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Site Map
  • Alcohol policy
  • Appalachian Ministries: a description of the diocese's ministries in Appalachia, and contact info for those active in this ministry
  • Bylaws: sample bylaws for use by parishes
  • Calendar: the diocesan calendar of visitations and events
  • Charter: sample charter for use by parishes
  • Church directory: directory of all churches in the diocese, by city and area, with links to their web sites.
  • Clergy Directories:
  • Continuing Education: the diocese's continuing education policy for clergy, links to sources of continuing education, application for CE funds and other links for clergy support
  • Convention Journals: index to the most recent Convention Journal, with links to archived Journals dating back to 2001. Each year's journal includes the minutes of the Convention; a directory to parishes and diocesan organizations; a directory and other information about clergy; reports of commissions, committees and boards; financial reports; parochial reports; the convention's Rules of Order; the Constitution and Canons; and the diocese's Policies and Procedures Manual for Dealing with Sexual Misconduct.
  • Companion Diocese: Information about our companion diocese, South Dakota, including link to sister parish listing
  • Constitution and Canons: current diocesan Constitution and Canons
  • Deployment:
    • index.php: an introduction to clergy and lay professional deployment
    • openings.php: a list of current parish and institutional openings
  • Diocesan Conventions: links to reports on the annual conventions dating back to 2000. Includes bishop's address, speakers' remarks, coverage in the East Tennessee Episcopalian, convention journal, as available.
  • Diocesan trends: participation and giving trends for the diocese, 1996-2006.
  • Disaster preparedness manual: "In God's Hands & and Ours," disaster preparedness and response in the Diocese of East Tennessee
  • ECW: an overview of programs by the Episcopal Church Women in East Tennessee, includes links to their calendar, officers, and directory.
  • Elected positions: a list of the positions that are filled through election at the diocesan convention; includes details of duties.
  • Episcopate:
    • bishopCGvR.htm: the home page for Bishop Charles vonRosenberg, third bishop of the diocese, including links to his convention addresses and the index to sermons he has given on Episcopal visitations.
    • bishopRGT.htm: Bishop Robert Tharp, second bishop
    • bishopWES.htm: Bishop William Sanders, first bishop
  • ETE:
    • The East Tennessee Episcopalian, the diocesan newspaper, which is published every other month. A PDF of the current issue leads the page, and a list of links archives issues to 1999.
    • Policy/deadlines: Upcoming issue deadlines and the editorial policy (guidelines for submitting materials)
  • General Convention 2006:
    • index.php: Members of the East Tennessee deputation posted their thoughts through the event, and materials from around the church helped parishioners understand the church in convention.
    • gallery.php: photos of our deputies taken during convention activities
    • legislationroundup.htm: an alphabetical synopsis of actions
    • windsorlegislation.htm: a discussion of legislation enacted in response to the Windsor Report and other requests from the Anglican Communion.
  • Godly judgment petition: for use by clergy to request the bishop's consent to a marriages in which one person has been divorced
  • History: the history of the diocese and descriptions of its geography, ministries and place within the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
  • Jubilee Centers: a list of those social ministry organizations within the diocese that have been designated as Jubilee Centers by the Episcopal Church
  • Leadership roster: the list of individuals currently serving at the diocesan level, with links to ministry web pages
  • Legacy Society: description of planned giving and the Legacy Society of the diocese, as well as an article about the importance of having a will
  • Media: downloadable photos of the bishop, diocesan seal and Diocesan House, for publicity use by the media.
  • Military: A listing, by city and church, of those members of the U.S. Armed Forces for whom we pray.
  • Millennium Development Goals:
    • peacejustice.htm: Background to the Episcopal Church's support of the MDGs, informational and worship resources, how individuals and parishes can pitch in
    • MDGsFundAppForm.pdf: the form required by the Opportunity Fund Committee to make application for diocesan MDGs funds.
  • Opportunity Fund:
  • Ordination:
  • Sabbatical leave for clergy, includes sabbatical grant application
  • Safeguarding All God's People:
  • Schools: A list and links to the Episcopal Schools operating within the geography of the diocese
  • Shared Ministry:
  • Staff: The bishop and members of the diocesan staff, with a breakdown of who does what
  • Stewardship:
  • Sermons: the texts of Bishop vonRosenberg's sermons deliverd during episcopal visitations
  • South Dakota: Information about our companion diocese, including link to sister parish listing
  • Visitation schedule: the current year's schedule of episcopal visitations to parishes of this diocese. Any modifications will be posted by date to the diocesan calendar.
  • Windsor Process: A chronology of milestones in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion on controversial matters, beginning with the publication of the Windsor Report in 2004, up to current times. Includes links to resource documents.