Nominations

Serving as a leader in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota taps into the talents and skills so abundant in the people of our various faith communities.  At convention in September, your delegates will be electing people to serve as a Trustee, on the Commission for Ministry and on Standing Committee.  Together with council members, these elected leaders commit to meeting quarterly together and to serve on working committees in preparation for the quarterly meetings.

All nominations are due on June 30, 2012.

Submit a nomination online now.

Trustees of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota
(electing 3 new members, clergy or laity)

The Episcopal Church in Minnesota Trustees oversee the financial assets, including real estate, investments, loan funds, and planned giving. They were incorporated in 1885.

Commission on Ministry
(electing 1 clergy and 1 lay representative)

The Commission on Ministry (COM) assists the Bishop and the Standing Committee under the provisions of Title III of the Canons of the General Convention and the Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota in the following ways:

• determining the present and future needs for ministry;
• soliciting nominations of persons who demonstrate qualities of Christian commitment, leadership, vision, and responsiveness to the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world which mark them as desirable candidates for positions of leadership in the Church;
• inviting nominees to engage in a discernment process appropriate to their cultural background;
• recruiting and select persons for Holy Orders and guide and examine postulants, candidates for the diaconate and priesthood, in their journey to ordination;
• providing continuing education of clergy and lay professionals employed in the church;
• promoting continuing education of clergy and lay professionals employed in the church;
• supporting the development of the ministry of the laity.

Standing Committee
(electing 2 clergy and 2 laity members)

The Standing Committee is responsible for approving ordinations of clergy, consenting to elections of bishops in other diocese of The Episcopal Church, and advising and consenting to various official actions of the Bishop. In the absence of an elected Bishop, the Standing Committee “stands” as the ecclesiastical authority until a new Bishop is elected and consecrated.

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According to the Standing Rules of Order of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota:

9. The Committee on Nominations shall present to the Convention at least two nominees for each office to be filled. Nomination to elective office may be made by any of three methods:

a.    Nominations may be made from within the Diocese at large. Such nominations are to be submitted in writing by three Communicants of the Church attesting to the nomi¬nation, accompanied by a brief biographical sketch of the nominee, not less than 60 days prior to the Convention.

b.   The Committee on Nominations may of its own volition nominate candidates it deems suitably qualified should such person(s) not be nominated from the Diocese at large. All such Committee on Nominations candidates shall be so identified as nominees of the Committee’s selection.

c.   Nominations may be made from the Convention floor for “write in” candidates, pro¬vided that such nomination is signed by six members of the Convention. 

All nominations for elective office shall be attested to by the nominee, stating a willingness to serve if elected. 

A brief biographical sketch and pertinent statements from those nominated shall be provided to Convention delegates not less than 30 days prior to Convention. 

Any member of the Diocese may be nominated to more than one elective office.

10. In all elections for which balloting is the determined method of selection, all nominees shall be listed on the first ballot. Any and all subsequent ballots shall contain no more than twice as many names for consideration as there are vacancies remaining to be filled, with nominees who received the least number of votes on the preceding ballot being removed from consideration until only the proper number of nominees remain. The only exception to this rule shall be that when the last nominee eligible to remain on the ballot was tied on the preceding ballot with one or more other nominees, all those tied for the last position on the ballot shall be listed on the ballot. None of this procedure shall apply to the election of a Diocesan Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan. 

Computer-assisted balloting may occur at the discretion of the Secretary of Convention.