Standing Committee Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande Meeting ...

4. With the Standing Committee, share ministry of pastoral care to clergy
and their families.
5. Give counsel to the Standing Committee with respect to issuing Letters
Dimissory and licenses.
6. Give counsel to Standing Committee with respect to mediation of
disputes with vestries.
7. Give counsel to the Standing Committee to informal and formal
canonical discipline of clergy.
A compensation package which addressed salary, transportation, housing, and
meals was adopted as a guideline for the Standing Committee to use in calling an
Assisting Bishop. We thank all those who suggested names for our consideration.
We consulted with Bishop Clay Mathews on all bishops offered to us, before
making our final selection. We plan to announce who that will be by Friday,
January 25, by announcement on this web page.
- There will be a special meeting of the Standing Committee to focus on the search
process for a new Bishop. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 29. The agenda
will include the development of a process for forming both search and transition
committees, size and composition of the Search Committee, the process to gather names
and name the committee members, the process to gather Diocesan input, the timeline, and
the charge to the committee(s).
- The next regular meeting of the Standing Committee and the Board of Trustees will
be held on February 19, 2007.
The following items are reported from the meeting of the Board of Trustees:
-Church of the Ascension: Two members of the Trustees met in Cloudcroft in
December with Church of the Ascension and it was agreed that they would be on the
January agenda of the Board of Trustees. The Vicar, Assistant Treasurer and Vice
President of their council came on the 14 th to discuss their desire to leave the Episcopal
Church. They have agreed to work together with the Trustees for the next 6 months in
accord with the Canons of the Episcopal Church. The first step is the building of a trust
relationship between Church of the Ascension and the Diocese.
-At this time there is no plan to move Diocesan House. The vestry of the Cathedral has
decided to purchase the Berger Briggs building and will initially utilize the building for
youth and outreach ministries. We congratulate them on their farsightedness and our
prayers are with them!
-Hope Episcopal Church will break ground on their new church facility 2:00 PM
Friday, February 1. Congratulations to Fr Dan Teuton and all the people of Hope
Episcopal, with special thanks to Bishop’s Warden, Howie Tischler.