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Resolution Number: 2022-A058
Title: Establish Official Episcopal Church Liturgical Website
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

That the 80th General Convention establish www.episcopalcommonprayer.org, which is already owned by the DFMS, as the official liturgical website of The Episcopal Church; and be it further

Resolved, That www.episcopalcommonprayer.org continue to include a complete list of and links to official digital copies and hard copies of all liturgies authorized for use in The Episcopal Church, with clear differentiation of the types of authorization; and be it further

Resolved, That www.episcopalcommonprayer.org continue to include a summary of and link to the relevant Act of Convention authorizing each liturgy; and be it further

Resolved, That www.episcopalcommonprayer.org continue to include a distinct area for submitting new/alternate liturgical material from the wider church; and be it further

Resolved, That www.episcopalcommonprayer.org continue to include a distinct area for reviewing new/alternate liturgical material; and be it further

Resolved, That www.episcopalcommonprayer.org include other relevant liturgical resources and materials as determined by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music; and be it further

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music oversee and maintain www.episcopalcommonprayer.org; and be it further

Resolved, That the SCLM designate a web designer with primary responsibility for design and maintenance of www.episcopalcommonprayer.org; and be it further

Resolved, That this 80th General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance to allocate $60,000 for the implementation of this resolution; and be it further

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music form a subcommittee to maintain operation of www.episcopalcommonprayer.org whose membership shall include: The Chair of the SCLM or an authorized deputy who is a member of the SCLM; The Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer; at least one other SCLM member; The Secretary of General Convention or an authorized deputy of the Secretary; A representative from Church Publishing; The designated web designer; At least two volunteers chosen by the chair of the SCLM from among the many gifted coders and website designers in The Episcopal Church; and be it further

Resolved, That the 80th General Convention amend Canon I.1.2.n.2 to add a new subsection:

x. Oversee and maintain the official liturgical website of The Episcopal Church through a subcommittee whose members shall include the Chair of the SCLM or an authorized deputy who is a member of the SCLM; the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer; at least one other SCLM member; the Secretary of General Convention or an authorized deputy of the Secretary; a representative from the publisher affiliated with the Church Pension Fund; at least two members with skill in website design and coding, to be appointed by the Chair of the SCLM.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 443-444.