Loading...Continuing last year's precedent, the first set of pre-convention materials, including the registration form, in now available on our website at "Diocesan Convention 2012".
Materials provided offer information about location, registration, hotels, youth participation, a tentative agenda and more! The 185th Convention of the Diocese of Kentucky will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Hopkinsville.
Online registration
Registration this year will be entirely online and can be done here. Those who have registered online before may find this form to be more user friendly. For those who have not registered online before, the form is simplified for ease of use. However, those finding difficulties in completing the form should contact Brian Kinnaman, Communication's Director, for assistance. He can be reached at the Diocesan Office (502) 584-7148 ext. 243 or at bkinnaman@episcopalky.org.
Although registration is done online, it will be helpful if diocesan congregations send one check for the entire deputation to the Diocesan Office at 425 S. 2nd Street, Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40202 by check by October 10, 2012. Visitors and other attendees may mail their payment individually. Convention fees are $125 per registrant except for retired clergy, whose fee is $35.
[If the check total includes payment for multiple registrants, identify each registrant in a separate note with the check.]
A brief convention preview
Convention this year will be centered around the theme of the Anglican 5 Marks of Mission.
- To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
- To teach, baptize and nurture new believers
- To respond to human need by loving service
- To seek to transform unjust structures of society
- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
The 5 Marks of Mission also bring us together as a ecumenical church. Already accepted and embraced throughout the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church, the 5 Marks have been making an impact by focusing us all to fulfill what God has called us to do.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori noted in the May 19 webcast that mission is about receiving love and then responding by going out and sharing. “It is a matter of calling the near and the far off together into the fold. It is about healing and reconciling. It is about making that love incarnate in the lives of people around us and in the lives of people on the other end of the earth.”
This year’s convention will begin with a plenary session for the 5 Marks of Mission workshops. Attendees are encouraged to participate in the workshops even more this year as participation will carry forward throughout the length of convention. Holy Eucharist will be followed with a reception and banquet. The next morning will begin with a continental breakfast at the Aaron McNeil Center, where folks can learn about this important ministry. Attendees are encouraged to bring canned goods and other nonperishable food items to donate to the Aaron McNeil Center.
