Membership Categories
Diocesan:
The diocese and diocesan bishop are members of record. The diocesan bishop names one Chaplain of the diocese to serve as Diocesan Representative to the Association. The diocesan bishop and representative are entitled to receive all mailings of the Association and have voting privileges at its Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $150.00
Institutional:
Category appropriate for health related institutions or any church organization or agency. This membership entitles two persons, ordinarily an administrator and a chaplain to receive all mailings of the Association and to voting privileges at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $100.00
Professional:
Membership Category for any person serving as a chaplain, administrator, trustee or related professional in an institution served by chaplain(s). This membership entitles one to all mailings of the Association, to one vote at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $50.00
Associate:
Membership category for volunteer chaplains students or retired persons of any discipline who wish to continue to support the Association.
Annual Dues: $25.00
The diocese and diocesan bishop are members of record. The diocesan bishop names one Chaplain of the diocese to serve as Diocesan Representative to the Association. The diocesan bishop and representative are entitled to receive all mailings of the Association and have voting privileges at its Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $150.00
Institutional:
Category appropriate for health related institutions or any church organization or agency. This membership entitles two persons, ordinarily an administrator and a chaplain to receive all mailings of the Association and to voting privileges at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $100.00
Professional:
Membership Category for any person serving as a chaplain, administrator, trustee or related professional in an institution served by chaplain(s). This membership entitles one to all mailings of the Association, to one vote at the Annual Meeting.
Annual Dues: $50.00
Associate:
Membership category for volunteer chaplains students or retired persons of any discipline who wish to continue to support the Association.
Annual Dues: $25.00
Benefits of Memberhip
- Annual meeting generally held on Zoom after a Wednesday Nonday Prayer
- The Episcopal Meal at APC. Ours is the function to attend, contributing to fellowship and networking with colleagues from across the country. The President, President-elect, and Executive Director of APC are also invited to attend each year. Recently we have tried several different alternatives to a banquet to allow us to gather.
- The AEC web site (http://www.episcopalchaplain.org/; but, then, you've found your way here!). We share information with the membership, including membership information and web links. We have recently completed an upgrade to the site.
- The AEC Facebook Pages. AEHC maintains an open page in Facebook Page and a closed Facebook Group to share information and to raise the visibility of our work. It's another opportunity for members and supporters to hear about events and stories of interest.
- Our email list. Whether or not you are a member, it provides an opportunity for rapid communication and feedback from the Executive Committee, and from other Episcopalians in chaplaincy. (You may need to review your Junk settings to allow our emails through.)
- Our Relationship with the Endorsing Office for Healthcare Ministries and the Rt. Rev. Ann Ritonia, Bishop Suffragan for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. The Bishop of Federal Armed Forces and Federal Ministries has been another voice to advocate for healthcare ministries in the offices of the Episcopal Church and the House of Bishops. The AEC Executive Committee works to maintain clear communication and collaboration with the Bishop’s office.
- Presence and visibility of healthcare chaplains at General Conventions of the Episcopal Church. AEC members have served as Deputies, as representatives of AEC in the General Convention Exhibit Hall, and have assisted with the Office of the Bishop of Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. We’ve been present for most Conventions since 1994, raising the image of our work. In Denver in 2000 that put us in a position to respond to resolution 2000-A079a, “Create an Association of Episcopal Health Care Groups and Individuals,” on advocacy in healthcare. The Assembly (now Association) was noted by name in that resolution. Two results of that resolution were the Formative Symposium for Healthcare (2001), and the conference “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care.” (2003). In Salt Lake City in 2015 current and former members of AEHC were able to touch base on the sidelines of Convention.
- Participation and representation in events of the Episcopal Church such as the Formative Symposium for Healthcare, “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care,” and the 2008 and 2012 meetings of the Standing Commission on Health. AEC officers have represented the organization in these meetings, allowing us to participate in shaping the church's positions on healthcare.
If you would like to become a Member of AEC or to renew your Membership, please download and print the Membership Form. Complete it and mail it in to participate in all of our activities.
- The Episcopal Meal at APC. Ours is the function to attend, contributing to fellowship and networking with colleagues from across the country. The President, President-elect, and Executive Director of APC are also invited to attend each year. Recently we have tried several different alternatives to a banquet to allow us to gather.
- The AEC web site (http://www.episcopalchaplain.org/; but, then, you've found your way here!). We share information with the membership, including membership information and web links. We have recently completed an upgrade to the site.
- The AEC Facebook Pages. AEHC maintains an open page in Facebook Page and a closed Facebook Group to share information and to raise the visibility of our work. It's another opportunity for members and supporters to hear about events and stories of interest.
- Our email list. Whether or not you are a member, it provides an opportunity for rapid communication and feedback from the Executive Committee, and from other Episcopalians in chaplaincy. (You may need to review your Junk settings to allow our emails through.)
- Our Relationship with the Endorsing Office for Healthcare Ministries and the Rt. Rev. Ann Ritonia, Bishop Suffragan for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. The Bishop of Federal Armed Forces and Federal Ministries has been another voice to advocate for healthcare ministries in the offices of the Episcopal Church and the House of Bishops. The AEC Executive Committee works to maintain clear communication and collaboration with the Bishop’s office.
- Presence and visibility of healthcare chaplains at General Conventions of the Episcopal Church. AEC members have served as Deputies, as representatives of AEC in the General Convention Exhibit Hall, and have assisted with the Office of the Bishop of Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. We’ve been present for most Conventions since 1994, raising the image of our work. In Denver in 2000 that put us in a position to respond to resolution 2000-A079a, “Create an Association of Episcopal Health Care Groups and Individuals,” on advocacy in healthcare. The Assembly (now Association) was noted by name in that resolution. Two results of that resolution were the Formative Symposium for Healthcare (2001), and the conference “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care.” (2003). In Salt Lake City in 2015 current and former members of AEHC were able to touch base on the sidelines of Convention.
- Participation and representation in events of the Episcopal Church such as the Formative Symposium for Healthcare, “Waging Reconciliation: an Episcopal Response to Barriers to Health Care,” and the 2008 and 2012 meetings of the Standing Commission on Health. AEC officers have represented the organization in these meetings, allowing us to participate in shaping the church's positions on healthcare.
If you would like to become a Member of AEC or to renew your Membership, please download and print the Membership Form. Complete it and mail it in to participate in all of our activities.
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