October 29, 2019
Register now for Diocesan Convention!
THE 118TH DIOCESAN CONVENTION

​SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Registration ends on November 5th at 11:30pm.

Convention Reminders
  • All parts of the Convention, including the Eucharist, will be held at the hotel. 


  • Saturday is a Full Day of Business.

  • Electronic voting. Please bring a smart device if you have it. Voting stations will be available for those without the necessary device. 

  • Please bring your church’s UTO offering with you for the Ingathering.

  • Bring prayer shawls if you would like to have them blessed.
Books available, kindness of Fr. Mac Murray!
The Rev. Mac Murray will have a table at convention with books over 750 to share. If you see something on the list that you’d like him to hold for you, please email Mac and pick it up at convention on November 9.

Grants available for Young Adult and Campus Ministry
Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry grant applications are now available to those with dreams of launching a ministry or program for young adults. Episcopal ministries or ecumenical ministries with an Episcopal presence are invited to apply. Eligible applicants include dioceses, congregations, or college/university ministries that are currently engaging in or seeking new relationships with young adults on and off college campuses. 

Application deadline November 11, 2019.

Safe Church Registration is Open
Our Safe Church Officer, the Rev. Tanya Wallace, has scheduled the following dates/locations for upcoming Safe Church workshops:



Creation Care
Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Church of Sweden (Lutheran) renew commitment to “join in the care of creation”
On September 24, following an interfaith event in New York, New York, to address climate change, The Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Church of Sweden (Lutheran) issued a statement outlining the churches’ “call to join in the care of creation.”

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Social Justice Commission
ICE drops $300,000 fine for an immigrant in church sanctuary
"The message Pastor Isaac Villegas got on his cell phone earlier this week was short and sweet.

'Un problema menos,' texted Rosa del Carmen Ortez-Cruz, a mother of four living in sanctuary at a Presbyterian church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

'One less problem.'

She was referring to a letter her lawyer received informing her that the $300,000 in fines she owed the government for overstaying her deportation order had been dropped."

Beloved Community Commission
Christians and the Work of Reconciliation
" Most people today don’t know or understand the story of racism in America, nor do they have the emotional tools to lament and mourn its evils, says David Bailey. And even when people take the time to study and learn about racism, the work of reconciliation can seem overwhelming.

Yet the Christian faith is a way forward, with Jesus offering a model for healing and resurrection, Bailey said.

'Fusing the reality of a broken world with the reality of what’s in our texts, we as God’s people, the body of Christ, can have hope, if we’re willing to have the courage to journey in this difficult way,' he said."

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