[Magdalen] DioVA convention

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Dio of TX in the pre "drama" years prior to the 21C lasted from Thursday afternoon - early afternoon Sunday. Back home all churches had Morning Prayer with a pre Dio Convention written letter read to the assembled back home. 
Sometimes last minute/hours debates continued into Sunday afternoon. 

After 2003 , beginning with our '04 Dio Convention it tightened up, a lot of preliminary business was wrapped up in regional diocesan teleconferences to keep things smooth and moving. These days it is Thursday night Eucharist and closing prayer service at 1pm sharp on Saturday and everything gets done between the two events.  Old timers miss the old days but there's not too many of those left. 
Lynn 

On Nov 5, 2018, at 10:05 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

Our convention is all day Friday and all day Saturday. Here's this year's
schedule, which does include quite a few workshops. There are three time
slots for workshops plus a brown-bag-lunch session. Ray Suarez, former NPR
talk-show host, will be keynote speaker and offer workshops.

https://www.episcopalchicago.org/files/9815/4101/0414/Conv_Sched_for_Publishing_2018.pdf

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 10:01 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Diocese of Chicago has typically combined the Convention with a
> panoply of educational sessions, although this may have been reduced in
> recent years. One year I attended four or five such sessions, including an
> introduction to centering prayer, a talk by the diocesan chancellor about
> legal issues vestry members need to be aware of, a session on spiritual
> direction, and a couple of others. All of these were excellently presented.
> These are scheduled in tracks at times when convention delegates can attend
> without missing hearings or legislative sessions. I think Convention
> involves only one overnight stay lately; I can't remember if we stayed two
> nights back when.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 8:10 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm always amazed to hear about diocesan conventions that last 3 days,
>> which implies two overnights even if the first and last days are partials.
>> I wonder what they do with all that time. Our diocesan convention is this
>> coming weekend and will begin with a Eucharist which will include the
>> bishop's address on Friday evening, followed by a reception. Attendance at
>> this portion of the convention is not recorded. All of the business will
>> be
>> conducted on Saturday between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm with an hour and a half
>> lunch break. My amazement is also mixed with a degree of envy that these
>> dioceses have such extended time in their life together as a body.
>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 5:11 PM cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Back from the Diocese of Virginia convention (Nov 1-2-3).
>>> 
>>> Bishop Shannon Johnston resigned (retired). A Bishop Provisional was
>>> not found in time for the convention, so Bishop Susan Goff is the
>>> diocese's ecclesial authority for the interim. There were bishops
>>> interested in the "Bishop Provisional" position (list provided by
>>> Bishop Curry's office) but they were not in a position to up-end their
>>> lives and move to Richmond, VA in time for the convention. If needed,
>>> Bishop Susan was given the authority to appoint an Assistant Bishop
>>> (temporary, requires the approval of the Standing Committee) to handle
>>> visitations and general work. Bishops Bob Ihloff and Ted Gulick
>>> continue (both part-time, both have consistently "failed" at full
>>> retirement).
>>> 
>>> An interesting convention. The diocese continues, is in the midst of
>>> several ambitious initiatives and missions, and has "business process"
>>> housekeeping to do. It sounds as though the diocesan office has not
>>> updated its business processes for about 3 bishops worth of tenure.
>>> 
>>> I am always delighted to see the full diversity of those who proudly
>>> self-identify as Episcopalian, from young to old, lay, deacons/clergy
>>> and bishops, outrageous and staid. 7 bishops from USA, England, and
>>> Ghana robed up for Eucharist on Friday.
>>> 
>>> We have been strongly encouraged to follow Bishop Curry's "Way of Love
>>> Rule of Life" https://www.episcopalchurch.org/explore-way-love
>>> 
>>> Still working out what just happened - a lot of information in a short
>>> few days!
>>> 
>>> hugs anyway - Cady
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Christopher Hart
>> 
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> 
> 
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> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> 


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA