[ASAP] what you can do

[Tim Fudge]

Thank you, Connally, and everyone else who has commented. I have sent an
email to St. Ann's to add my name to the list. Let's keep spreading the
word...

Tim Fudge
St. Augustine's Chapel

* Timothy O. Fudge Assistant to Becca Stevens P.O. Box 6330-B Nashville, TN
37235   (615) 322-4783 - Office (615) 838-3978 - Cell
tim at staugustineschapel.com <tim at staugustineschapel.com>*

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Connally Davies Penley via ASAP <
asap at mail.prichard.tv> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>          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.
>>
>>
>>
>>           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.
>>
>>
>>
>>          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.
>>
>>
>>
>>         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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