Canon Richard E. Miller

Province IV President's Message

Now that the 76th General Convention is over and well earned vacations have ended, we are back to our ministries doing the Lord's work. The new Province IV leadership team is preparing for its initial organization meeting. Thanks to The Very Reverend Robert Sessum for his leadership of the province over the past six years.

General Convention actions will affect the provinces in yet undetermined ways in 2010 - 2012. Hopefully, the Church Center will sort this out soon and advise the provinces of convention actions' impact on provinces. In the meantime we will go on loving our Lord, helping others, doing mission and living out our baptismal covenant.

With approval of the Province IV executive committee, areas of particular priority for the province will include:
 
 * Congregational Development
 * Intentional Inclusion/Immersion of 
    Young Adulats into the full life of the
    church
 * Engaging deputies and bishops to
    spread the news of provincial
    services available to dioceses
 * Network Coordinators'
    strengthening and accountability

My vision for Province IV is for us to offer people an opportunity to be part of vibrant churches that provide genuine, caring, cross-generational communities doing phenomenal mission work in their local neighborhoods and throughout the world.

As the new province president, I encourage our sharing of stories in our dioceses and congregations, in the public narrative style learned during the recent synod and at general convention. Dialogue should also continue among and between our member bishops, deputies and network coordinators.

Your comments are very important to me and I have established a new email address to communicate with members of the province. Feel free to exchange email messages with me at
province4pres@aol.com


Canon Richard E. Miller
President

Province IV's newly elected officers are (from left), the Rt. Rev. Clifton (Dan) Daniel, III, vice president; Cn. Richard E. Miller, President; Ms. Barbara Mann, treasurer; and Cn. Kathryn Weathersby McCormick, secretary.


The Fourth Province elected new officers at its 2009 Synod. Other representatives from the province were elected and/or appointed at General Convention. Here's a complete list:
(Province_IV-Elections-Synod(2).doc) download doc or pdf


At its 2009 Synod, the Fourth Province adopted new Ordinances as a framework for governing the province. Here are the newly adopted Ordinances. ( click through to The Ordinances of The Province of Sewanee.doc or pdf )