Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet

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Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet

Episcopal Church Executive Council

to meet in Maryland January 27-29



[January 6, 2011] The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church
will meet January 27-29 at the Conference Center at the Maritime
Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Media
representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure
credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at
[publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org].

A media conference with phone access for media not able to attend
is planned for end of business on Sunday, January 29, the last
day of the Executive Council meeting; exact Eastern time TBD.
Pre-registration for media is required; contact Fox at
[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]

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.

Links:

The Episcopal Church [http://www.episcopalchurch.org]:
[http://www.episcopalchurch.org]

Executive Council: [http://generalconvention.org/ec]
[http://generalconvention.org/ec]

Conference Center at the Maritime Institute:
[http://www.ccmit.org/] [http://www.ccmit.org/]

On the web:

Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet in
Maryland January 27-29
[http://www.episcopalchurch.org/notice/media-advisory-episcopal-church-executive-council-meet-maryland-january-27-29]

[http://www.episcopalchurch.org/notice/media-advisory-episcopal-church-executive-council-meet-maryland-january-27-29]

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For more info contact:

Neva Rae Fox

Public Affairs Officer

The Episcopal Church

publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org

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

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