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2024 Convention

Convention is for everyone! In addition to the meaningful and essential work of the delegates regarding diocesan business and elections, we are creating a joyful space for engaging in collective worship, fostering congregational development, and creating and strengthening relationships and camaraderie in our diocese. 

This year, we will GATHER together at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio on November 8-9. We will be TRANSFORMed by the Holy Spirit through worship, relationships, conversations, and, of course, fun! After the chance to experience many moments of joy and inspiration in our critical work together, we will SEND you back to your parishes to continue the good work of being faithful, healthy, effective, and sustainable sharers of the transformative love of Jesus in your communities. 

This gathering promises to be a source of inspiration that deepens our connections with one another, embodying the core values of faith and service that the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio exemplifies and holds dear. Come ready to engage, connect, and enjoy the collaborative and uplifting experience that awaits us all!

Friday Evening: Convention Eucharist (free) and Banquet after the Eucharist (Cost: $30). Both at the Hilton Garden Inn, Perrysburg.

Saturday: The Episcopal Address and all convention business will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, Perrysburg; (Cost: $40) 

If you are in need of financial assistance to attend Convention, please contact Canon Jessie Gutgsell Dodson.

REGISTRATION – Closes on Oct. 10 Everyone attending any portion of Friday or Saturday must register in advance.

DELEGATE CERTIFICATION - Due by October 10

FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE - Due by October 1

 

The Bishop’s List of Clergy Eligible to Vote

This link is the Bishop’s List of Clergy eligible to vote and required to attend the Annual Diocesan Convention.  Please remember that if you are on this list, you are expected to be at Convention.  (Title I, Canon 2. Sec. 1(a) It shall be the duty of all Clergy entitled to vote in the Convention to attend the same…)

If for any reason you find that you cannot attend, you must request to be officially excused by the Bishop prior to Convention so that voting privileges at subsequent conventions are not jeopardized.  If you are canonically resident but not on this list and would like to be, you may petition the Bishop by November 1, 2024 for inclusion.

From the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio:

Article II:  The Convention

Sec. 2. Members of any Convention shall be:

(c)        All deacons and presbyters not under discipline who are canonically resident in the Diocese and in charge of, or designated as assistant clergy in, any parish in canonical union with the Diocese, or employed by the Diocese, or certified to the Convention by the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese as serving the mission of the Church.

 

What is the Annual Convention?

The Annual Convention of the Diocese of Ohio is the legislative body that approves the diocesan program and budget, elects persons to various groups, which serve the diocese, adopts resolutions on various issues, and approves changes in the Constitution and Canons of the diocese.

Each congregation in union with the convention, that is, those that are current with payment of diocesan assessments and Church pension requirements, is entitled to be represented by not more than three lay adult delegates in good standing in their respective congregations. Delegates are chosen in accordance with the prescribed Canon, or by special parochial charter or bylaws of the parish. When not a virtual convention, attendance at Annual Convention is not limited to lay delegates and clergy. Youth and adult members of all congregations are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The Diocese of Ohio Annual Convention is held once per year, usually the second weekend in November.

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