The 221st Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey occurred on 4 and 5 March 2005 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It convened at the Hilton Conference Hotel.

Bishop's Convention Address
Read the Bishop's Address to the 221st Convention.

Bishop's quick take on Convention
Bishop Councell also wrote, in his blog, an informal overview of convention.

Election results
Here are election results, in the form of the four ballots taken (in PDF form) and a list of elections by acclamation:

Ballot 1
Ballot 2
Ballot 3
Ballot 4

Election by acclamation

Convention documents
Download in PDF form each individual document that interests you. Or you can download the entire group of material by clicking here (PDF, 2.5MB, broadband or cable recommended):

Agenda

Opportunities for Learning: Convention workshops

Jersey Episcopalian: Sample pages from a prototype of diocesan quarterly (1MB)

Balloting Instructions

Document 26: Report of the Historiographer

Document 27: Rules of Order

Document 28: Bishop’s Appointments

Document 29: Girls Friendly Society

Document 30: Canonical List of Clergy

Document 31: Canonical List of Congregations

Document 32: Proposed Resolutions from the 74th General Convention

Document 33: Final Report of the Committee on Resolutions

Financials II: Treasurer’s Report

Financials: Exhibit III: Fair Share

Financials: Exhibit IV: Trust Funds

Statistics I: Bishop’s Journal

Statistics II: Parochial Visitations

Statistics III: Necrology

Statistics IV: Diocesan Statistics

Statistics V: Official Acts

College Students Survey

New Jersey College or University Alumni Survey

Convention Survey

Archives of pre-Convention material
In this section, you can also find archived information about mailings, pre-convention meetings, and resolutions.