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). Voting will take place in-person. A block of rooms are set aside at the Holiday Inn by the Bay for the night of Fri., Nov. 15 under the Group Booking Code “EDM”. If you need a room, please book directly using this link.
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. 1 – Registration Due
Nov. 1 – Changes to Lay Delegation Due Using this Certificate
Nov. 7 – Preconvention Meeting on Zoom, 5:30-7 p.m., registration required *
Nov. 12 – Preconvention Meeting on Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m., registration required *
* Please be in touch with Teresa if you need to register
Read, download, print convention business materials available to date
Thu., Nov. 7 or Thu., Nov. 12 (attend one)
Everyone attending must self-register by Nov. 1. Voting is in-person only.
Coming soon. Being revised.
Click here to view a list of lay delegates of record as of Oct. 31.
Do you need to make changes? Is an alternate replacing a delegate? Please let us know by Nov. 1. Priests, or if your church doesn’t have a priest, then a warden or clerk of the vestry or bishop’s committee is asked to certify this change to your lay delegation using the form below.
REVISED CERTIFICATE OF ASA & LAY DELEGATES TO CONVENTION
If you have questions or are one of the four churches who never filed an original certificate, please be in touch with Wendy Kopera before Nov. 1.
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