* FINAL VERSION - Concurred

Resolution A101

Title:   Stewardship of Relationships

Topic:   Reconciliation

Committee:   12. Evangelism

House of Initial Action:   Deputies

Proposer:   Stewardship and Development

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, that as our Baptismal Covenant calls us “to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving [our] neighbors as [ourselves],” that each member of the 75th General Convention offer  him/herself to an individual from whom he/she has become separated, asking Christ’s forgiveness from that person before the close of this Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That members of the 75th Convention, upon returning to their worshipping communities, invite their church to participate in a similar act of reconciliation.
 


EXPLANATION

God gives us to each other as gifts and we are called to be good stewards of these relationships. Something of God resides in each of us, and we confirm that each time our bodies absorb the body and blood of Christ. This resolution models a way of looking beyond ourselves to see Christ in the face of our neighbor.


* Resolution is final but status and text are still under review before publication.