Schedule

Below is the schedule for diocesan convention. Two specific spots are mandatory for parochial clergy and lay delegates: Saturday morning check-in and the business meeting. Please continue to check this schedule as we add additional offerings and publications. 

Pre-Convention Activity

Continuing to leverage technology to increase access to pre-convention orientations, presentations, and hearings and to be good stewards of resources, we will host a delegate orientation to orient clergy and lay delegates and alternates to this year’s diocesan convention. All clergy and lay delegates and alternates are encouraged to attend this meeting. A recording will be available afterward on the convention website homepage.

Clergy and lay delegates and alternates will receive a direct invitation to register for the delegation meeting. Please look for an email from Bro. Andrew outlining each meeting with its corresponding Zoom registration link.

Three pre-recorded presentations will be available to all to watch from the Finance Committee, Constitution and Canons Committee, and General Resolutions Committee. These videos will be available after the Delegate Orientation.

We will also replay these recordings prior to the hearings listed below beginning at 11:30 am Eastern.

Join members of the Constitution and Canons Committee for their hearing on resolutions and issues pertinent to the diocesan constitution and canons. The pre-recorded Constitution and Canons presentation will be available to view at any time. It will also be streamed beginning at 11:30 am in the Zoom hearing. 

This meeting is open to all East Tennesse Episcopalians. Please register for the Zoom meeting.

Join members of the Resolutions Committee for their hearing on general resolutions submitted to diocesan convention. The pre-recorded resolutions presentation will be available to view at any time. It will also be streamed beginning at 11:30 am in the Zoom hearing. 

This meeting is open to all East Tennesse Episcopalians. Please register for the Zoom meeting.

Join members of the Elections Committee for a special session to meet the nominees for elected positions at the convention. You can read the nominee biographies here.

Join members of the Finance Committee for their hearing on the diocesan budget before it goes to the diocesan convention business meeting. The pre-recorded budget presentation will be available to view at any time. It will also be streamed beginning at 11:30 am in the Zoom hearing. 

This meeting is open to all East Tennessee Episcopalians. Please register for the Zoom meeting. 

Diocesan Convention Schedule

Friday, February 9, 2024

All parochial clergy, church staff, and delegates are required to be in compliance and current with their Safe Church requirements by February 10, 2024. To help with this, the diocese will offer in-person training at 1:00-4:00 pm Friday, February 9th at St. John’s Cathedral.  This just-in-time opportunity is before the Convention Eucharist. Training can also be completed online any time before the deadline. 

This training is for clergy, staff, and convention delegates who still need to complete their course requirements. Additional public in-person opportunities will be offered in 2024.

Compliance must meet our diocesan standards. If someone has moved from a different diocese where they were required to take fewer courses, they must complete the missing work. If someone completed the “old” courses that met the Diocese of East Tennessee standards at the time of training, then they are considered to be compliant until the 3-year expiration date of their most recent certification.

If you have any questions contact your Parish Safe Church Coordinator or Emily Kirk, Diocesan Parish Support Specialist and Safe Church Administrator at ekirk@dioet.org or 865-966-2110.

All are invited to attend the diocesan convention Holy Eucharist worship service held at St. John’s Cathedral, Knoxville (413 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville, TN 37902).

For those wishing to view the service online, we will livestream the service on our dedicated worship page.

After the convention eucharist, a social hour will be held in the Great Hall at the cathedral. Meet your fellow delegates, clergy, diocesan staff, and visitors for a fun pre-dinner reception.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Check-in for clergy and lay delegates as well as visitors will begin at 8:00 am at the Episcopal School of Knoxville (950 Episcopal School Way, Knoxville, TN 37932). Please note that participation in any events on Friday does not count toward check-in. We must ensure a proper count for the business meeting and know which visitors are present for the day of the business meeting.

Please look for the registration table the school looby, Googe Hall.

Two sessions of workshops and a ministry open house will take place on the day of the convention business meeting. The first session will be from 8:30 to 9:45 am and the second will be 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm. More information will be available in the coming weeks.

The business meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 am, break for lunch, workshops, and ministry open house, and then resume at 2:00 pm until adjournment. Please ensure that you have downloaded and familiarized yourself with the convention PDF (released in late January 2024) prior to arriving to the business meeting.

It would not be a proper convention without lunch! Make sure to grab your lunch before heading to a workshop or visiting the ministry open house.

Adjournment

Convention will end with the completion of our afternoon business meeting session.