Resolution Number: 1979-D144
Title: Call Upon Members to Exercise a Responsible Life Style
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 66th General Convention calls every Member of this Church to exercise a responsible life style based on real personal needs commensurate with a world of limited resources by:

  1. Conserving energy in our homes, jobs, parishes, communities, travels, and leisure activities;
  2. Altering our own eating and consumption habits;
  3. Planning family size in a responsible manner;

and be it further

Resolved, That the General Convention commends to every Member of this Church the spiritual resources of prayer and meditation and pastoral support as persons encounter the tensions of a changing life style, and be it further

Resolved, That this Convention calls on the several Committees, Commissions, and Agencies of this Church to exercise a responsible life style in planning the meetings and conferences to be held.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-125.

Legislative History

Author:
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Committee on Social and Urban Affairs

House of Deputies

On the sixth day, the Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #21 on Resolution D-144, and recommended adoption of the Resolution with amendment as follows:

Whereas, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, taught us to be actively concerned about our neighbors, particularly those who are poor, hungry, and oppressed; and

Whereas, the immensity and persistence of hunger in many parts of the world present Christians with a moral imperative; and

Whereas, mobilization of sentiment, based on sound knowledge of the issues involved, is a necessary prerequisite to response and action; therefore be it

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 66th General Convention calls every Member of this Church to exercise a responsible life style based on real personal needs commensurate with a world of limited resources by:

  1. Conserving energy in our homes, jobs, parishes, communities, travels, and leisure activities;
  2. Altering our own eating and consumption habits;
  3. Planning family size in a responsible manner; and be it further

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the General Convention commends to every Member of this Church the spiritual resources of prayer and meditation and pastoral support as persons encounter the tensions of a changing life style, and be it further

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this Convention calls on the several Committees, Commissions, and Agencies of this Church to exercise a responsible life style in planning the meetings and conferences to be held.

Deputy Clay Myers (Oregon), Chairman of the Committee, moved the adoption of the Resolution as introduced by Deputy Theresa Gillette (Massachusetts).

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #53)

House of Bishops

House of Bishops

On the sixth day, HD Message #53 on D-144 Substitute was received.

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #94)

Abstract:   The 66th General Convention calls all Church members to exercise a responsible life style based on real personal needs commensurate with a world of limited resources.