Holiday Inn by the Bay & Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland
Gather at the Holiday Inn by the Bay for check-in, coffee, and snacks. We’ll move to a conference room where we will elect new leaders, vote on resolutions, consider the 2025 budget, and reflect back on the year. We will travel (a short walk or shuttle ride) to the Cathedral of St. Luke for Convention Eucharist mid-day. Lunch will be served when we return to the Holiday Inn. After lunch, we’ll resume business.
Register here for convention (required for anyone attending) by Nov. 12. Voting will take place in-person via online form.
Please bring your own device that can connect to wi-fi (smartphone, tablet, or computer) for voting. We will have several available in the lobby for those who do not have a device.
Guests are welcome to register to attend in person using the same link or to watch on YouTube. The business portion will be available at youtube.com/@episcopalmaine (9-11 a.m. and 2-4:30 p.m.) and Eucharist (11:30 a.m.) will be at youtube.com/@stlukesportland.
There will be church and diocesan ministry display tables outside of the conference room to visit after you check-in or during breaks. The space available was first come-first served and has been filled!
Please note the important deadlines and dates below:
Nov. 12 – Registration Closes
Nov. 12 – Preconvention Meeting on Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m. (For Zoom registration info, please email Teresa. View the recorded meeting from Nov. 7 here.)
Nov. 13 – Registrants Receive Convention Details Email
Read, download, print the convention business materials presented here in blocks from this handy list!
Attend on Thu., Nov. 12
Please watch this recording if you are unable to attend a meeting or wish to review the content.
Revised Nov. 7, 2024
Convention will vote to approve the consent calendar and if approved as-is, cast one vote to accept or reject all items listed.
Everyone attending must register by Nov. 12.
Read the three resolutions to be considered.
We will vote to approve the minutes from 2023 at this convention.
Below are the names and congregations of the delegates to convention that have been certified.
List of Certified Lay Delegates
Revisions to your Certificate of Delegates on file are no longer being accepted.
If the delegation on the list above is incorrect, you will need to certify a change in-person on convention day. The priest (or senior warden if there is no priest) along with the replacement delegate must present themselves to the registrar’s desk at the Holiday Inn to certify the change before checking-in. Please allow extra time to complete this process.
If you are a priest or senior warden from one of the three churches that never filed an original certificate, please be in touch with Wendy Kopera.
Standing Committee
Clergy Need to elect one; three-year term
Lay Need to elect one; three-year term
Disciplinary Board Representatives
Clergy Need to elect one; three-year term
Clergy Need to elect one to fill two years of three-year term
General Convention Deputies
Clergy Need to elect four to serve GC82 (2027)
Lay Need to elect four to serve GC82 (2027)
General Convention Alternate Deputies
Clergy Need to elect four to serve GC82 (2027)
Lay Need to elect four to serve GC82 (2027)
Trustees of Diocesan Funds
Trustees are elected by Diocesan Convention to four-year terms. Beginning with the 2023 election, Trustees are limited to two consecutive four-year terms. None of the Trustees’ terms will be up in 2024. Your chance to run will happen again in 2025!
Diocesan Council
None of the Diocesan Council Representatives’ three-year terms (limited to two consecutive terms) will be ending in 2024. There are clergy and lay reps from each Area. In 2025, we will elect lay reps.
Please pray for the entire convention, your bishop and staff, for all delegates and the decisions they have made, and those who have offered themselves for leadership roles. We thank all for their service and faithfulness.
Prayer for a Church Convention