2023 Annual Convention
Welcome to the 2023 Annual Convention Information page for The Diocese of West Missouri. All the infromation you need for this year’s Convention is below.
Schedule and Agenda
Schedule
Friday, November 10, 2023
- 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Diversity Workshop
- 5:30 – 9 p.m. Ministry Fair
- 6 – 7 p.m. Check-in
- 7 p.m. Convention Eucharist
- 8 – 9 p.m. Reception
Saturday, November 11, 2023
- 7:30 a.m. Check-in
- 8 a.m. Clergy Spouse Gathering
- 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
- 9 a.m. Business session
- 12:30 p.m. Noonday Prayer & Lunch
- 1:15 p.m. Business session, followed by a commissioning service, prayers, and blessing.
Business Session Agenda
- Organizing for Business
- Nominations and Elections
- Action on the Plan for Ministry
- Noon Day Prayer & Necrology
- Lunch
- Reports of All Officers and Committees
- Consideration of all remaining resolutions
- Elections & Other Appointments
- Closing Items & Adjournment
Registration
Registration has closed for the 2023 Annual Convention.
Change your mind?
We recognize that we’re pretty far out from our convention date and the situation is constantly changing. So, if your attendance needs change after registering, no problem; just let us know by October 13, 2024, by emailing the Bishop’s Asistant.
Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 W 13th St,
Kansas City, MO 64105
November 10 – 11 2023
This year’s Convention will be held in-person only!
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
Resolutions should be submitted via email to resolutions@diowestmo.org on or before Friday, October 13.
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: 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: that the Convention allocate $500 from the Church Planting Fund to cover the cost of the study and be it further,
Resolved: 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.
Resolutions Received
Nominees and Nomination Form
Lay members and clergy canonically resident in The Diocese of West Missouri and who are interested in serving on the Diocesan Council or the Standing Committee of the diocese should use this form to place their name in nomination.
Please note you must submit a photograph to the Communications Director after submitting this form. The photograph will be used for publication on the convention website and will also be published in convention materials.
Deadline for submitting nominations has closed.
Council Nominees
Standing Committee Nominees
Reports
How to Submit a Report
If you are responsible for preparing a report please follow the guidelines below, and please ensure a roster of your membership with contact information is included as an addendum to your report.
Using bullets or full sentences as you prefer, please submit your reports to answer the following questions:
- How many meetings were held?
- Who are the members of your commission, committee or ministry (with email address, if possible)?
- What are the highlights of your ministry for 2023?
- What are your plans for ministry in 2024?
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
Convention Materials
Necrology
- Mrs. Barbara Mason, spouse of the Rev. Richard Mason (d.)
- The Rev. Alfred “Al” Jewson
- The Rev. Edgar “Ed” Whelan
- The Rev. Brian Ticknor, spouse of the Rev. Patsy Ticknor (ret.)
- The Rev. Mary Cay Armer
- The Rev. Carolyn Stockwell Tangeman
- Mrs. Jean Ellsworth, spouse of the Rev. Bradford Ellsworth (ret.)
- The Rev. Martha “Marty” Byer
Ministry Fair
- Vestment Exchange
- Campus Ministry
- BSP/CPE
- St. Paul’s Day School
- Access for All God’s Children
- Stewardship Commission
- University of the South, Sewanee
- St. Augustine’s Jewerly Ministry
- Peace & Justice Committee
- Hospice: The End Can Be as Beautiful as the Beginning by Beck Schubert, Book Selling
- Bishop Kemper School for Ministry
- Episcopal Veterans Fellowship
- Archives
