Bonnie Anderson, a lay deputy from the Diocese of Michigan, was elected to be president of
the House of Deputies. Her term begins after this General Convention. More...
The proposed revisions of Title IV (disciplinary canons) were not well received in their hearing.
The Title IV committee has decided to wholly rewrite the revisions during the Convention, in an
attempt to get an acceptable revision passed by the Houses.
Well over a thousand (some say over 1,600) people packed into a room to hear testimony on the
Windsor Report responses. More from ENS and from this blog.
The House of Deputies spent lots of time trying to get their electronic balloting system to work
so they could elect Pension Fund trusteers. Unable to make that system work, they are voting
again today, using paper ballots.
The House of Bishops, I'm told, approved a measure that would make the Revised Common Lectionary standard lectionary for the Episcopal Church, replacing the current prayer book lectionary. This will be sent to the Deputies for approval.
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