Annual Convention
The 209th Annual Convention will take place November 22-23, 2024, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.
On August 21, an email containing all of the important convention information went out to all clergy entitled to seat and voice and to all registered lay delegates. That mid-August mailing is also available below.
The combined certificate of election and registration system opened June 1, at the same time the official notice of convention will be emailed to parochial clergy and mailed to senior wardens. Please check back frequently as more resources and information will become available during the coming months.
If you are experiencing difficulty or have questions related to your registration, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
HOTELS
The confirmation email you (or whoever registered your church's delegation) received upon completing registration contained the link to book discounted hotel rooms. if you cannot locate the link, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
NEW DELEGATE ORIENTATION
BUDGET
Download the budget presentation slides
NOMINATIONS
The nomination period is now closed.
Late nominations are in order during the first legislative session of convention on Friday, November 22. Late nominations require three nominators from three different congregations. The secretary requests those individuals wishing to submit a late nomination fill out the online form in advance of convention to facilitate getting information about late nominees to voting members of convention in a timely manner.
Nominators must be members of the clergy in the Diocese of North Carolina or lay communicants in good standing of a church of the diocese. A lay person does not need to be confirmed or a delegate of convention to submit a nomination. Consent of the nominee is required. Practically, most nominees fill out the nomination form for themselves after they have been nominated by another person.
To submit a nomination:
- Nominators must be members of the clergy in the diocese or lay communicants in good standing of a church of the diocese. A lay person need not be confirmed or a delegate of Convention to submit a nomination.
- Consent of the nominee is required.
- Nominees in the clergy order for Standing Committee and Diocesan Council must be canonically resident in this diocese.
- Nominees in the lay order for Standing Committee and Diocesan Council must be confirmed adult communicants in good standing who are enrolled at a church in the diocese.
- Persons desiring to nominate for re-election any individuals whose terms on Standing
Committee or Diocesan Council will end on December 31, 2024 should heed the
Constitution and Canons of the Diocese (Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution and
Canon D-III.3, Section 1 respectively).
RESOLUTIONS
The deadline to submit resolutions for consideration at 209th Annual Convention has passed.
Late resolutions may be introduced at the first legislative session on the Friday of convention. Convention must agree to admit a late resolution by a two-thirds vote. (This is a vote on whether to admit the resolution into consideration, not a vote to adopt the resolution.) Late resolutions to amend the Constitution or Canons are not allowed. If convention admits the late resolution, the author must promptly bring the resolution on a USB memory stick in a format such as Microsoft Word to the secretary at the dais. Please prepare this memory stick in advance. Additionally, it is helpful, though not required, to alert the secretary in advance that you plan to submit a late resolution.
Authors must phrase resolutions in such a way that convention can resolve the question by a direct Yes or No vote. “Whereas” clauses and similar introductory statements are not allowed. An explanation clearly marked “Comment” may be appended to the resolution for the convenience of convention; it will be included in convention materials, but it will not be debated or published as an Act of Convention if adopted. The secretary may contact authors to propose edits for clarity or consistent style.
The bishop will refer each resolution to a legislative committee. Legislative committees will hold hearings on Friday afternoon and report their recommendations during legislative sessions on Saturday.
Detailed rules for introduction and consideration of resolutions are found in Rules of Order IV(a) and (b), XXIII(a), and XXIV. The Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order are posted on the website of the diocese.
RESOURCES
Clergy Roster (Updated November 18) | Contact elizabeth.dawkins@episdionc.
Lay Delegate Roster (Updated August 19)
Notice of 209th Annual Convention - Clergy Order
Notice of 209th Annual Convention - Clergy (Non-parochial and retired)
Notice of 209th Annual Convention - Lay Order
Reports to Convention | Secretary's Report
Timeline for the 209th Annual Convention
Secretary of Convention
