HOLY SPIRIT COME X 44TH COnvEnTIOn 1

Journalof the

Diocese of southwest

FloriDa

FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THEDIOCESE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

meeting at

Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center Punta Gorda, Florida

October 20, 2012

ALSO INCLUDING:

Committee DirectoryCongregation Directory

2011 Parochial Report DataDirectory of Presbyters

Directory of DeaconsConstitution and Canons:

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contents

In Memoriam ......................................................................................... 4Diocesan Staff ........................................................................................ 6Elections, Appointments, Boards, Committees .....................................7Episcopal Agencies, Organizations & Resources ................................. 15Episcopal Schools ................................................................................. 17Congregations by City ...........................................................................19Congregations by Deanery .................................................................. 20Diocesan Deaneries ............................................................................. 23Church Listing with 2010 Parochial Data ............................................27Total Diocese 2010 Parochial Data ....................................................182Directory of Bishops ...........................................................................183Directory of Presbyters ...................................................................... 180Directory of Deacons ..........................................................................217Students in Ordination Process .........................................................227

Forty-Fourth Annual Convention Actions

Canonical List .................................................................................... 230Lay Delegates ..................................................................................... 236Bishop Dabney T. Smith’s Address ....................................................241Agenda of the 43rd Convention .........................................................247Minutes of the 43rd Convention ....................................................... 248

Reports to Convention

Reports to Convention ....................................................................... 265Diocesan Council Meeting Minutes ...................................................277Audit 2010 ......................................................................................... 295Budget 2012 ........................................................................................321The Calendar of The Rt. Rev. Dabney T. Smith ................................ 336The Constitution and Canons (as adopted October 2012) ............... 342

Journal of the Diocese of Southwest florida 2012

The Diocese of Southwest floridaDiocesan House

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Editor: Garland Pollard, Director of Communications gpollard@episcopalswfl.org

•The Journal of the Diocese of Southwest florida, published

annually since 1969, is the record of events at the 2012 Annual Convention of The Episcopal Church in Southwest florida. It

includes a report on the Episcopal congregations of the Diocese, listings of 2013 vestry members, a directory of clergy and a current copy of the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese.

© 2013 by Diocese of Southwest florida

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Clockwise from top: Opening Eucharist with the Rev. Becky Robbins-Penniman, Bishop Dabney Smith, the Rev. william de la Torre, the Rev. fredrick Robinson and the Rev. Melissa Sands.

new clergy in Diocese come to the front for recognition including the Rev. Denise Guinta, the Rev. Lisa Hamilton, the Rev. Jean Hite, the Rev. Roy Allison, the Rev. Michelle Ortiz, the Rev. Micheal Sircy, the Rev. Susan Latimer and the Rev. Michelle Robertshaw.

Transitional deacons the Rev. Kelsey Hutto and the Rev. william de la Torre.

uSf student Brian McPhee assisting with ballots.

Sheree Graves, Standing Committee President.

scenes of convention 2012

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in Memoriam 2012

The Rev. John M. McGinnis, Jr.

The Rev. Stuart G. Ruth

The Ven. Canon Nathaniel Hynson, VIII

Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith

Mrs. Pauline A. Middleton Allis

Mr. Hugh R. Ennis

Mrs. Anna Lee Comfort

“Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest;And may light perpetual

shine on them.”

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