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Committees, Commissions, and Boards: Standing Committee 2005

Minutes from 2005 (in reverse chronological order)

[No meeting in December 2005]

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on November 10, 2005

Standing Committee unanimously voted to recommend Valerie Balling, Sheelagh Clarke and Blake Hutson for ordination to the priesthood.
Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be January 26, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Neva Rae Fox
Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on October 20, 2005

Standing Committee unanimously recommended Jane Brady for ordination to the transitional diaconate.
Standing Committee unanimously recommended that Paul Rimassa be received as a priest in the Episcopal Church.
Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be November 10, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Neva Rae Fox
Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on September 15, 2005

Standing Committee unanimously recommended Deborah Brewin-Wilson for candidacy.
Standing Committee approved:
- A loan for St. Mark’s Church, Basking Ridge for a $975,000 construction mortgage.
- Sale by All Saints’ Church, Scotch Plains, of a 5-foot buffer strip to developer of property in return for a 5-foot buffer to improve parking lot.
- Plan and mortgage for St. Peter’s-by-the-Light, Barnegat Light, for construction of new rectory.
- Lease by St. Luke’s Church, Metuchen, with Nursery School.
Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be October 20, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

John Wood Goldsack

[No meetings in June, July, or August 2005]

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on May 19, 2005

N. Duncan announced that on November 19 there will be a diocesan-wide Anti- Racism Conference at the Diocesan House.

Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be June 23, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Neva Rae Fox
Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on April 21, 2005

New members were welcomed – Ms. Noreen Duncan (The Rev. Douglas Freer was unable to attend due to illness)
The Standing Committee approved for Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate: Valerie Balling, Sheelagh Clarke, Blake Hutson, and Deborah Piggins
The Standing Committee approved for Ordination to the Diaconate: Martha Dooley, Cipher Deavours, Catherine Esposito, Carol Gilbert, Donald Krautter, and Theodore Moore
The Standing Committee gave Consent to the Ordination and Consecration of The Rev. Edward Ambrose Gumbs as Bishop of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands
Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be May 19, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Neva Rae Fox
Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on March 4, 2005

Welcomed the newly elected members of the Class of 2009: Ms. Noreen Duncan and The Rev. Douglas Freer.
The Rev. Leroy Lyons was elected President and Neva Rae Fox was elected Secretary of the Standing Committee for the coming year.
John Wood Goldsack will coordinate the real estate business for the Standing Committee for the coming year.
Consented to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of Northern California.
Consented to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of South Carolina.

Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be April 21, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Neva Rae Fox
Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on January 20, 2005

Approved the Bishop’s salary increase for 2005 to be equal to the rest of the diocesan staff.
Consented to the nomination of Eugene M. Haring as Chancellor of the Diocese of New Jersey for 2005.
Approved the ordination of Martha Dooley on June 11, 2005 with the rest of the class of deacons.
Consented to the election of The Rev. Canon James Robert Mathes as Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego.

Next regular meeting of the Standing Committee will be April 21, 2005, at 5:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

John Burgess
Secretary