182nd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana

The 182nd Annual Convention of the Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Louisiana was held November 1-2, 2019, at Christ Episcopal School, Covington.

Read the invitation to the 182nd Annual Convention from Bishop Thompson.

2019 Convention Book

Bishop’s Address to the 182nd Annual Convention

Text of the address

Actions Taken by the 182nd Annual Convention

Elected to Offices

Secretary of the Diocese

Marsha Wade (St. James, Baton Rouge)

Treasurer of the Diocese

Alan Brackett (Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans)

Standing Committee, Clerical

The Rev. Morgan MacIntire (Christ Church, Covington)

Standing Committee, Lay

Jennifer Johnson (Trinity Church, Baton Rouge)

Executive Board, Clerical

The Rev. Chris Golding (St. Luke’s, Baton Rouge)

Executive Board, Lay

Nancy Hubbard (St. James, Baton Rouge)
Tom Oliver (St. Paul’s, New Orleans)

Disciplinary Board, Clerical

The Rev. Stephen Crawford (St. Mary’s, Franklin)

Disciplinary Board, Lay

Dave Foster (St. Margaret’s, Baton Rouge)
Ed Wallace (St. Martin’s, Metairie)

Sewanee Board of Trustees

Christina Vial Comer (St. Andrew’s, Paradis)

General Convention Deputy, Clerical

The Rev. Fred Devall (St. Martin’s, Metairie)
The Very Rev. Richard Easterling (St. George’s, New Orleans)
The Very Rev. A.J. Heine (St. Augustine’s, Metairie)
The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning (The Episcopal Diocese
of Louisiana)

General Convention Alternate Deputy, Clerical

The Rev. Liz Embler-Beazley (St. Paul’s, New Orleans)
The Rev. Tommy Dillon (St. Margaret’s, Baton Rouge)
The Rev. Gina Brewster-Jenkins (St. Paul’s, New Orleans)
The Rev. Deacon Joey Clavijo (St. George’s, New Orleans)

General Convention Deputy, Lay

Bailey Alexander (St. John’s, Thibodaux)
Carolyn Harris (St. Luke’s, New Orleans)
Dorothea Suthon (St. Augustine’s, Metairie)
David Warrington (St. James, Baton Rouge)

General Convention Alternate Deputy, Lay

John Musser (Trinity Church, New Orleans)
John Sykes (St. James, Baton Rouge)

Resolutions

One resolution was submitted from the floor of Convention and received a two-thirds majority of the members to be heard.
Resolution R1
Purpose: Care of immigrants detained in LA prisons
Referred to: Resolution Committee
Action: Passed

Courtesy Resolutions

Courtesy Resolutions 2019

Convention Budget & Reports

ANNUAL COMMITTEE & COMMISSION REPORTS

Addiction Recovery Ministry

Chancellor’s Report
Chapel of the Holy Comforter
Chapel of the Holy Spirit
Commission on Ministry
Community Mission Appeal
Ecumenical Commission
Environmental Commission
Episcopal School of Baton Rouge
Gaudet Committee
Inclusive Louisiana
Intercessory Prayer List
Louisiana Interchurch Conference
Necrology Report
Racial Reconciliation Commission
St. Alban’s Chapel
St. Martin’s Episcopal School
Standing Committee
The Solomon Episcopal Conference Center
University of the South
United Thank Offering
Youth Leadership Commission

Keynote Speaker & Mission Stories

Mary Foster Parmer, Director of Invite Welcome Connect

Born and raised in the deep South, Mary Parmer is a congregational development consultant/coach, speaker, and retreat leader living in Sewanee, Tennessee. She serves as Director of INVITE WELCOME CONNECT, a transformational ministry of evangelism and hospitality now housed at the Beecken Center, School of Theology, University of the South. Mary is the past Director of the Gathering of Leaders, a national leadership gathering of young Episcopal clergy. Mary has served as a Lay Deputy to the the past four General Conventions of The Episcopal Church, and she currently serves on the Task Force on Clergy Leadership Formation in Small Churches (GC 2015-A045). Mary holds a degree in Religious Studies from St. Edwards University in Austin and formerly served as Director of Adult Ministries & Evangelism, St. Stephen’s, Beaumont. She has two grown children and six young grandchildren, builds stone labyrinths, and spends her time away from the office hiking and reading memoirs.

Mary Parmer’s personal call to work with congregations in newcomer ministry is borne out of her spiritual gift of exhortation (encouragement), her love of people, and her passion for welcoming the newcomer and empowering the laity. Mary’s passion is helping congregational leadership understand the importance of personal invitation, welcoming folks, hearing their story, recognizing their gifts, and then connecting them to ministry. Mary believes that the ministry of the laity is best carried out when individuals discern their own spiritual giftedness and then are empowered and equipped to live into their baptismal covenant by offering their individual gifts and talents to God.

http://www.maryparmer.com/

Workshop: Invite Welcome Connect

A free workshop was held on Friday, November 1 during registration from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. It was held in the gym and led by Mary Foster Parmer, director of Invite Welcome Connect.