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AED at General Convention

Stop by AED's booth #1129 across from the food court and say hello!
79th General Convention - 2018
July 5-13, 2018
​Austin, Texas

Deacons & Friends Reception
July 10, 6:30 pm
Hilton Austin, 500 E. 4th St., Room 400
All are welcome; entry is complimentary. Read.

Underwrite this reception with a donation. Over 50 deacons staff General Convention liturgies, many at their own expense. Please help give them a night out! Details. Donations can be made here. Click on Donations, select an amount and the box for Reception.
Deacon Caucus at General Convention
In addition to serving at the Eucharists, volunteering at the Booth, and attending the Deacon Reception, there is one other way to make our presence known: the Deacon Caucus!

The Deacon Caucus is a place for all Deacons and Deacon-allies to come together to promote our common causes. The Caucus will meet via FB closed group, via text alerts, and in person in Austin. It is a place where we can update each other on key resolutions.  If you do not get an invitation to the Caucus, please email Maureen Hagen or text her at 971.219.8219 and provide your contact info. 
Resolutions:
AED-Endorsed (Publicly endorse, testify, advocate for, attend)
  1. A024 Forming Culturally Diverse Clergy & A027 New Funding for Clergy Formation 
  2. A056 Create Task Force on the Theology of Social Justice Advocacy as Christian Justice
  3. C009 & C018 Becoming a Sanctuary Church & C033 Respecting the Dignity of Immigrants
  4. C005 & C036 Create Task Force to Study Implementation of Canon III.1(a)
  5. D004 Addressing Mass Incarceration
  6. C034 Ministry to People with Mental Illness and their Families [Deacon Susan Phillips]

AED-Supported (through attendance and testifying)
  1. A022 Create a Formation Networking Team
  2. A136 Establish a Standing Commission on Formation and Ministry Development
  3. B003 On the Status of Jerusalem
  4. C002 Support Legislation for a Clean DREAM Act
  5. C027 The Celebration of the life and work of Dorothy Day, Christian Activist
  6. C038 Safeguard the Rights of Palestinian Children
  7. C040 Amend Canon III.4.1(a)
  8. D017 Support Keeping Families Together

AED-Monitored (through attendance)
  1. A007 Establish Committee to Study Relationship of Episcopal Seminaries with General Convention, One Another, and the Wider Church
  2. A026 Identify Effective Formation Models
  3. D008 Practicing Responsible Investing
  4. D009 Christian Principles for Responding to Human Migration
  5. D010 Create Position of Indigenous Theological Education Coordinator
  6. D011 Doctrine of Discovery Training​

Resolutions that will be combined are listed together.
78th General Convention - 2015
AED endorsed 5 resolutions, which all passed in both houses:
  • A082 Provide Theological Education for Latino/Hispanic Ministries 
  • A091 Affirm Work for Food Ministries and Food Security 
  • A096 Affirm Relationship-Based Social Justice
  • C020 Ministry to People with Mental Illness and Their Families
  • A011 Recommit to Criminal Justice Reform Study and Advocacy 

​A General Convention 2015 Summary of Actions is available.
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77th General Convention - 2012
The Deacons' Resolved, General Convention 2012
Looking through a diaconal lens, General Convention 2012
Taskforce for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC )
TREC's final report, Word to the Church, lays out their recommendations for adoption at General Convention 2015. This letter discusses prophetic voices, catalysts for mission, and nonstipendiary clergy.
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AED's Convention Button: Shocking the Church into action
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Visit the GC website. ​