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2002-027

20/20 teams gear up at Camp Allen

by Jan Nunley
jnunley@episcopalchurch.org

     (ENS) The presiding officers of the General Convention--Presiding Bishop 
Frank Griswold and House of Deputies president the Rev. George Werner--have 
invited 65 people to become part of the next step of the 20/20 mission initiative 
in the Episcopal Church, under the jurisdiction of the Standing Commission on 
Domestic Mission and Evangelism.

     The groups (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/2020TF/downloads.htm) meet 
January 28-31 at Camp Allen in the Diocese of Texas.

     A 13-member strategy group is responsible for putting forward a "wide-
ranging but cohesive set of strategic proposals" regarding 20/20 for the church 
to consider, while nine program teams are responsible for developing strategic 
proposals in nine defined areas. The strategy group includes members from 
Executive Council, the original 20/20 Task Force, and members at large.

     The list of participants was carefully chosen to represent the diversity of 
the Episcopal Church, according to Werner. The program teams include 33 women and 
32 men; 40 percent age 39 or less; 16 percent age 16-29; and 33 percent people of 
color. Most of the team chairs are Gen-X or  younger.

     "In the year 2020 I will either be 82 plus or 6 feet minus," observed 
Werner. "The recent census told us that white population will no longer be a 
majority in every state. Therefore, it was imperative that youth, young adults 
and people of color were broadly represented through the leadership of the 20/20 
movement."

Teams and tasks

     The program teams and their tasks include:

     Spirituality, prayer and worship: Searching for liturgical resources to 
"enable the Church to celebrate missional vision and work, and to be a growing, 
vital part of the Body of Christ in the context of a rapidly changing culture."

     Research: Collection and interpretation of data on the Episcopal Church that 
will support decision-making on mission and growth in a time of rapid demographic 
change, and hold the church accountable to 20/20 goals.

     New congregation development: A national strategy to accompany regional, 
diocesan and local efforts which should aim to encourage and support the 
establishment of a significant number of missional congregations in suburban, 
urban, and multiethnic settings; coordinate and develop resources and expertise 
on a national and regional level to support diocesan and local initiatives; and 
identify new congregation models to showcase.

     Revitalization of existing congregations: should aim to identify, encourage 
and support congregations that are poised for growth; elaborate specific 
strategies to support growth in areas of demographic change; and identify ways 
that existing congregations in all parts of the church can participate in the 
work of mission, regardless of numerical growth potential; coordinate and develop 
resources and expertise to support congregations in moving from maintenance to 
mission.

     20/20 leaders: Identification, recruitment, education and training of the 
transformational and missional leaders the church needs in the 21st century, who 
reflect the diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and ages found in society at 
large.

     Next generations: Reaching out to people who have been born since 1960, 
taking into account the multiethnic and postmodern environment in which these 
generations have been - and even more so, will be - formed.

     Funding: finding funds to finance 20/20 work at significant levels.

     Communication: communicating the 20/20 vision and work in every corner of 
the church and beyond, helping to focus both internal and public attention on the 
Church's gifts for mission.

     General Convention 2003: Working to encourage resolutions at General 
Convention 2003 that will advance the 20/20 vision and strategy; helping to build 
an Episcopal Church for the new millennium.

     "We have invited people from all parts of the church, seeking their 
Christian commitment, their passion, their experience and their expertise," 
Werner said. "The nine program areas should indicate that we do not think of 
evangelism as a narrow tool but broad, comprehensive and compelling. It is vital 
to areas rural, suburban and inner city alike."

--The Rev. Jan Nunley is deputy director of Episcopal News Service.

     

2002-027s

20/20 Strategy Group and Program Teams

     These are the members of the 20/20 Strategy Group and Program Teams as of 
January 29, 2002.

