Convention adopted the resolution below (and here) regarding the investment of diocesan funds which asks the bishop to form a special commission to discuss the resolution, the ‘call to action’ attached to the resolution, and the Private and Special Law under which the Trustees of Diocesan Funds exist, and to report to the 205th Diocesan Convention (in 2024) its conclusions and recommendations, including any appropriate resolutions for consideration.
The full Special Commission of 2024 comprised the following persons:
- Bishop Thomas Brown, ex officio
- Matthew Dunlap, St. James’, Old Town, Chair of Committee on Indian Relations; CO-CHAIR
- Rev. Elaine Hewes, rector at St. Brendan the Navigator, Deer Isle, member of the Creation Care Team
- Randi Hogan, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
- Audrey Klein-Leach, St. Margaret’s Belfast
- Carlos Mello, Trustee of Diocesan Funds, St. Thomas’ Camden CO-CHAIR
- Liz Parsons, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
- Tom Van Buren, St. Brendan the Navigator, Deer Isle, member of the Racial Justice Committee
- Stephen Ward, St. Andrew’s, Newcastle, member of the Committee on Indian Relations and Creation Care Team
- Nancy Whitehouse, St. Paul’s, Brunswick
At the conclusion of the year, the SCSDI submitted the report below to the 205th Annual Diocesan Convention. In addition, feeling that the work was not concluded, they proposed a resolution to convention to have a body named by the bishop continue the work of considering diocesan investments which was adopted.
SCSDI Report to the 205th Annual Convention (2024)
NEW –Resolution to Continue the Work of a Special Commission on Diocesan Investments (2024)
Resolution Regarding the Investment of Diocesan Funds (2023)
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