The 120th Diocesan Convention: November 6, 2021

Convention this year will be conducted primarily online on Saturday, November 6, with a required pre-Convention meeting on Thursday, November 4. There is no charge, but registration is required so that we may accurately track delegate status, issue voting credentials, and communicate with delegates at their preferred email address. ♦

Convention Schedule:

Thursday, November 4th

6:00pm - Required Pre-Convention Meeting for Delegates

Where: Zoom

• An important introduction to Saturday’s main Convention business meeting, this session is required for all delegates.

• There will be Zoom and Simply Voting tutorials, and an introduction to the Convention website. ​

• The annual Budget Hearing will follow the main content for anyone interested in hearing more about diocesan finance

Saturday, November 6th

8:30am - Convention Morning Prayer

Where: Diocesan YouTube channel

• Guest Preacher: The Right Reverend Alan M. Gates, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Massachusetts

9:30am - The 120th Diocesan Convention

Where: Zoom

• Convention business, broadcast from the cathedral

• Limited in-person assembly for MP & Convention (fullvaccination & masks required).

Guest Preacher

The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop Diocesan is the 16th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.

He is a Massachusetts native and graduate of Middlebury College. Prior to seminary he was a Russian language translator, researcher and intelligence analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, including a tour of duty at the State Department. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and was ordained to the priesthood in 1988.

He served congregations in the Episcopal dioceses of Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts and Chicago prior to his call to Ohio in 2004. He was the rector of St. Paul's Church in Cleveland Heights until his election as bishop in 2014. Bishop Gates was ordained and consecrated a bishop on Sept. 13, 2014.

Bishop Gates is currently on the board of the Anglican Theological Review. He serves on the Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on World Mission, and is a member of Bishops United Against Gun Violence. ♦