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178th Diocese of Michigan Convention

 

The 178th Convention for the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is slated for Oct. 26-27 at the Lansing Center/Radisson Hotel. Here is the timeline for submitting items.  

May 25: Resolutions funded by budget and resolutions funded by solicitation are due to the Secretary of Convention AND to the Diocesan Council. Please submit to the Secretary of Convention (see below) and to: Diocesan Council c/o The Rev. Canon Dr. Lisa Gray, Diocese of Michigan 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201 (per Canons 1.1.4.1, 1.1.4.2, 1.1.4.2.1, and 1.1.4.2.2).

June 28: Proposed amendments to the constitution and canons are due to the Chair of the Committee on Constitution and Canons. Please submit to: Chair, Committee on Constitution and Canons, c/o Office of the Bishop, Diocese of Michigan, 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201 with a copy to the Secretary of Convention (see below) (Canon 7.1).

June 28: Certification of Lay Delegates form due to: Beth Rowley, Office of Diocesan Convention, 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201‐1399 or email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or fax to (313) 831‐0259 (Canon 1.1.1.2.2).

July 13: Nomination Forms for elective office are due to: Chair, Committee on Nominations and Elections, Office of Diocesan Convention 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201 or email information to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Canon 1.2.2.3)

July 27: Mailing of 2013 slate of candidates and petition forms slate of candidates whose names have been received by the Committee and petition forms are mailed to clergy and lay delegates. (Deadline for nomination forms is July 13) (Canon 1.2.2.3).

July 27: Mailing of 2013 Proposed Budget, Draft Budget for 2014 and Congregational Commitment Form (Canon 2.4.2.2).

July 27: Exhibitor Reservation forms due to: Convention Exhibit Reservation, Office of Diocesan Convention, 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201‐1399.

July 27: Journal Reports due. Please email all reports to be included in the Convention Journal to Beth Rowley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . If necessary to send a hard copy, please mail to: Convention Journal, Office of Diocesan Convention, 4800 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48201‐1399

Aug. 27: Resolutions due to the Secretary of Convention. NOTE: Resolutions in electronic form must actually be received by 4:30 p.m. at the following address no later than Aug. 29. (Resolutions not actually received by this date will require a 2/3 vote of convention to be considered.) (Canons 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.4.2) Email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; mailing address, The Rev. Canon Saundra Richardson, Secretary of Convention, 250 Harbortown Dr. E. #304, Detroit, MI 48207.

Aug. 27: Congregational Commitment forms due.

Sept. 10: All nominating petitions from candidates running for Diocesan offices by petition are due to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; mailing address, The Rev. Canon Saundra Richardson, Secretary of Convention, 250 Harbortown Dr. E. #304, Detroit, MI 48207 (Canon 1.2.2.4).

Sept. 26: Convention packets mailed to lay and clergy delegates: 2013 proposed budget, 2014 draft budget and reports of the committees on reference, nominations and elections and constitution and canons.

Items required to be directed to the Secretary of Convention should be forwarded to: The Rev. Canon Saundra Richardson Secretary of Convention 250 Harbortown Dr. E. #304, Detroit, MI 48207, (313) 396‐0032, or email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

TRACES OF THE TRADE
A Story From The Deep North


Whitaker Institute will host a series of screenings of this documentary film that unearths the DeWolf family’s hidden legacy of slave trading in America. The discussion after the film will be led by DeWolf family members, Dain & Constance Perry.

For generations the DeWolf family’s past has been hidden from view, but a group of descendents decided to retrace the Triangle Trade: from Bristol, Rhode Island, the family home; to Ghana, where they visited centuries old slave dungeons; and to Cuba, with the ruins of a family-owned sugar cane plantation. Each encounter on their journey leaves family members shaken. Many myths are debunked, including the understanding that while the North was the center of the abolition movement, it was also the center of the American slave trade. The Northern ownership of slaves was not uncommon.

The presentations will be held: Nov 6 at St. Paul’s Lansing, 6:30 pm; Nov 7 at Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, 7:00 pm; Nov 8th at St. John’s Royal Oak, 7:00 pm: and Nov 9 at St. John’s Plymouth, 7:00 pm.

For more information please contact: Karen S. Robinson, Executive Director, Whitaker Institute by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 313-833-4412.

 

Traces of the Trade website

News Release

General Flyer

Flyer for 11/6 showing - St. Paul's, Lansing

Flyer for 11/7 showing - Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills

Flyer for 11/8 showing - St. John's, Royal Oak

Flyer for 11/9 showing - St. John's, Plymouth

Companion Relationship with Dominican Republic & Diocese of Eastern Michigan, Michigan & Western Michigan

For more information or to invite a speaker to visit your gathering: www.dominicandevelopmentgroup.org

or your diocesan DR representative:

Diocese of Eastern MI: Sherry Young at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Diocese of MI: Herb Head at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Diocese of Western MI: Beth Drew at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

The 177th Convention
of the Diocese of Michigan

"Investing in God's future"


diocesan seal

Oct 28-29, 2011
Lansing Center/ Radisson Hotel
Lansing, Michigan

 

REMINDER: ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE BY OCT 14, 2011

Sept 30, 2011

Here is the Final Convention Packet which includes:

  1. Welcome & Information overview
  2. Schedule and map
  3. Lodging Information
  4. Parking & Travel information
  5. Guest Preacher Information
  6. "Words Matter" workshop information & registration
  7. Meal information and reservation form
  8. Whitaker Institute Lunch Reservation form
  9. Clergy Spouse & Companion Lunch Reservation form
  10. Emrich Reception Reservation form
  11. Volunteer Registration form
  12. "Camp Convention" childcare Registration form
  13. Pre-Convention Anti-bullying Workshop Registration form
  14. Scooter Reservation form

Candidates for Office

Resolutions

2012 Proposed Budget

You may click the links to be able to download/print the entire booklet or just the individual parts.

A hard copy of this packet has been sent via US mail to each clergy person residing in the state of Michigan, and to the Delegates and Alternates for the 177th Diocesan Convention.


If you have any questions regarding diocesan convention, please contact Jo Ann Hardy, Diocesan Administrator ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 313/833 4422), or the Secretary of Convention, the Rev. Canon Saundra Richardson ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Here is the original Call to Convention packet

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