Episcopal

Diocese of West Texas Office of the Secretary The Rev. David G. Read

November 15, 2012 TO CLERGY AND WARDENS IN CHARGE OF CONGREGATIONS:

Grace to you and Peace. This is your canonical notice that the 109th Annual Council of the Diocese of West Texas will meet in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 21 23, 2013. I encourage you to store and save this document and its attachments until you have completed registration and certification of your delegates!

Registering and certifying delegates are two different processes. In order to certify your delegates you will need to complete the Certificate of Election of Delegates to Diocesan Council. This form is attached. You may also complete it on-line at http://council- dwtx.org/sign-up/certification/. However you will still need to print it out, sign it, and send copies to the following: 1 copy to the Bishop: Bishop Jones Center, P.O. Box 6885 San Antonio, TX 78209 1 copy to the Council Registration Chair: St. Bartholomews Episcopal Church, 622 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-3156. 1 copy to the Diocesan Secretary: The Rev. David G. Read, 11 St. Lukes Lane, San Antonio, TX 78209. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet, Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2013 to determine the number of Delegates you may certify. (Please do not list clergy as delegates.) Certificates are due no later than Friday, February 1, 2013. In order to register your delegates and alternates, find hotel information, and council activities, visit http://council-dwtx.org/. The canon governing allocation of delegates is Canon 1, Section 1(b) adopted by the 101st Council as follows:
Lay. Delegates and alternates shall be men and women communicants of the congregation which they represent, in good standing, sixteen years of age or older. Each congregation, in union with the Council, shall be entitled to one delegate for every 50 persons, or portion thereof, reported for Average Sunday Attendance in the Annual Parochial Report, except that every parish and mission shall be entitled to at least two delegates and two alternates, and each parish shall be entitled to one additional delegate and alternate.

If I can answer any questions about certifying your delegates please contact me at St. Lukes in San Antonio. (210) 828-6425 or rector@stlukes-sa.net. See you at Council in Corpus Christi! Faithfully, The Rev. David G. Read, Secretary

Diocesan Council Lay Delegates for 2013 according to the ration established by Canon I.1(b)
Parishes
Avg. Sun. Att. Delegates
less than 50

Parishes 3 3 4 5 6 7 8
Avg. Sun. Att. 351-400 401-450 451-500 501-550 551-600 601-650
Delegates 9 10 11 12 13 14

Missions
Avg. Sun. Att. less than 50 51-100 101-150 151-200 Delegates 2 2 3 4

51-100

101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350

City Aransas Pass Blanco Brackettville Brownsville Buda Carrizo Springs Comfort Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Cotulla Devine Ft. McKavett George West Goliad Hallettsville Hebbronville Kenedy Lake Corpus Christi Menard Mission Montell New Braunfels Pleasanton Port Aransas Raymondville Refugio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Saba Yoakum 32 Missions

Mission Our Savior St. Michael's St. Andrew's St. Paul's St. Elizabeth's Holy Trinity St. Boniface Reconciliation St. Andrew's St. Timothy's St. Matthias St. James' Good Shepherd St. Stephen's St. James' St. James' St. Matthew's St. Michael's Calvary Sts. Peter & Paul Ascension St. John's All Saints Trinity Epiphany Ascension Grace Holy Cross Holy Spirit Santa Fe St. Luke's Holy Communion Totals

2011 Avg. Attend. 32 32 8 52 62 16 64 69 57 7 15 14 33 11 14 10 16 3 6 96 18 128 12 73 27 11 69 25 125 53 14 no report 1172

Delegates 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 66

PARISHES City Alice Bandera Beeville Boerne Brady Brownsville Canyon Lake Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Cuero Cypress Mill Del Rio Dripping Springs Eagle Pass Edinburg Edna Fredericksburg Gonzales Harlingen Junction Kerrville Kingsville Laredo Llano Lockhart Luling McAllen Pharr Port Isabel Port Lavaca Portland Rockport San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio Church Advent St. Christopher's St. Philip's St. Helena's St. Paul's Advent St. Francis' All Saints' Good Shepherd St. Bartholomew's St. Mark's Grace St. Luke's St. James' Holy Spirit Redeemer St. Matthew's Trinity St. Barnabas' Messiah St. Alban Trinity St. Peter's Epiphany Christ Church Grace Emmanuel Annunciation St. John's Trinity St. Andrew's Grace Church St. Christopher's St. Peter's Christ Church Reconciliation Resurrection St. Andrew's St. David's St. Francis' St. George St. Luke's St. Margaret's St. Mark's St. Paul's 2011 Avg. Att. 26 55 50 394 42 217 128 137 351 139 134 37 60 88 95 87 54 12 211 27 260 30 310 96 83 41 73 29 232 49 80 29 70 127 310 173 125 147 266 156 219 539 86 359 105 Delegates 3 3 3 9 3 6 4 4 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 4 8 5 4 4 7 5 6 12 3 9 4

PARISHES City San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio San Benito San Marcos Seguin Sonora Universal City Uvalde Victoria Victoria Weslaco Wimberley

Church St. Philip's St. Stephen's St. Thomas All Saints St. Mark's St. Andrew's St. John's St. Matthew's St. Philip's St. Francis' Trinity Grace St. Stephen's

2011 Avg. Att. 51 23 360 42 139 152 60 150 91 76 206 92 311

Delegates 3 3 9 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 6 3 8

58 Parishes 32 Missions Grand Total

Totals Totals

8091 1172 9263

261 66 327

The Diocese of West Texas Certificate of Election of Lay Delegates to Diocesan Council
This is to certify that at the Annual Meeting of ________________________________________________ (Parish-Mission), _____________________________________________ (City), Texas, or of the Vestry or of the Bishops Committee of (the same) held on the ________ day of ___________________, 20____, the following persons, all of whom are lay communicants of this congregation, were elected as its delegates and alternates to all Councils of the Diocese to be held in the conciliar year __________.

Delegates

Address & Zip

E-Mail address

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Alternates

Address

E-Mail address

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Certified:
Dated _______________________ Parish/Mission Officer in Charge _________________________________
This certificate shall be completed in triplicate and signed by the clergy or lay person in charge of the congregation. Not less than 15 days before Council a copy thereof shall be sent to each of the following: the Secretary of the Diocese, the Bishop, and the Rector of the parish in which the Council will meet. No clergy shall be entitled to vote unless the parochial report required by him/her has been received by the Bishop. CANON 1 Sections 7 and 1(a).