diocesan council, Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon

Minutes of Diocesan Council meetings:

Nov 11-13 Retreat - Word from Council
August 2011 - August council munites
May 2011 - May council minutes
March 2011 - March council minutes
January 2011 - January council minutes
November 2010 - Retreat minutes

August 2010 - August council minutes

Council Members

Kim McClain, Trinity, Bend (terms expires 2014)
The Rev. Rich Landrith, St. Luke's, Lakeview (2014)
Don Dickinson, St. Paul's, The Dalles (2014)
Robert Fox, Trinity, Bend (2013)
The Rev. Anna Carmichael, St Mark's, Hood River (2013)
Ruth Tsu, St Mark's, Hood River (2013)

The Rev. Dcn. Ruth Brown, St. Alban's, Redmond (2012)
Terry Rahmsdorff, Trinity, Bend (2012)
Susan Powers, St. Mark's Episcopal/Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Madras (2012)

Diocesan Council: Ex-Officio
Treasurer: Jerry Frazier, St. Paul's, The Dalles
email:jerry1.frazier@gmail.com

Asst. Treasurer: Arnold Coe, St. Peter's, La Grande

Secretary of Convention: Terry Joakimides, St. Paul's, Klamath Falls
email: eaj@joakimides.com

Legal advisor to the bishop: Bergen Bull, Sisters

MEMBERSHIP: Members of the Standing Committee, together with three clerical and six lay members; and ex-officio members: The Bishop, the Treasurer, the Secretary of Convention, and the Chair of the Finance Committee.

MEETINGS: The Diocesan Council meets four to six times per year; the meetings customarily are from Friday afternoon or evening through Saturday at 3 pm.

RESPONSIBILITIES of the Diocesan Council include:

1. To be a body whose primary purpose is to carry out the program and policies adopted by the Diocesan Convention, and to have general oversight of the work of the Diocese.

2. To exercise all the powers of the Diocesan Convention, not expressly reserved to the Convention, between meetings thereof: setting goals, priorities, strategy, and program policy, overall, and for designating the appropriate bodies to implement them.

3. To be responsible for the financial stewardship of the Diocese in budgetary matters, including grants to local congregations and proposal of financial assessments to Convention.

4. To build ongoing evaluation of program, structure, and policy, and of its own functioning.

5. To provide support services to units and churches.

6. To provide effective management procedures for coordinating this work.

7. To develop a network of two-way communication among: Convention and Bishop -- Diocesan Council -- planning or coordinating areas -- congregations.

Forms & Policies
Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy
Travel Expense Form