• In the first two years of her nine-year term, Bishop Jefferts Schori has visited over half of the dioceses in The Episcopal Church.  The Presiding Bishop's Office incurs the expenses of these trips.
• The Presiding Bishop's Office supports the preservation of the Church's heritage through pastoral, legal and financial means, especially in regard to property and human resources in dioceses in distress. 
• The Chief Operating Officer oversees the work of the program, communications, financial, operations, and administrative staff of the Episcopal Church Center, whose ministry is to support the people of the Episcopal Church through implementation of the vision and priorities of the General Convention.  Church Center staff work in New York City and Washington; in three new regional offices in Omaha, Seattle, and Los Angeles; the headquarters of the Archives in Austin; and in a field office of Episcopal Migration Ministries in Miami.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $4,688,457

• Contracted with the Convention Center, hotels (over 3200 rooms) and exhibitors (119) in Anaheim for the 2009 General Convention, recommended Indianapolis as the site of the 2012 General Convention; and solicited invitations to host the 2015 meeting
• Provided meeting logistics for 133 meetings of Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards
• Developed computer software to enable on-line registration for meetings.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $3,826,767

• Supported the work of the nine provinces of The Episcopal Church by funding and hosting the Provincial Leadership Council’s December 2008 meeting at the Church Center in New York
• Provided information and hospitality at the Lambeth Conference Marketplace for two weeks in July, producing and distributing resources that demonstrate the mission and scope of The Episcopal Church for Anglican Communion bishops and Lambeth visitors.
• Led the effort to build an effective web presence for the Mission Centers of the Episcopal Church, beginning with a branding survey for mission stakeholders throughout the church the results of which will be used to construct a more user-friendly, dynamic website for the program areas of the church.
• Initiated and organized the world mission conference, Everyone, Everywhere, held in Baltimore in June and attended by over 300 global mission activists from all nine provinces of the Episcopal Church.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $641,498

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• Established and convened a Development Advisory Board composed of experts in fundraising and leaders in the Church (both lay and ordained).
• Inaugurated first electronic donor database for the national Church.
• Initiated cultivation of two major/lead donors at private events in the Residence at the Church Center.
• Developed staff infrastructure and strategies for continuing development work on the Church’s funding priorities.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $489, 104

• The Office of Government Relations (Washington, DC) devoted priority attention to two major pieces of Millennium Development Goals legislation in the U.S. Congress: the reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Jubilee Act to cancel the debts of poor countries that need it meet the MDG’s.
• The Office of Social Justice and Poverty Alleviation spearheaded the Presiding Bishop’s Summit on Domestic Poverty in May 2008 to create action items for addressing issue of poverty in the United States.
• The Office of International Peacemaking oversaw the production of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network’s (APJN) triennial report on civil conflicts and war affecting Anglican Provinces, circulating 1500 copies throughout the communion and available on the Anglican Communion website.
• A service of repentance for the church’s involvement in slavery and racism in the United States, in response to 2006 General Convention Resolution A123, was organized by the Office of Anti-racism and Gender Equality and held in Philadelphia, PA, in October. Approximately 600 people attended, representing at least 57 dioceses, including 16 bishops and representatives of three ecumenical partners.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $2,229,784

• Young Adult and Campus Ministries energized young adult programs through eight new campus ministries (including one in Honduras and one in Taiwan), a growing coalition of Urban Intern Programs, and collaboration with Partnerships and Mission Personnel to begin a new campus ministry during Young Adult Service Corps assignments.
• The Office of Federal Ministries served 19,000 Episcopalians in Federal service and supported 147 Federal Chaplains in military service, VA hospitals and prisons.
• Mission Personnel sent and supported 75 missionaries and Young Adult Service Corps volunteers to 40 Dioceses around the Anglican Communion, helping to empower our partners and strengthen relationships.
• The Office of Women’s Ministries and Leadership Development cultivated and encouraged eight working Beijing Circles around the U.S.  Beijing Circles is an action/reflections tool with gender perspective for organizing small groups around local and global social justice issues.
• The Church Deployment Office for Ministry Transition developed resources for seminarians, clergy and lay professionals to assist in their vocational discernment, including the online resource Positions Open Bulletin which supports both clergy and congregations in search.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $4,363,990

