The 149th Annual Diocesan Convention, October 18 through October 19 was held at the Zembo Shrine in Harrisburg, PA. This year, the theme was “Shaped by Faith.” Shaped by Faith focuses on the invitation to discern the future of our diocese together, in the next two years.
Registration began Friday, October 18 and was held in the lobby of the Zembo Shrine, and the Ministry Fair was on display in the Tile Room. Our keynote speaker was American Architect, Duo Dickinson, Jr. Following the keynote speaker, a service of Evensong was held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Harrisburg.
On Saturday, October 19, Convention began at the Zembo at 9 a.m., and the study of scripture, liturgy and Eucharist was woven into the schedule of the day.
CONVENTION SCHEDULE-DRAFT
Friday, October 18, 2019
2:00 p.m. Convention Registration Open – Main Entrance, Lobby
2:00-6:00 p.m. Diocesan Ministry Displays – Tile Room First Floor
3:00-5:00 p.m. Shaped by Faith – Activities
2:00-4:00 p.m. Children’s Activities
5:00-6:00 p.m. Reception- Heavy Hors D’ouvres
6:00-7:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Duo Dickinson
7:15 p.m. Shuttle bus available to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Harrisburg
7:30-8:30 p.m. Evensong – St. Paul’s
8:30 p.m. Desert Reception – St. Paul’s (Downstairs and outside in tent)
9:30 p.m. Shuttle bus back to Zembo, if needed.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
HOTEL CHECK OUT- Attendees will need to check out of their hotels BEFORE coming to the Zembo Shrine building.
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at your hotel/on own. Breakfast served at the Crown Plaza and the Quality Inn, No breakfast served at the Radisson.
9:00 Entrance Rite
9:15 Bishop Declares Convention Open & Calls Business Session to Order
Election of Officers of Convention
Claims of Those Entitled to Voice and Vote
Announcement of Tellers & Voting Instructions
9:20 Liturgy of the Word
9:45 Response to Liturgy of the Word
10:10 Report of the Nominating Committee
Opening of the 1st Ballot
10:25 Break
10:40 Introductions & Acknowledgements
Report of the Resolutions Committee – Overview
Notice of Courtesy Resolutions
11:00 Motion to Accept Annual Reports
Cathedral Taskforce Report
Aging and Seniors Committee Report
Creation Care Committee Report
11:35 Renewal of Baptismal Vows
Prayers of the People
The Peace
Afternoon Session
12:00 p.m. LUNCH – a buffet lunch will be served
12:45 Reconvene Business Section Report of Elections Results
Explanation of Rules of Order
Resolution #1 –Episcopal Home
Resolution #2 – Amendments to Constitution and Canons
1:35 Finance Committee Report and Budget Presentation
2:15 Special Order – Bishop Scanlan’s Address to Convention
2:35 Response to the Bishop’s Address
2:55 The Offertory
The Great Thanksgiving
Communion
Commissioning of Shaped by Faith Teams
3:45 Appointment of date of next Annual Convention: October 16-17, 2020
Unfinished Business
Motion to Destroy Ballots
Motion to Adjourn
The Pontifical Blessing
Retiring Hymn
Dismissal
4:00 p.m. Convention ends
This year at diocesan convention, we collected donations for The Beacon Clinic for Health and Hope in Harrisburg. The Beacon Clinic is a faith-based, FREE primary healthcare clinic serving the uninsured and underserved in the Greater Harrisburg communities. They provide health education and the promotion of health and health care to adults 18 years and older. For more information, visit http://beaconclinicpa.org/
Keynote Speaker American Architect, Duo Dickinson, Jr.
Both prolific and protean, George A. “Duo” Dickinson identifies as a building architect who writes. His varied accomplishments include awards, books, articles, radio programs, teaching, lectures, exhibitions, and community work.
Dickinson graduated with a bachelor of architecture in the fall of 1977. He opened his solo architecture practice 30 years ago in southern Connecticut. More than one-third of his work starts as pro bono for nonprofit organizations and often finishes for whatever funding is available, including approximately 80 homes for Habitat For Humanity in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dickinson has received more than 40 honors and awards, including Architectural Record’s Record House, Met Home, and numerous American Institute of Architects (AIA) chapter design awards. In 2017, he was named an AIA Fellow after being a member for the minimum requisite decade. He is a cofounder of the Congress of Residential Architecture (CORA) and coauthor of its flagship Position Paper presented at the 2009 AIA National Convention.
Dickinson has given more than 100 talks and sat on more than 20 design juries. He has had teaching positions at Yale University and Roger Williams University. As well as being a visiting critic at Yale, and he is on the faculty of Building Beauty, the one-year international first-level master of architecture degree offered at Sant’Anna Institute, Sorrento Italy.
To read more about Duo Dickinson, click here.
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