Executive Council to Meet in Albuquerque

Episcopal News Service. May 29, 1992 [92127]

The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 15-19. Council members will be staying at the Doubletree Hotel (telephone [505] 247-3344). Meetings will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second Street, (telephone [505] 7684575).

Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning will deliver his address from the chair at the morning session on June 16. (Copies of the address will be available to the press.)

Plenary sessions will deal with the church's long-range planning and development, and consideration of a revised budget in the light of a revenue shortfall announced at the last council meeting in February. Members of the council will be guests of the Diocese of the Rio Grande and will visit diocesan ministries on the afternoon of June 17.

The meeting will close with a plenary session on June 19, including remarks from the presiding bishop. Browning will be available to the press for a conversation when the council adjourns at approximately 11:30 a.m.

For further information, contact James Solheim, the church's news director, at (212) 922-5385.