Fourth and final day of meeting in Baltimore includes more prayer book discussion, approval of budget.

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** Monday, July 11, 2022
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Bishop Suffragan Jeff W. Fisher of Texas discusses the church’s budget on Sunday. On Monday bishops concurred with the House of Deputies’ approval. (Scott Gunn photo)


** COVID Caution Kept Infections at 34
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By
Kirk Petersen

By the time of the closing gavel, nearly three dozen people at the 80th General Convention in Baltimore had tested positive for COVID. But a consulting epidemiologist said it would have been a lot worse if the convention had not taken extensive precautions. Read on ([link removed])


** Communion Partners Seek Clarity on Prayer Book
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By
Mark Michael

On a divided vote on General Convention’s final day, the House of Bishops approved an amended form of Article X, which defines the Book of Common Prayer in the Episcopal Church’s Constitution. Read on ([link removed])


** Budget Approved, Process Simplified
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By
Kirk Petersen

The 80th General Convention passed, as it always must, a budget for the operations of the Episcopal Church. More importantly, or at least more enduringly, it streamlined all future budget development by eliminating an entire layer of bureaucracy from the process. Read on ([link removed])


** President-elect: ‘Look at the Violets in our Church’
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By
Neva Rae Fox

House of Deputies President-elect Julia Ayala Harris wasted no time in challenging General Convention on the morning of its final legislative day: “Our time is now to shape the good news with the multicultural, multiethnic, intersectional generation that is burnt out and dismayed.” Read on ([link removed])

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