Mission Strategy

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Mission Strategy
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Mission Strategy Vision

• Inviting We will bear witness to Gods
  reconciling love across boundaries of race and
  class, generation and language.
• Forming We will work, study, pray and give for
  our lifelong conversion in Christ.
• Sending We will send one another in the power
  of the Spirit into the ministries of our daily
  lives.
• Serving We will show forth the just reign of
  God in advocacy and action.

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Mission Strategy Goals 1 of 2

• By 2013 we will
• Plant new worshiping communities.
• Send new assistants to urban congregations.
• Create a program to fund parish capital
  campaigns, enabling congregations to develop
  leadership and skills.
• Launch new campus and young adult ministries.
• Engage in mission through parish-based
  partnershipslocal, domestic and global.

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Mission Strategy Goals 2 of 2

• Address issues of social and economic justice
  through the exercise of corporate and individual
  advocacy in the public realm, doing this as
  individuals, congregations and diocese, in
  partnership with Episcopal City Mission.
• Work as a diocese for AIDS prevention,
  education and awareness in Africa.
• Provide practical resources and training
  opportunities for congregations in evangelism,
  stewardship and congregational development and
  Christian formation.

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Proposed 2010 Diocesan Budget
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Diocesan Core Operating Budget Summary to be
placed before the Diocesan Convention on November
7, 2009, for consideration and vote.

• TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 6,417,318
• Revenue from Congregations (net) 4,980,000
  Spending Policy Income from Endowment 700,762
  Income from Trusts 731,556
• Other Income 5,000
• TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE 6,417,318 Deaneries,
  Congregations and Clergy 860,700
  Congregational Resources and Training
  966,835 Episcopal and Diocesan Support
  2,107,900 Administrative Services
  1,049,100 Strategic
  Ministries 1,394,298
• Contingencies 38,485

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The 2010 Assessment Formula

• The 2010 assessment formula for parishes is
• Assessment due 15.5 BASE - 6,000
• (subject to a floor of 0)
• Where the BASE for 2010 is equal to line 14
• (all other operating expenses) from the 2007
  parochial report, less line 7 (assistance from
  diocese).
• For a mission, the 2010 assessment is two-thirds
  the amount that would be assessed if the
  congregation were a parish.

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Attribution summary of changes in assessment
revenue

• Total 2009 Assessments 5,252,029
• Total impact of removing the cap 452,293
• Total impact of the change in the BASE
  259,641
• Total impact of the new formula - 841,187
• Total adjustments - 146,659
• Total 2010 Assessments 4,976,117
• (not including voluntary contributions or
  reserves)

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Impact of cap
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Nominees for Diocesan Elections
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Nominees for Clerical Member of Standing
Committee (1 to be elected)
The Rev. George H. Welles Jr. Church of Our
Saviour, Milton
The Rev. Marc G. Eames Church of the Redeemer,
Chestnut Hill
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Nominees for Lay Member of Standing Committee (1
to be elected)
Mr. John S. Anderson St. Jamess Church,
Groveland
Mr. David G. Bergquist Christ Church, South
Hamilton
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Nominees for Board of Directors of the Barbara
C. Harris Center (2 to be elected)
Mr. Adam Rodgers Emmanuel Church, Wakefield
The Rev. Jonathan T. Eden Christ Church,
Cambridge
Ms. Angela C. McConney St. Cyprians Church,
Roxbury
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Nominees for Member of Trustees of Donations (1
to be elected)
Mr. Karl D. Loos Christ Church, Cambridge
The Rev. Hall Kirkham II St. Peters Church,
Weston
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Uncontested ElectionsThese nominees are
unopposed.

• Clerical Member of the Cathedral Chapter
• The Rev. Robert G. Windsor, Christ Church,
  Needham
• Lay Members of the Cathedral Chapter
• Dr. David Colfax Garre, St. Christophers Church,
  Chatham
• Ms. H. Betsy Munzer, St. Pauls Church, Brookline
• Clerical Member of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court
• The Rev. Gale Davis Morris, Church of the Good
  Shepherd, Acton
• Lay Member of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court
• Ms. Rebecca Alden, St. Davids Church, South
  Yarmouth
• Treasurer of the Diocese
• Mr. James F. Gammill, Church of the Good
  Shepherd, Watertown
• Secretary of the Diocese
• Mr. Leon A. Brathwaite II, Church of the Good
  Shepherd, Waban

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Resolutions on Clergy Compensation and Benefits
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Resolutions on Clergy Compensation and Benefits
(p. H-26) Submitted by the Compensation and
Benefits Committee of the Commission on Ministry

• These two resolutions define Total Clergy
  Compensation and provide a formula for
  calculating minimum Total Clergy Compensation.

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Resolutions
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1. Resolution on bishops interpretation of
pastoral generosity in the context of General
Convention C056 (p. H-27)

• Expresses hope that the bishops public
  interpretation of General Conventions provision
  for generous pastoral response be that diocesan
  clergy are permitted to sign marriage licenses
  and pronounce marriages for any legally eligible
  couple in Massachusetts

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2. Resolution affirming General Convention
actions on slavery and reconciliation
(pp. H-28 H-29)

• Encourages the diocese and parishes to continue
  information gathering on complicity in and
  economic benefits from the institution of slavery
• Calls for a task force to assist with this
  process and report progress through 2012
• Asks for a diocesan Day of Repentance

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GC Resolution C056
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General Convention Resolution C056 Liturgies
for Blessings 1 of 3

• Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
• That the 76th General Convention
• acknowledge the changing circumstances in
• the United States and in other nations, as
• legislation authorizing or forbidding marriage,
• civil unions or domestic partnerships for gay
• and lesbian persons is passed in various civil
• jurisdictions that call forth a renewed pastoral
• response from this Church, and for an open
• process for the consideration of theological and
• liturgical resources for the blessing of
• same gender relationships and be it further

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General Convention Resolution C056 Liturgies
for Blessings 2 of 3

• Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy
  and Music, in consultation with the House of
  Bishops, collect and develop theological and
  liturgical resources, and report to the 77th
  General Convention and be it further
• Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy
  and Music, in consultation with the House of
  Bishops, devise an open process for the conduct
  of its work inviting participation from
  provinces, dioceses, congregations, and
  individuals who are engaged in such theological
  work, and inviting theological reflection from
  throughout the Anglican Communion
• and be it further

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General Convention Resolution C056 Liturgies
for Blessings 3 of 3

• Resolved, That bishops, particularly those in
  dioceses within civil jurisdictions where
  same-gender marriage, civil unions, or domestic
  partnerships are legal, may provide generous
  pastoral response to meet the needs of members of
  this Church and be it further
• Resolved, That this Convention honor the
  theological diversity of this Church in regard to
  matters of human sexuality and be it further
• Resolved, That the members of this Church be
  encouraged to engage in this effort.