The 213th Annual Council - Diocese of Virginia

Proceedings
The Rev. Anne Scupholme, St. Paul’s, Shenandoah
The Rev. Linnea Turner, Leeds, Markham
The Rev. Stephen H. Wade, Retired
The president made the following nominations for election to fill a vacancy for a term
ending in 2010:
Ms. Liz Ward, Christ Church, Alexandria
The Council voted by voice in support of this election.
The president made the following nominations for election to fill a three-year term
ending in 2011:
The Rev. Dr. David W. Perkins, All Souls’, Atlee
Mr. Jack W. “JB” Burtch, Holy Comforter, Richmond
The Council voted by voice in support of their election.
Report of the Committee on Budget
Bishop Lee called on Mr. Don Metheny, Trinity, Fredericksburg, and chair of the Budget
Committee to give the report of the Committee.
Thank you, bishop, and good morning. I am Don Metheny, a member of Trinity Church,
Fredericksburg and chair of the Budget Committee to this Annual Council. Following
yesterday’s hearing, the budget I present to you is the result of recent adjustments to
income and expenses, the frank and helpful input of the members of this Council who
spoke at yesterday’s open hearing and the thoughtful consideration by the members of
your Budget Committee.
Serving as chairman of your Budget Committee is both a responsibility and a privilege.
To begin, I take advantage of the latter. Since you arrived yesterday and received the 2008
pledge report, I am especially pleased to report a number of additional pledges. We have
received either increases or new pledges from the following churches: Abingdon Church,
White Marsh; Christ Church, Christchurch; St. James’, Montross; St. Peter’s, Oak Grove;
Olivet Church, Alexandria; St. James’, Mt. Vernon; St. Peter’s, New Kent; Church of the
Creator, Mechanicsville; Grace Church, Casanova; St. Matthew’s, Sterling; Emmanuel
Church, Woodstock; Christ Church, Charlottesville; Emmanuel Church, Greenwood; St.
Mary’s, Fleeton. In addition, two of our continuing congregations have submitted new
pledges, both of which were tithes of 10 percent to the Diocese. They are St. Margaret’s
Woodbridge in the amount of $12,000 and Epiphany, Herndon in the amount of $7,500.
The total increases in giving of all these parishes I have mentioned is about $275,000,
which is included in the budget you have before you.
Now let me turn to the particulars of the budget at hand. The budget for 2008 was first
proposed and adopted at the December meeting of the Executive Board. From there,
oversight is turned over to the Budget Committee of Annual Council. I will now ask that
all Budget Committee members who are present come forward and stand here with me
and I will introduce you after you are up here.
While the other members of the Committee make their way forward, I would like to
explain how we arrived at the budget that we are presenting today. Starting with the
budget proposed by the Executive Board, we first adjusted income items based on
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