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Archives
These 3 pages are the archival pages for what occurred at the 2010 Diocesan convention. 

Delegates & Clergy

   

   

   

         

  

  

  

Pre-convention Meetings

Click here to find what deanery you are in

  

Eastern Deanery
Saturday, April 10

10:30am - 12:00pm

St. Thomas', Battle Creek (click to view website with directions)

   

St. Joseph Deanery
Saturday, April 10

2:00pm - 3:30pm

St. Luke's, Kalamazoo (click to view website with directions)

  

Lakeshore Deanery
Saturday, April 17

11:30pm - 1:00pm

St. Paul's, Muskegon (click to view website with directions)

   

Grand Valley Deanery
Saturday, April 17

4:30pm - 6:00pm

St. Andrew's, Grand Rapids (click to view website with directions)

   

Traverse Deanery
Sunday, April 18

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Grace, Traverse City (click to view website with directions)

     

  

  

  

Guests & Visitors

  

click here to go to the registration section of this page

  

Guests (people from the Diocese who want to stop into convention to see what's going on) - are invited to attend the keynote session titled "Radical Hospitality" and also the Convention Eucharist at no fee. They will not need to register for Convention and will not be receiving any information.

     

  

  

  

   

Location & Lodging

  

The 136th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan will take place April 23-24, 2010 at the Park Place Hotel in Traverse City, MI.

With the intention of being environmentally sound, you can now find everything for Convention in electronic format on our webpage.  The entire Convention site (Park Place Hotel in Traverse City) has free wi-fi (internet access).

   

  

Click here to go to the Park Place Hotel website

   

  

Click here to go to the website for the Traverse City visitor's bureau

     

The diocesan office received notice that the rooms reserved for diocesan convention at the Park Hotel in Traverse City have been booked, so as you continue to make your plans check the above link to the Traverse City visitor's bureau.

   

  

  

  

    

Exhibits & Exhibitors

  

    

  

   

   

Schedule & Agenda

  

Diocesan Convention begins at 10:00am on Friday.

Click here to download a more specific Convention Agenda (please know that, as we are led by the Holy Spirit, times may not be exact).

Please remember to print everything & bring it with you!    

   

Friday April 23

  8:00 a.m.         Meeting Rooms Open

  9:15 a.m.         New Delegate Orientation  

10:00 a.m.         Opening Session                                

12:00 p.m.         Noonday Prayer & Lunch

  1:30 p.m.          Business Session

  4:00 p.m.          Close of Business for the day

  4:45 p.m.          Eucharist at Grace Church, Preacher: The Rev. Peter Rood

The Convention Offering will go toward the Youth Leadership Mission & Pilgrimage to the Dominican Republic.  Thank you for your generosity.

  6:30 p.m.          Hors D'Oeuvres and Cash Bar (meal ticket is on nametags)

  8:00 p.m.          Birds-of-a-Feather Conversations  

  9:30 p.m.          Compline  

     

Saturday, April 24

  7:30 a.m.          Meeting Rooms Open  

  9:00 a.m.          Business Session (note: new starting time)

10:00 a.m.          Speaker:  The Rev. Peter Rood, "Radical Hospitality"

11:30 a.m.          Lunch

12:45 p.m.          Business Session  

   ???                   Closing Prayer, Blessing, dismissal - Adjourn

  

   

  

  

   

The Rev. Peter Rood Keynote Speaker, The Rev. Peter Rood

Our Keynote Speaker this year will be The Rev. Peter Rood, rector of the Church of the Holy Nativity in Los Angeles and co-founder of Environmental Changemakers, a grass-roots group dedicated to sustainable living. He is also co-author of Environmental Change-Making: How To Cultivate Lasting Change in Your Community (Cathedral Center Press 2008).

  

  

  

Birds of a Feather - Friday evening discussions

On Friday evening there will be open table discussion. If you have a topic you'd like to discuss, you will be able to post that suggestion by the registration table. All attendees can sign up to join the discussion that most interests them, and if there are at least two people signed up, a table will be set up on Friday evening at 8:00pm for people to meet with their "Birds of a Feather" for discussion & fellowship.

    

  

   

  

    

Registration & Payment

Registrations and payment are due March 1.

How do I register?
A separate form must be filled out for each person (spouses must register individually).
To register you must fill out the form completely.
Before you hit "submit": If you would like to keep this for your records follow the instructions at the bottom of the form.
Hit the "submit" button (if you do not hit the "submit" button, your work will be lost).
    

  

  
How do I pay?

Convention registration is $50 for delegates, alternates and clergy; $20 for visitors and spouses. The meal plan is $40.
All payments are due March 1 (after this date there will be a $10 late fee)
You will not be officially registered until payment is received. Parish delegates, alternates & parish clergy are to pay as a unit and send in one check. Guests and people not associated with a parish will be paying individually.

If you have any questions, please call Mary McGuire at (269) 381-2710.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Come to Convention

The 136th Convention

April 23-24, 2010

Traverse City , MI

  

  

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