Strategy Group

     Ms. Sarah Lawton - Chair			California, VIII

     The Rev. Dr.  Jim Cooper - Vice-chair		Florida, IV

     The Rt. Rev. Leopoldo Alard			Texas, VII

     The Rev. Anthony J. Guillen			Los Angeles, VIII

     Ms. Kate Hays				Virginia, III

     The Very Rev. James Lemler			Chicago, V

     The Rev. Canon Kevin E. Martin 		Texas, VII

     The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry			Chicago, V

     The Rt. Rev. Katherine J. Schori		Nevada, VIII

     The Rev. Kwasi A. Thornell			Southern Ohio, V

     The Rev. Winnie Varghese			Los Angeles, VIII

     Ms. Shelley Vescovo			Dallas, VII

     The Very Rev. Sandra A. Wilson		Minnesota, VI

Program Teams

     1-General Convention 2003

     Dr. Scott Evenbeck - Chair			Indianapolis, V

     Mrs. Melissa Bixler				Virginia, III

     Edgar Kim Byham, Esq/			Newark, II

     The Rev. Carol Gallagher			Delaware, III

     The Rev. John A.M.Guernsey			Virginia, III

     Ms. Nina Meigs				American Convocation, Europe

     2-Spirituality, Prayer and Worship

     The Rev. Paige Blair--Chair			Maine, I 

     The Rt. Rev. Michael Creighton			Central Pennsylvania, III

     The Rev. J. Anthony Guillen			Los Angeles, VIII

     The Rev. Timothy Jones			Tennessee, IV

     The Rev. Colenzo Hubbard			West Tennessee, IV

     Ms. Jessica Marth				Alaska, VIII

     Ms. Heather York				Southern Virginia, III

     3-Research

     Mrs. C.J. Ditzenberger - Chair			South Carolina, IV

     The Rev. Kwasi Thornell			Southern Ohio, V

     Mr. Howard M. Tischler			Rio Grande, VII

     The Rev. Thomas Hansen			Nebraska, VI

     4-New Church Development

     The Rev. David Jones - Chair			Virginia, III

     Ms. S. Dylan Breuer			Maryland, III

     The Rev. Renee Hill				Los Angeles, VIII

     Mr. David Keller				Upper South Carolina, IV

     The Rev. Canon Kevin Martin			Texas, VII 

     The Rev. Uriel Osayana-Jimenez		Texas, VII

     The Rev. David H.  Roseberry			Dallas, VII

     Ms. Laura Russell, Esq.			New Jersey, II

     The Rt. Rev. Katherine Jeffers  Schori		Nevada, VIII

     The Rev. George S. Sotelo			California, VIII

     5-Congregational Revitalization

     The Rev. Susanne Watson - Chair		Iowa, VI

     The Rev. Stacy Alan			Western Michigan, V

     The Rev. Anita Braden			Milwaukee, V

     The Rev. Dr. James Cooper			Florida, IV

     The Ven. William Coyne			Western Mass, I

     The Rt. Rev. Daniel Herzog			Albany, II

     The Rev. Altagracia Perez			Los Angeles, VIII

     The Rev. William Tully			New York, II

     Ms. Kit Spencer				Utah, VIII

     The Very Rev. Sandra Wilson			Minnesota, VI

     6-Leaders

     The Rev. Bonnie Perry-Chair			Chicago, V

     Ms. Latosha Collins				Western NY, II

     The Rev. Carolyn Jones			Missouri, V

     The Very Rev. James Lemler			Chicago, V

     The Very Rev. Stephen McWhorter		Virginia, III

     The Rt. Rev. Wilfrido Ramos-Orench		Connecticut, I

     The Rev. Gary Steele			Alaska, VIII

     The Rev. Winnie Varghese			Los Angeles, VIII

     The Rev. LeeAnne Watkins			Minnesota, VI

     7-Funding

     The Rev. George Conger-Chair			Central Florida, IV

     Mr. Albert T. Mollegen			Connecticut, I

     Ms. Jessica Osaki				Los Angeles, VIII

     Ms. Shelley Vescovo			Dallas, VII

     8-Communication

     Ms. Susan T. Erdey-Chair			New York, II

     Mrs. Carol Barnwell			Texas, VII

     Mr. David Code				New York, II

     Mrs. Nell Gibson				New York, II

     Ms. Sarah Lawton				California, VIII

     Ms. Lydia Lopez				Los Angeles, VIII

     The Rev. Canon David Seger			Northern Indiana, V

     9-Next Generations

     The Rev. Charlie Dupree - Chair		Eastern North Carolina, IV

     The Rt. Rev. Leopoldo Alard			Texas, VII

     Ms. Kate Hays				Virginia, III

     The Rev. Michael Hopkins			Washington, III

     Mr. Robert Schoeck			Massachusetts, I

     Dr. Shirleen S. Wait				Florida, IV

     Ms. Amber Stancliffe			California, VIII 

     The Rev. Sylvia Vasquez			Delaware, III