The 221st Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey occurred on 4 and 5 March 2005 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It convened at the Hilton Conference Hotel.
In this section, you can also find archived information about mailings, pre-Convention meetings, and resolutions.
Mailings
Third
convention mailing: 14 February 2005
Click here to
see a list of the documents in the third mailing. You can
download the entire set or choose a particular document that
interests you.
Second
convention mailing: 12 January 2005
All documents are PDF files. You can choose from the
list below and download individually. (Don't have the free
Acrobat Reader to read a PDF file? Get
it here.)
If you prefer, you can download all the PDF documents in the second mailing in a compressed (ZIP) file (1.5MB) by clicking here.
Contents of the second mailing:
- Pre-Convention meetings: Dates and agenda / Directions to locations
- Balloting instructions / Graphic showing how to fill out a ballot.
- Clergy Pre-Registration
- Lay Pre-Registration
- Child Care Registration
- Clergy directory photo information / Child care information
- ECW Breakfast information
- Keynote speaker and banquet entertainment information
- Menus and meal choices
Reports:
First
convention mailing: 18 November 2004
Contains general information and a tentative schedule. Click here to
download the mailing as a small (256K) PDF file. (Don't have the free
Acrobat Reader to read a PDF file? Get
it here.)
Pre-Convention
Meetings
Click here for
a page that gives you the dates and agenda for all the five
meetings around the diocese.
Resolutions
The Diocese of New Jersey Committee on Resolutions invites
submission of proposed resolutions for consideration at next
March's Diocesan Convention. The Committee asks that proposals
be submitted on white 8-1/2 x 11 paper, typed and double-spaced,
and contain at least two sections: the RESOLVED paragraph
naming the desired action, and a FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph,
as appropriate, providing for the implementation of the resolution
if adopted. Each resolution should also be accompanied by
a short explanatory statement by the proponent.
Resolutions may be proposed by any communicant of any congregation in the diocese, whether or not a Convention delegate.
Proposals should be forwarded to the Chair of the Committee, Paul Ambos, c/o Christ Church, 5 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 so as to be received before the deadline of January 15, 2005. Formal hearings will be held on resolution proposals in the Matthews Room in back of Diocesan House, 808 West State Street, Trenton, on February 19, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., and further hearings may be scheduled during the Convention itself. Additional informal discussions may take place at preconvention meetings, subject to availability of members of the Committee on Resolutions.