Convention Highlights
New Creation and the Mission of the Church
Reflections by Bishop Tom Wright, October 2022
2022 Convention Book
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Registration Cost & Deadlines
Registration Type |
EARLY (June 15 – Sept. 6) |
LATE (Sept. 7 – Oct. 21) |
Canonical & Physically Resident Clergy | $120.00 | $150.00 |
Seat & Voice | $120.00 | $150.00 |
Lay Delegates | $120.00 | $150.00 |
Alternates | $60.00 | $75.00 |
Visitors | $60.00 | $75.00 |
Exhibitor | $60.00 | $75.00 |
Outside Vendor | $150.00 | $150.00 |
Pre-Convention Workshop | $25.00 | $25.00 |
Volunteer | FREE | FREE |
Please note the following before registering:
Remember to register with your own individual email address so that you can receive all of the communications that will be sent out leading up to Convention.
Canonical & Physically Resident Clergy: Includes priests and deacons who live in the diocese and have canonical residency. Clergy who do not meet both of these requirements must register as Seat & Voice.
Seat & Voice: Includes clergy who are licensed to officiate in the diocese but are not canonically resident, clergy who are canonically resident but do not live in the diocese, as well as others to whom Bishop Megan has offered Seat & Voice privileges.
Lay Delegate: Individuals whose names are listed on a church’s approved “Certificate of Lay Delegates Form“. If you are unsure as to whether you are a Lay Delegate for this Convention, please check with your Priest or Senior Warden.
Alternate Delegate: Individuals whose names are listed on a church’s approved “Certificate of Lay Delegates Form“. If you are unsure as to whether you are a Lay Delegate for this Convention, please check with your Priest or Senior Warden.
Visitor: Includes clergy spouses/partners (that are not otherwise registered), Aspirants to Ordination, Postulants, Candidates, and all other general visitors.
Volunteer: Includes those who would like to commit at least 4 hours to volunteer at convention. Will be volunteering at their respective deanery locations.
Convention Schedule at a Glance
Thursday, October 20 | All Saints Church – Pre-Convention
10:00 am
- Great California Shakeout
- Disaster Resiliency Workshop on Earthquake Readiness
12:00 pm
- Lunch
1:00 pm
- Workshop with Brian Sellers-Petersen
- Growing Where You’re Planted – focus on stewardship of churchyards and
church land. Care of creation by practicing regenerative and by extension
carbon landscaping, gardening, and farming
3:30 pm
- Rise Against Hunger – Service Project
5:30 pm
- Evening Prayer
Friday, October 21 | Redding Civic Auditorium
7:30 am
- Exhibit Area open
8:00 am
- Convention check-in and registration/morning fellowship
10:00 am
- Business Session I opens
12:30 pm
- Lunch/Clergy spouse lunch/Senior Warden lunch
5:00pm
- Break
6:00pm
- Eucharist
7:00 pm
- Convention in Recess
Saturday, October 22 | Redding Civic Auditorium
7:00 am
- Exhibit Area open
7:30 am
- Convention check-in
8:30 am
- Business Session II
12:00 pm
- Lunch
1:30 pm
- Business Session III
4:00 pm
- Convention closes
Convocations
Convocation is an important preview of the 2022 Convention, including the 2023 Diocesan Budget, Nominees for Standing Committee, Board of Trustees, and 2024 General Convention Deputy, Resolutions, and the upcoming Town Hall.