Episcopal ChurchProvince II Synod 2012
Provincial Synod – May 3 & 4, 2012, Albany, NY
Synod 2012 will be held at the Holiday Inn, Wolf Rd, Albany, NY on May 3 & 4, 2012 in preparation for the coming General Convention, which will be held on July 4 -12, 2012 in Indianapolis, IL.
There will be free parking and complimentary van transportation to and from the airport. Wired internet access will be provided in sleeping rooms and there is WiFi in the general spaces. All areas are handicapped accessible. Gluten-free and vegetarian meals can be provided. Synod registration is $125 per person and hotel registration is $109 per night per room.
Program Outline & Agenda
Four workshops will be presented twice, allowing all attendees to attend two:
- Denominational Health Plan and Lay Pension System - Presenters: Laurie Kazilionis & Michael Macdonald
- Anglican Covenant - Presenter: Rosalie Ballentine
- Title IV - Presenter: Diane Sammons
- Same-Sex Blessing Issues – SCLM – Presenters: Sandye Wilson, Michael Hopkins & Mary Catherine Young
Thursday
10:00 – 11:30 AM- Registration
- 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Luncheon
- 12:30 – 2:15
- Provincial Business Session
Welcome
Elections
Triennium Budget
Resolutions - 2:15 – 3:30
- First Workshop Period
- 3:30
- Break (Move to Second Workshop)
- 3:45 – 5:00
- Second Workshop Period
- 5:15 – 6:15
- Eucharist
- 6:15 – 7:00
- Hospitality
- 7:00 – 8:00
- Dinner
- 8:00 – 8:45
- Keynote…Haiti Rebuilding – Terri Mathes
Friday (Breakfast on your own)
7:30 a.m.- Morning Prayer
- 8:15 a.m.
- Presiding Bishop's Address
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p,m.
- General Convention Office Presentations
Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies
Gregory Straub, Executive Secretary
Diane Pollard, PB&F – Budget - 12:00 – 1:00
- Luncheon
- 1:00 – 3:00
- Plenary Workshop " Mission Structure & Strategy"
The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls CCO of the Episcopal Church, Thomas Little, Chancellor of the Diocese of Vermont, & Byron Rushing, Representative to the MA House of Representatives. - 3:00
- Adjourn (Brief meeting of the Provincial Council will be held)
- Province II is comprised of the six dioceses of the State of New York, Albany, Central New York, Long Island, New York, Rochester and Western New York, the two dioceses of the State of New Jersey, Newark and New Jersey, and the Diocese of Haiti, the Diocese of the Virgin Islands and the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.