Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet in Maryland June 15 - 17

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>The Episcopal Church

>Office of Public Affairs

>Media Advisory: 

>Episcopal Church Executive Council

>to meet in Maryland June 15 - 17

[May 10, 2011] The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet June 
15-17 at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, 
MD. Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure 
credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at 
publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org <mailto:publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org> . 

A media conference with phone access for media not able to attend is planned 
for end of business on Friday, June 17, the last day of the Executive Council 
meeting; exact Eastern time TBD. Pre-registration for media is required; 
contact Fox at publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org 
<mailto:publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org> .

>Executive Council

According to the website: "The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is an 
elected body representing the whole Church...The Executive Council has the duty 
to carry out programs and policies adopted by General Convention. It is the job 
of Executive Council to oversee the ministry and mission of the Church. The 
Executive Council is comprised of twenty members elected by General Convention 
(four bishops, four priests or deacons and twelve laypersons) and eighteen 
members elected by provincial synods."

http://generalconvention.org/ec <http://generalconvention.org/ec>    

>Roster

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori chairs Executive 
Council; President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson is vice -chair; the 
Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory Straub is secretary.

>Members and their dioceses are: 

Bishop David Alvarez, Puerto Rico; the Rev. Canon Timothy Anderson, Nebraska; 
Hisako Beasley, Olympia; Sarah Dylan Breuer, Massachusetts; Bishop J. Jon 
Bruno, Los Angeles; Stephanie Cheney, West Tennessee; the Rev. Brian Cole, 
Western North Carolina; Jane Cosby, Pennsylvania; the Rev. Dr. Lee Crawford, 
Vermont; Blanca Echeverry, Colombia; the Rev. Floyd Gamarra,  Los Angeles; 
Martha Gardner, Newark; E. Bruce Garner, Atlanta; Dr. Anita George, 
Mississippi; Bishop Wendell Gibbs, Michigan; Dr. Delbert Glover, Western 
Massachusetts; the Ven. Joyce Hardy, Arkansas; Canon Bettye Jo Harris, Hawaii; 
the Rev. Canon Mark Harris, Delaware; Angela Helt, Oklahoma; Bishop Mark 
Hollingsworth, Ohio; Stephen Hutchinson, Utah; the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, 
Ohio; Bryan Krislock, Olympia; Lelanda Lee, Colorado; the Rev. Cristobal Leon 
Lozano, Litoral Ecuador; Vycke McEwen, Oklahoma; Francisco Quinones, Puerto 
Rico; the Rev. Silvestre Romero, El Camino Real; Katie Sherrod, Fort Worth; 
Canon Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine, Virgin Islands; the Rev. Dr. James Simons, 
Pittsburgh; the Rev. Deacon Terry L. Star, North Dakota; Deborah Stokes, 
Southern Ohio; Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Massachusetts; the Rev. Winnie 
Varghese, New York; Anne Watkins, Connecticut; the Rev. Canon Sandye Wilson, 
Newark. 

The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ in 109 dioceses and 
three regional areas in 16 nations.  The Episcopal Church is a member province 
of the worldwide Anglican Communion. 

Executive Council: http://generalconvention.org/ec 
<http://generalconvention.org/ec>   

Conference Center at the Maritime Institute: http://www.ccmit.org/ 
<http://www.ccmit.org/>  

The Episcopal Church: www.episcopalchurch.org <http://www.episcopalchurch.org/> 

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>For more info contact:

>Neva Rae Fox

>Public Affairs Officer

>The Episcopal Church

publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org <mailto:publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org> 

>212-716-6080  Mobile: 917-478-5659

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