisión y actualización completa de las...
A Letter from President Jennings: Deputies Helping to Heal a Hurting World
First Sunday of Advent 2014 Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies: Not too long after I was elected president of the House of Deputies in 2012, I got a call from Rob Radtke, who is the president of Episcopal Relief & Development. He asked if I would lead a...
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