• The Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries and the Office of Lifelong Learning are creating a much- needed bilingual Latino Lifelong Learning Curriculum, responding to the mission priority of Young Adults, Youth, and Children and the 5 Marks of Mission of teaching, baptizing, and nurturing new believers.
• Episcopal Migration Ministries, serving a network of 30 affiliate offices in 27 dioceses, enabled a record 4, 070 refugees from war ravaged countries and overburdened camps to reestablish lives in U.S. communities.
• The development of a Church Redeveloper’s Assessment Tool to be used by dioceses and seminaries around the church in the process of identifying clergy suited for this ministry.
• The Office for Worship and Spirituality took the lead in the publication of Changes: Prayer and Services Honoring Rites of Passage (Church Publishing Inc., 2007), a resource that takes into account a variety of rites of passage that mark the lives of people in the variety of cultural contexts represented in the church’s membership.
• The Research Office worked with the youth and young adult program officers and representatives from the PEALL (Proclaiming Education for All) task force to produce a study of ministry to youth and young adults in Episcopal congregations and dioceses which gives a clearer picture of the nature and extent of youth and young adults ministry in the church.
• Lessons Plans for Small congregations continues to be one of the most used resources on The Episcopal Church’s website

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $12,526,469

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• The Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations facilitated (with the National Council of Churches) a Young Adult Ecumenical Formation event which brought together over 40 young clergy from over ten different denominations to engage a new generation of ecumenical leadership.
• Program Officer for Asia and the Pacific worked with the clergy leaders of Korea and the Office of Asian American Ministry to strengthen and expand the Korean Congregation of the Episcopal Church, thus further affirming some of the initiatives for peaceful unification of Korea as set forth by the TOPIK Conference (Seoul, Korea) in November 2007.
• Program Officer for Africa met with the primate and bishops of Tanzania to improve relations with that province and participated in the installation of bishops in South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania as a representative of the Episcopal Church.
• Diocesan Services provided resources produced by the Episcopal Church and other services for the Diocese of San Joaquin.
• Implemented budget line items approved by General Convention and Executive Council, $1.6 million for overseas covenants and grants, $3.3 million for domestic commitments to dioceses and organizations.

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $10,442,977

• Extensive on-location multimedia news and feature coverage of the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England, was offered on the Episcopal Church website.  It was the first major content to be published during a year long website re-design and enhancement program. The Lambeth stories remain archived on the site and are also available in DVD format from Episcopal Books and Resources.  The website had more than 2 million visits during the Lambeth Conference with nine million page views requested.
• The production of live and on-demand webcasts were introduced in 2008 and have featured the Presiding Bishop and the president of the House of Deputies. Additional productions, in consultation with other departments,  focused on issues such as the church's wide ranging response to the Katrina hurricane devastation.
• Episcopal Life, with a print circulation of 250,000 copies, offered a topical Sunday Bulletin "insert" series in its online edition, for parishes to download and print locally for distribution.  This popular online feature has had as many as 20,000 downloads in some months.
• In support of the recently restructured Church Center Mission Centers, the Office of Communication participated in a joint strategy planning effort with colleagues in the centers.  The project initially will survey stakeholders and congregation leaders, among others, about how best to serve them with effective communication and educational materials.  The office will then work with the centers and selected branding and design firms to produce a totally new website for the Mission Centers. 

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $4,212,393

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• Ensured the appropriate funding and financial management of all canonically required and programmatic activities
• Directed financial continuity and management improvements in various dioceses
• Accurately recorded all transactions and received an unqualified opinion with no audit findings
• Achieved seamless financial transition between old and new organizational structures of the Church Center

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $4,232,780

Estimated End-of-Year 2008: $6,046,172

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