General Convention Highlights #gc79 (Part I)

I was asked what are my top 5 resolutions that passed, here they are & the news articles that goes with them (in no particular order):

1) Updating our Lesser Feasts & Fasts - our saints calendar

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/13/lesser-feasts-and-fasts-a-step-closer-to-revision/

2) Re-admitting the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a diocese of the Episcopal Church.

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/pressreleases/both-houses-of-the-episcopal-churchs-79th-general-convention-vote-unanimously-to-admit-cuba-as-a-diocese/

3) Approval of compensation for house of deputies’ president


https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/06/general-convention-approves-compensation-for-deputies-president/

4) Holding on to our 1979 BCP and yet still moving forward

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/13/book-of-occasional-services-2018-approved-for-use-by-general-convention/

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/13/convention-lets-its-yes-be-yes-agreeing-to-give-church-full-access-to-trial-use-marriage-rites/

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/12/convention-approves-use-of-expansive-language-version-of-rite-ii-eucharistic-prayers/ 

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/07/11/deputies-agree-with-bishops-on-new-plan-for-liturgical-and-prayer-book-revision/

5) Our ongoing dialogues with the United Methodist Church and the Church of Sweden

There are no news reports about this but I think it is important to our ecumenical relations.