Also: Deputies' VP Accuses President of Bullying, Climate Change Tops Budget Discussion

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Deputies speaking on the floor of the House. June 24, 2024 | Photo: Randall A. Gornowich/Office of Public Affairs


** Deputies Refuse 10% Assessment
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By Kirk Petersen
Deputies defeated a proposal to slash diocesan assessments to the church center from 15% to 10%, while unanimously supporting plans to eliminate inequalities in the denominational health plans. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Deputies' VP Accuses President of Bullying
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By Neva Rae Fox
Rachel Taber-Hamilton, who is challenging Julia Ayala Harris in tomorrow's election, released an open letter accusing her rival of "an ongoing pattern of obfuscation and misdirection, blaming and shaming others." Read on ([link removed]) .


** Climate Change Tops Budget Discussion
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By Neva Rae Fox
Many of the thirty bishops and deputies who spoke at a joint session on the triennial budget urged increases in funding for creation care projects, while others called for more funds for youth and international ministry. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Bishop Hunn Calls for Church Culture Change
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By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
The Bishop of the Rio Grande critiqued a church culture of fruitless meetings, wasteful spending, and ineffective programs; bishops responded by slashing funding for liturgy projects and tanking a hymnal supplement. Read on ([link removed]) .


** General Convention in Photos 1
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By Asher Imtiaz
People joining in worship, kids in the house, a priest with a man in a tiger suit — enjoy a few candid shots from around General Convention. Have a look ([link removed]) .


** Neuhauser Honored for Half Century of Responsible Investing
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By Kirk Petersen
Paul Neuhauser, an Iowa law professor and Episcopalian helped lay the regulatory groundwork for using investment against apartheid and served on the Episcopal Church's social investment body for 50 years. Read on ([link removed]) .

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