Secretary's Packet Lay Delegates 2010

Episcopal Diocese of West Texas Office of the Secretary The Rev. David G. Read November 2, 2009 TO CLERGY AND WARDENS IN CHARGE OF CONGREGATIONS: Grace to you and Peace. This is your canonical notice that the 106 th Annual Council of the Diocese of West Texas will meet in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 18 – 20, 2010. I encourage you to store and save this document and its attachments until you have completed registration and certification of your delegates! Registering and certifying delegates are two different processes. In order to certify your delegates you will need to complete the “Certificate of Election of Delegates to Diocesan Council.” This form is attached. You may also complete it on-line at www.council-dwtx.org, however you will still need to print it out, sign it, and send copies to the following:  1 copy to the Bishop: Bishop Jones Center, P.O. Box 6885 San Antonio, TX 78209  1 copy to the Council Registration Chair: Church of the Good Shepherd, 700 S Upper Broadway St., Corpus Christi, TX 78401-3521.  1 copy to the Diocesan Secretary: The Rev. David G. Read, 11 St. Luke’s Lane, San Antonio, TX 78209. Certificates are due no later than February 3, 2010. In order to register your delegates and alternates, visit the council website at www.council-dwtx.org Please refer to the attached spreadsheet, “Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2010” to determine the number of Delegates you may certify. (Please do not list clergy as delegates.) The canon governing allocation of delegates is Canon 1, Section 1(b) adopted by the 101 st Council as follows: Lay. Delegates and alternates shall be men and women communicants of the congregation which they represent, in good standing, sixteen years of age or older. Each congregation, in union with the Council, shall be entitled to one delegate for every 50 persons, or portion thereof, reported for Average Sunday Attendance in the Annual Parochial Report, except that every parish and mission shall be entitled to at least two delegates and two alternates, and each parish shall be entitled to one additional delegate and alternate.

If I can answer any questions about certifying your delegates please contact me at St. Luke’s in San Antonio. (210) 828-6425 or [email protected]. See you at Council in Corpus Christi! Faithfully, The Rev. David G. Read, Secretary

The Diocese of West Texas Certificate of Election of Lay Delegates to Diocesan Council This is to certify that at the Annual Meeting of ________________________________________________ (Parish-Mission), _____________________________________________ (City), Texas, or of the Vestry or of the Bishop’s Committee of (the same) held on the ________ day of ___________________, 20____, the following persons, all of whom are lay communicants of this congregation, were elected as its delegates and alternates to all Councils of the Diocese to be held in the conciliar year __________. Delegates

Address & Zip

E-Mail address

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Alternates

Address

E-Mail address

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Certified: Dated _______________________ Parish/Mission Officer in Charge _________________________________ “This certificate shall be completed in triplicate and signed by the clergy or lay person in charge of the congregation. Not less than 15 days before Council a copy thereof shall be sent to each of the following: the Secretary of the Diocese, the Bishop, and the Rector of the parish in which the Council will meet. … No clergy shall be entitled to vote unless the parochial report required by him/her has been received by the Bishop.” CANON 1 Sections 7 and 1(a).

Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2010 according to the ration established by Canon I.1.(b)

Parishes Avg. Sun. At Delegates less than 50

51-100

101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350

3 3 4 5 6 7 8

Parishes

Missions

Avg. Sun. At Delegates 351-400 9 401-450 10 451-500 11 501-550 12 551-600 13 601-650 14

Avg. Sun. Att

City

Mission

2008 Avg. Attend.

Aransas Pass Blanco Brackettville Brownsville Buda Carrizo Springs Comfort Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Cotulla Cypress Mill Devine Ft. McKavett George West Goliad Hallettsville Hebbronville Junction Kenedy Lake Corpus Christi Menard Mission Montell New Braunfels Pleasanton Port Aransas Raymondville Refugio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Saba Yoakum 36 Missions

Our Savior St. Michael's St. Andrew's St. Paul's St. Elizabeth's Holy Trinity St. Boniface Reconciliation St. Andrew's St. Timothy's St. Luke's St. Matthias St. James' Good Shepherd St. Stephen's St. James' St. James' Trinity St. Matthew's St. Michael's Calvary Sts. Peter & Paul Ascension St. John's All Saints Trinity Epiphany Ascension Grace Holy Cross Holy Spirit St. Margaret's St. Michael's Santa Fe St. Luke's Holy Communion Totals

43 30 17 106 62 11 84 77 84 5 47 15 16 29 15 14 17 30 9 no report 8 107 23 in transition 10 77 25 9 New 27 124 79 35 35 13 8 1291

Delegates

less than 50

2

51-100

2

101-150

3

151-200

4

Delegates 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 75

Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2010 according to the ration established by Canon I.1.(b) PARISHES Alice Bandera Beeville Boerne Brady Brownsville Canyon Lake Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Cuero Del Rio Dripping Springs Eagle Pass Edinburg Edna Fredericksburg Gonzales Harlingen Kerrville Kingsville Laredo Llano Lockhart Luling McAllen Pharr Port Isabel Port Lavaca Portland Rockport San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Benito San Marcos Seguin Sonora

Advent St. Christopher's St. Philip's St. Helena's St. Paul's Advent St. Francis' All Saints' Good Shepherd St. Bartholomew's St. Mark's Grace St. James' Holy Spirit Redeemer St. Matthew's Trinity St. Barnabas' Messiah St. Alban St. Peter's Epiphany Christ Church Grace Emmanuel Annunciation St. John's Trinity St. Andrew's Grace Church St. Christopher's St. Peter's Christ Church Reconciliation Resurrection St. Andrew's St. David's St. Francis' St. George St. Luke's St. Mark's St. Paul's St. Philip's St. Stephen's St. Thomas All Saints St. Mark's St. Andrew's St. John's

35 61 44 415 46 178 152 161 395 187 123 37 92 120 95 49 12 222 37 224 303 60 74 40 47 32 261 50 98 29 99 122 551 186 131 166 319 200 224 444 390 108 65 30 389 62 144 198 57

3 3 3 10 3 5 5 5 9 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 6 3 6 8 3 3 3 3 3 7 3 3 3 3 4 13 5 4 5 8 5 6 10 9 4 3 3 9 3 4 5 3

Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2010 according to the ration established by Canon I.1.(b) Universal City Uvalde Victoria Victoria Weslaco Wimberley

St. Matthew's St. Philip's St. Francis' Trinity Grace St. Stephen's

55 Parishes 36 Missions

Totals Totals

Grand Total

137 94 100 190 73 316

4 3 3 5 3 8

8474 1447

260 75

9921

335