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Missionary Diocese of the Central States

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The Book of Common Prayer According to the use of the Reformed Episcopal Church in North America © 2003.   (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Note: This file is identical except in file name to the one available on the download page of the REC web site. Recommended open source (free) software
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Office suite: OpenOffice.org
Desktop publishing: Scribus
Calendar: Sunbird/Lightning
Operating system: Linux Mint
Reserved for 2010 synod information.
The Synod is scheduled for September 23-24 at Christ the King, Dayton, OH.
Announcing Parish Admin, an open source (free) database companion to the parish register to help congregations administer (keep track of) their demographic and sacramental information for daily use and required reports. Please see the DEMO SITE (launches in a new tab or window) for more information. You will be asked to accept (Make an Exception for) the self signed secure server (SSL) certificate. You may do this with the confidence that the Parish Admin demo is running on your webmaster's secure development server in his basement. Hosting available at no cost for MDCS congregations. Contact webmaster@rec-mdcs.org to make arrangements.
Documents and other resources from the synod of the Missionary Diocese of the Central Sates, September 24-25, 2009
The Minutes (pdf) or (doc) or (open document)
Bishop Morse's report (pdf) or (doc) or (open document)
Bishop Morse's sermon (pdf) or (doc) or (open document)
The Exhortation (html) or (pdf) or (doc) or (open doc.)
Exhortation Outline (html) or (pdf) or (doc) or (open doc.)
Standing Committee Report (pdf) or (doc) or (open doc.)
Trustee's Report (pdf)
Fr Longmire's sermon (pdf) or (doc) or (open document)
Photo album (launches in new window or tab)
Web Editor's Note: The Open Document (Open Doc.) format is a widely adopted international standard (link) used natively by the open source (free) OpenOffice.org office suite available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Solaris computers.
More Synod Photos
Facebook, at Trinity, Evansville, IN
Minutes of the first regular synod of the Missionary Diocese of the Central Sates, September 25-26, 2008
Three formats:
Portable Document File   70k   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Open Document File   40k   (OpenOffice.org)
Word Document File   35k   (Microsoft Word)
Preliminary 2009 Budget
Constitution and Canons of the Missionary Diocese of the Central States
As Adopted by vote of the Council, September 25, 2008
Portable Document File   290k   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Council of Bishops Resolution to Establish the Missionary Diocese of the Central States
(less financial details)

Three formats:
Portable Document File   59k   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Open Document File   22k   (OpenOffice.org)
Word Document File   113k   (Microsoft Word)

Provisional Constitution and Canons of the Missionary Diocese of the Central States
(Referred to Constitution and Canons committee for action at September 2008 synod.)
Three formats:
Portable Document File   146k   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Open Document File   36k   (OpenOffice.org)
Word Document File   201k   (Microsoft Word)
Bishop Morse's List of Scanned Books

Many other Anglican books and documents are available for downloading through sites listed on the webmaster's Southern Ohio AAC site's links page, most notably Project Canterbury, The Prayerbook Society, Footstool Publications, and more.

Record of an Episcopal Visit to be completed prior to the receipt of an Episcopal Visit. Additional pages provided at the end (11 and 12) for regular monthly reporting.   (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Web Ministry Resources compiled by the webmaster. (Not fancy. Just some stuff.) Album of images used or considered in the development of this web site.

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