[ASAP] Actions to Take as a Parish

[Kristine LaLonde]

My understanding of the money that goes to the diocese is that a set
percentage of our overall budget goes to the diocese and there isn't a
choice with that.  A reduction of the pledge by 10% will be a symbolic
act--the money that goes to the diocese is like a tax, it is based on our
overall budget and there is little to do to negotiate the amount.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 7:11 AM, carole sergent via ASAP <
asap at episcopallists.com> wrote:

> So well written and right on. I have already made my pledge and have
> already asked Timothy to be sure none goes to diocese.  And I will reduce
> it by 10%.  Only since I was assured all the rest of it will remain at
> ccc.  I think his hands are tied. I truly believe he feels like we all do.
> I am for any action you all agree on. This is simply wrong.    Carole
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Gibson Prichard via ASAP <
> asap at episcopallists.com> wrote:
>
> I just had a conversation with my father about possible actions and a
> course of direction for our parish in response to the bishop's position on
> gay marriage. In the context of talking about withholding a portion of a
> pledge or requesting that money not be sent to the diocese, it was
> suggested that perhaps a more Direct course of action is to have the vestry
> request the bishop to permit gay marriage in our parish or seek alternative
> episcopal oversight by another bishop. There is a well established route
> for a parish to seek alternative episcopal oversight known as AEO which
> would permit our parish to affiliate with another bishop. The bishop could
> be in Kentucky or any other diocese. AEO has been most commonly used by
> conservative parishes seeking not to affiliate with their bishops over this
> issue and instead affiliate with more conservative bishops like
> Bauerschmidt or Quincy Illinois. Certainly if a cathedral was to request
> AEO to another diocese that would be a huge blow to the Diocese of
> Tennessee.
> One of the other things my father suggested was to use the term "right
> side of history." Or "do the right thing." Everyone knows that celebrating
> gay marriage and permitting gay marriage is the right thing. Why are we
> talking about doing the wrong thing as a diocese and a parish?
> I don't have any sense whether our vestry feels strongly enough about the
> matter or whether our clergy would back them up but a vestry resolution and
> thus a parish request for the ability to have same-sex marriage is in our
> parish would be the most direct course of action to take.
> On the subject of our pledge, I'm more concerned about resolving the issue
> in front of us and not to turn in my pledge by December 13. It seems to me
> that we need to resolve the issues at hand and come to an understanding of
> how to do the right thing. The US Supreme Court and the national
> Episcopal church have spoken: gay marriage is the law of the land. Why
> can't our parish be on the right side of history rather than the wrong?
>
> Gibson
>
>
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> Gibson Prichard
> Nashville, TN
> gibson at prichard.tv
>
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