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Convention News The Diocesan Convention was held October 9-11, 2009 in Klamath Falls. Bishop Nedi Rivera' address to Convention can be found here. New members of Standing Committee and Diocesan Council may be found here. New members of the Commission on Ministry may be found here. The proposed budget for 2010 was accepted by Convention with an addition of $19,000 from the DMP grant which is and "in and out" item expended according to the grant restrictions. Convention also approved the changes to the diocesan Canons. The proposed budget and canonical changes can be found here. Ingatherings at Convention included an ingathering for Millennium Development Goal #2: Achieve Universal Primary Education. The total received for this purpose was $2413.59. The United Thank Offering ingathering totaled $2996.08. The Convention Offering was $1424, half of which will go to Episcopal Relief and Development and half will go to the Southwest Convocation's MDG partner, St. Maurus' Abbey in Southern Tanzania www.hangaabbey.org Top |
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Oregon Trail Evangelist March, 2009 April, 2009 June, 2009 August, 2009 2007& 2008 issues will be found in the Website archives (see top of page.) For further information about the publication or the weekly e-newsletter, contact Jeanie Senior, Diocesan Communications Coordinator at evangelist@gorge.net |
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EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK NEWS Visit us online at www.er-d.org , or call 1.800.334.7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to: Episcopal Relief & Development , P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058.
Episcopal Relief and Development is the international
relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United
States. An independent 501(c) (3) organization, ERD saves lives and builds
hope in communities around the world. ERD's programs work toward achieving
the Millennium Development Goals. We provide emergency assistance in times
of crisis and rebuild after disasters. We enable people to climb out of
poverty by offering long-term solutions in the areas of food security and
health care, including HIV/AIDS and malaria. |
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