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Reports of the Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards of The General Convention of the Episcopal ChurchSeventy-Sixth General Convention, Anaheim, California, July 8-17, 2009
 
Greetings!Here is your long-awaited reading in preparation for the 76
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General Convention of the Episcopal Church, which will convene in Anaheim, California, on 8 July 2009. The Blue Book of the General Convention contains thereports to the church of the Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards (CCABs) of the GeneralConvention. (The book is red this year, a color taken from the logo of this convention’s theme, Ubuntu.)For the past three years more than 500 of our fellow church members have volunteered their time and energy toaddress resolutions referred to them by the 75
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General Convention and to investigate, as well, areas of concernnamed in their canonical or authorizing mandates. I urge you to read the Blue Book in its entirety in preparationfor your work in Anaheim. (Diocesan deputations may wish to apportion sections of the Blue Book among theirmembers and allow one deputy or alternate to be the resource person for a given area.)Not only will you find the reports of the CCABs contained herein, but also their resolutions (“A” resolutions). With the Blue Book you will find a CD-ROM, which includes all the reports, supplemental materials that couldnot be included in the book and an indexed list of the “A” resolutions proposed by interim bodies. Those of you who take a laptop or notebook computer to Convention will find this a helpful tool and easier to carry than theprinted version. Also included with the Blue Book is Executive Council’s draft budget, which will serve as the basis for the JointStanding Committee on Program, Budget & Finance’s work on its proposed budget, which it will present on thefloor of a Joint Session of General Convention after hearings on Mission Priorities, Spending and Income.Enclosed, as well, you will find a DVD to help orient you to the life and work of the General Convention. ThisDVD is the result of consultation with deputations and is a cooperative venture of the General ConventionOffice (GCO) and the Department of Communication at the Episcopal Church Center. The GCO has worked throughout this triennium to facilitate the work of CCABs, providing meeting services,budgetary support and staff liaison. I want to thank the GCO for all its work. This is the first Blue Book edited by Allison Lee, who was tireless in assembling these reports. I am indebted toher for her efforts and also to our publisher, Church Publishing, which produced this report in the form(s) in which you now have it. (It can also be accessed online athttp://www.episcopalchurch.org/gc2006/ or http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/ )I hope you have begun to pray, study and prepare for your participation in the 76
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General Convention of theEpiscopal Church. See you in Anaheim.I am Very truly yours,(The Rev’d Dr.) Gregory Straub, Executive Officer & Secretary Easter 2009 To: The Bishops and Deputies of the 76
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General Convention of the Episcopal ChurchFrom: (The Rev’d Dr.) Gregory Straub, Executive Officer & Secretary 
 
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Joint Standing Committee on Nominations...................................................................................................................3 Nominee Biographies....................................................................................................................................................6Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements.........................................................................................37Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance......................................................................................41
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House of Bishops Committee on Pastoral Development.............................................................................................47House of Bishops Theology Committee......................................................................................................................51House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church..........................................................................................59House of Deputies Rules of Order...............................................................................................................................82
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Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns............................................................................................91Communications........................................................................................................................................................105Constitution and Canons............................................................................................................................................109Domestic Mission and Evangelism............................................................................................................................122Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations...................................................................................................................134Health........................................................................................................................................................................170Lifelong Christian Education and Formation............................................................................................................177Liturgy and Music.....................................................................................................................................................185Ministry Development...............................................................................................................................................583 National Concerns.....................................................................................................................................................597Small Congregations..................................................................................................................................................607Stewardship and Development..................................................................................................................................610Structure of the Church..............................................................................................................................................614World Mission...........................................................................................................................................................629
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Administration and Finance.......................................................................................................................................650Congregations in Ministry.........................................................................................................................................651International Concerns...............................................................................................................................................652 National Concerns.....................................................................................................................................................653Anti-Racism...............................................................................................................................................................659Episcopal Archives Strategy Committee...................................................................................................................664Economic Justice Loan Committee...........................................................................................................................665Executive Council on Indigenous Ministries.............................................................................................................667Investment Committee...............................................................................................................................................672Audit Committee.......................................................................................................................................................673Jubilee Advisory Committee.....................................................................................................................................674Committee on Science, Technology and Faith..........................................................................................................677Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility.........................................................................................................680Executive Council Committee on HIV/AIDS...........................................................................................................682Executive Council Committee on the Status of Women............................................................................................688
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Board of the Archives of the Episcopal Church........................................................................................................701Board for Church Deployment..................................................................................................................................713Church Pension Fund ................................................................................................................................................719Episcopal Church Building Fund...............................................................................................................................746Episcopal Relief and Development............................................................................................................................748General Board of Examining Chaplains....................................................................................................................753Forward Movement Publications...............................................................................................................................757
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