Province VIII of the Episcopal Church

Call for Nominations

 

 Greetings!

Province VIII is now accepting nominations for various offices to be filled by election at the Province VIII Synod, July 3, 2012, at the site of General Convention, in Indianapolis, IN.

Open for nominations are:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Executive Council (clergy representative)

Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop

Executive Committee with Updated Emails

President
The Rev. Dr. John H. Eastwood

Vice President
The Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera

Secretary
Pam Fern

Treasurer
Nancy Koonce

Chancellor
Miller Adams

Cluster I Convener  Education
Barbara Ross

Cluster II Convener Multicultural
The Rev. Canon Carmen Guerrero

Cluster III Convener  Women's Ministries
Cordelia Burt

The Provincial Coordinator is Patricia Erskine

Provincial Leadership Conference To Meet September 27-29 at Mercy Center

The Executive Committee and Network Chairs of Province VIII gather once a year to look at the challenges facing us in the Province. This year we will meet September 27-29 at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California to work on vision and mission. 

We are well aware of the financial burden that many of our dioceses and congregations are facing and will continue to do so in the new year, 2011. 

We are aware that there are some voices who raise a question about the value of the programs that we offer, while other voices are supportive of the work we do and we wonder what ministries we might be offering that we haven’t yet considered, as well as our important ongoing programs.

Provincial Leadership Conference, Mercy Center, September 14-16

The 2009 annual Provincial Leadership Conference (PLC) will begin at Noon on Monday, September 14th and end at Noon on Wednesday, September 16th at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California.  The Executive Committee will begin its meeting at 3 pm on Sunday, September 13th and end at 2 pm on Wednesday, September 16th.

The theme for PLC will be "Ubuntu", a concept interpreted by South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond

Network Guidelines

The Executive Committee approved Network Guidelines.  Have a look ~ it's our policies and procedures for network leaders in Province VIII.

Download 2010 Network Structure Guidelines- Final

Bishop Rivera appointed assisting bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Oregon

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Edna Bavi "Nedi" Rivera has been appointed assisting bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Oregon effective March 1, the diocesan standing committee announced.

She will become provisional bishop after a diocesan electing convention, which is still being planned, according to the Rev. Canon Lee Kiefer, diocesan canon for transition. "It hasn't been definitely decided yet, but we have two or three options,

Province VIII meets, celebrates new ministry, prepares for General Convention

Cheers, standing ovation for San Joaquin convention deputies
By Pat McCaughan, September 15, 2008

[Burlingame, California]

Province VIII representatives, who gathered Sept. 10-11 for their regular business meeting near San Francisco, also prepared for next July's General Convention by sharing the stories of their lives.

About 75 bishops, clergy and laity elected officers, approved a $560,000 triennial budget and celebrated the establishment of new ministries. They were also the first provincial leaders to participate in the public narrative project, expected to frame a mission conversation at the national governing convention in Anaheim, California.

The Rev. John "Jack" Eastwood, re-elected for a second term as provincial president, encouraged attendees also to "go back to their dioceses and tell the story of the province … of sharing a Pentecost vision of unity by doing together in faith what we cannot do alone."

Province VIII Ordinances

The Ordinances of The Episcopal Church in Province VIII are presented below:

Download prov_8_ordinancesepiscopal082505.pdf

(image of Quilt "Touching the hem of Jesus" by Alison Vogel courtesy of Alison Vogel)

Bryan Krislock named Executive Council representative

The Executive Committee of Province VIII is delighted to announce the appointment of Bryan Krislock as the new Province VIII representative to Executive Council. The Rev. John H. Eastwood made the announcement yesterday after the selection committee recommended Krislock among seven highly qualified candidates. Bryan received word of his appointment in Seattle where he is participating in the Communicators Conference.  Bryan was also on hand for The Next Generation:  Conversations with our Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, a special event for youth and young adults in the Diocese of Olympia.

We wish Bryan all the best in this new ministry and look forward to working with him.

Read more about Bryan in the Episcopal News Service article by Pat McCaughan below or in the ENO box to the right.

Provincial Representative to Executive Council Job Posting ~Deadline Extended

The Episcopal Church in Province VIII is seeking a lay person to fill the position of Provincial Representative to Executive Council. The candidate will fill a 1½ year interim position. The interim representative may stand for re-election at the provincial synod in September 2008 to take office after General Convention 2009.