[ASAP] what you can do

[Connally Davies Penley]

There's a typo in the email address to sign the resolution.  To sign,
email: office at stannsnashville.org.

(no www)

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Walker, Henry via ASAP <
asap at mail.prichard.tv> wrote:

>       Several of you have asked recently about what, if anything, can be
> done in response to  the Bishop’s decision. Let me reiterate a strategy
> that was suggested here a week or so ago.
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>          The attached resolution, which was posted on this site earlier,
>  is going to be presented to the Diocesan Convention on January 22 and 23.
>   It  suggests that the Bishop’s decision is not consistent with the
> Baptismal Covenant  and asks that a task force be appointed to continue
> this conversation and report back to the next annual convention.  The
> resolution does not directly  ask the Bishop to change his mind  but
> implies that his policy ( if not his convictions)  could change as a result
> of further “prayer, study and conversation.”  Finally, the resolution calls
> upon all clergy and lay members of the Diocese to “maintain the unity and
> support of the diocese and to stand in continued solidarity with our
> Bishop” if he “reverses or revises” his policy.
>
>
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>           As you can see,  the resolution was  carefully drawn to be
> respectful of the Bishop and to attract  the support of as many delegates
> as possible, even those who privately agree with the Bishop but are
> willing, for the good of the church, to consider a more inclusive policy
> that allows each parish to make its own decision,  similar to what the
> Bishops of East and West Tennessee have done. See, for example,
> http://s3.amazonaws.com/dfc_attachments/public/documents/3214811/SameSexMarriageLetter11-17-2105.pdf
>
>
>
>       The resolution is sponsored by the Vestry and Rector of St. Ann’s
> and has been co-signed by dozens of St. Ann’s  parish members. Anyone in
> the Diocese  who wants to co-sign the resolution may do so by emailing St.
> Ann’s at www.office at stannsnashville.org . (Just give us your name and
> parish; we will compile a master list.)  We hope to have hundreds of
> co-signers  from throughout the Diocese by the time of the Convention.
>
>
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>          What do we hope to accomplish?  There has been much debate over
> the last few years as to  whether a decision to permit same-sex weddings in
> this Diocese would drive members, if not entire parishes, out of the
> church. However, as  many of you on this site have suggested, opinions are
> changing rapidly. As Paula Wade  reported, the Bishop was likely surprised
> at the comments from members of St. David’s. He will  be equally impressed
> if this resolution is adopted by the Convention.  To put it another way, we
> want this to pass   first, to assure  everyone in the Diocese that this
> conversation is not over and second, to let the Bishop know  that a
> majority in the Diocese (as represented by the delegates) believe that his
> policy should change. We think this  is the least ---and probably also  the
> most---that we can do at this time.
>
>
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>         Please forward  this resolution  to members of other parishes,
> especially delegates to the Convention. (Each parish was supposed to send a
> list of its delegates to the Diocesan offices by December 11.)   As Senior
> Warden of St. Ann’s, I will also  be sending a personal email  to every
> other Senior Warden in the Diocese.  While other parishes  may also submit
> resolutions for consideration at the Convention, any resolution filed after
> December 8 requires a majority vote   in order to be considered.  Aware of
> that deadline, St. Ann’s managed to get  this resolution  filed on the
> afternoon of the 8th. In other words,  this is likely our best shot.
>
>
>
>     Spread the word.
>
>
>
>     Henry Walker,  St. Ann’s Senior Warden.
>
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