2025 Annual Convention
Welcome to the 136th Annual Convention Information page for The Diocese of West Missouri. This year’s Convention will be held on November 7 & 8 at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral. Information about registration, nominations, schedule, and more can be found below.
Schedule and Agenda
Schedule
TBD
Business Session Agenda
TBD
Registration
Registration for the 2025 Annual Convention will open August 22. If you’ve registered as a delegate or alternate, you will need to bring a device with internet access in order to vote. Registrants are also allowed to bring a non-metal framed stadium seat cushion to use in the nave of the Cathedral.
If you have any questions or issues during registration, reach out to our Communications Director or the Bishop’s Assistant at 816.471.6161.
Delegate Changes
We recognize that we’re still aways from our convention date and the situation is constantly changing. So, if your attendance needs changed after registering, no problem; just let us know by October 17 by emailing the Bishop’s Assistant. After October 17, however, any delegate changes must be presented IN WRITING on November 7 using the form linked below. This form will also be available at the check-in desk, if needed.
Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 W 13th St,
Kansas City, MO 64105
November 7 – 8, 2025
This year’s Convention will be held in-person, with live-streaming available for people to watch.
Resolutions
Extract from the Canons and Constitution
Business before the Convention
- No resolution shall be considered as before the house unless it has been submitted in writing (including electronic submission in a manner approved by the Bishop and the Secretary) and has been received by the Bishop and Secretary four weeks before the opening of Convention to allow distribution to all delegates and introduction by title at Convention.
- Any resolution which has not been presented to the Bishop and to the Secretary four weeks prior to the convention date will not be considered as before the House unless copies of such resolution are made available to every delegate and, at Convention, two-thirds of said delegates agree to consider such resolution.
Resolutions Deadline & Submissions
The resolution deadline is October 10. For more information, please contact the Rev. Canon Robin James, Resolutions Chair, at rectorgrace520@gmail.com.
Sample Resolution
Title: Request for feasibility study for establishing a new congregation.
Proposer: Vestry of St. John by the Pond Church, Enterprise City, Vestry of St. Sebastian’s Arrowville.
Resolved:Â that the Diocesan Convention direct the Congregational Development Commission to undertake a research project to determine the feasibility and potential success of a new congregation in Jones County, Missouri and be it further,
Resolved:Â that the Convention allocate $500 from the Church Planting Fund to cover the cost of the study and be it further,
Resolved:Â that the Convention direct the Commission to report results of the study no later than six weeks prior to the 2014 Diocesan Convention.
Explanation:
Jones County is the third fastest growing geographic area in the diocese. New residents have been attracted by the satellite campus of South Lake Community College, the new microchip factory and the Amazon.com warehouse in Pike Center, the largest town in the county. The availability of jobs and the attractive surroundings of Jones County suggest the likelihood that population will continue to grow.
At this time, the two closest Episcopal Churches are St. Sebastian’s Arrowville and St. John by the pond Enterprise City. Both are more than one hour drive from Pike Center. Within a 25 mile radius of Pike Center, there are only three churches.
The proposers believe that sufficient population exists in Jones County to motivate a study in support of establishing a new congregation of the Episcopal Church. The proposers feel strongly that members of the Congregational Development Commission have the knowledge, expertise and experience to conduct and report a study that would provide additional information pertinent to a decision to establish a new congregation.
Reports
How to Submit a Report
The deadline for Committee, Commission and Ministry reports to Diocesan Convention is October 10.
Chairs of all Diocesan Commissions, Committees and Ministries are required to complete an annual written report to Diocesan Convention. Leaders are to complete the online form (below), which will assist you in answering the following questions for this year’s report:
- When does your group regularly meet?
- How many meetings were held this year?
- What are the highlights of your ministry for 2025?
- What are your plans for ministry in 2026?
- Who are the members of your commission, committee or ministry (with email address, if possible)?
Careful and considered answers to these questions will continue to help guide us in being more missional minded and more consistent in thinking through how our ministries meet or fail to meet the imperatives of the Gospel.
Reports Received
Will be added here.
