| Resolution Number: | 1982-A111 |
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| Title: | Request Dioceses to Respond to Issues of Land Use and Stewardship |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 67th General Convention of the Episcopal Church ask Dioceses to work ecumenically in their states to help form land stewardship councils dedicated to responding spiritually to issues of land use ownership and stewardship; and be it further
Resolved, That Dioceses report their learning to the next General Convention, through the Standing Commission on the Church in Small Communities.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-132. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on the Church in Small Communities |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Church in Small Communities |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A111)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 67th General Convention of the Episcopal Church ask Dioceses to work ecumenically in their states to help form land stewardship councils dedicated to responding spiritually to issues of land use ownership and stewardship; and be it further
Resolved, That Dioceses report their learning to the next General Convention, through the Standing Commission on the Church in Small Communities.
On the seventh day, the Committee moved the adoption of Resolution A-111 (Land Stewardship Councils).
Seconded by the Bishop of Wyoming.
Motion carried
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #148)
House of Deputies
On the ninth day, the Chairman of the Committee on the Church in Small Communities presented a report and recommended that the House concur with Message #148 of the House of Bishops on Resolution A-111 (Land Stewardship Councils).
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #240)
On the eighth day, the Committee on the Church in Small Communities presented its Report #6, on Resolution A-111 (Land Stewardship Councils).
The Committee recommended that the resolution be adopted without amendment.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #123)
House of Bishops
On the ninth day, the Secretary read:
HD Message #123 --A-111, Land Stewardship Councils.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #218)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on the Church in Small Communities, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 299-307. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention urges dioceses to work ecumenically in their states to help form land stewardship councils. |