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2021 Diocesan Convention

The 184th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis was held in a hybrid format on Saturday, November 13 at the Embassy Suites in Plainfield

CONVENTION RECORDING

A recording of convention is available on YouTube.

Watch Bishop Jennifer’s convention sermon on YouTube.

PRE-CONVENTION HEARING

A pre-convention hearing took place on November 6 via Zoom. Watch a recording of the hearing on YouTube.

BUDGET

ELECTIONS

The following diocesan leadership positions were elected or confirmed within Neighborhoods or at diocesan convention.

NEIGHBORHOOD CO-CONVENERS

Confluence: Jim Bauermeister (Lay: St. Paul’s, Evansville) and the Rev. Allen Rutherford (Clergy: St. John’s, Mount Vernon).

Crossroads: Wendy Curto (Lay: St. John’s, Speedway) and Louise Boling (Lay: All Saints, Indianapolis).

The Edge: The Rev. Dr. Barbara Anne Fisher (Clergy: St. Paul’s, Richmond) and Steve Lawson (Lay: St. Christopher’s, Carmel).

River Bend: Susan Steigerwald (Lay: Trinity, Lawrenceburg). Clergy co-convener role remains vacant.

Wabash: The Rev. Mark Van Wassenhove (Clergy: St. John’s Crawfordsville) and Jon Hegedus (Lay: St. Stephen’s Terre Haute)

Waycross: The Rev. Ed Bird (Clergy: IU Episcopal Campus Ministry, Bloomington) and Joan Amati (Lay: St. David’s, Bean Blossom)

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

River Bend (lay): Greg Seamon, Trinity, Lawrenceburg

Confluence (clergy): The Rev. Allen Rutherford, St. John’s, Mount Vernon

Crossroads (clergy): The Rev. Canon Hipólito Fernández Reina Christ Church CathedralIndianapolis

The Edge No vacancies

Wabash (clergy): The Rev. Christopher Beasley, St. Peter’s, Lebanon

Waycross No vacancies

STANDING COMMITTEE

The Rev. Karen Sullivan, Church of the Nativity, Indianapolis

Michael McGraw, St. Francis In-The Fields, Zionsville

COMMISSION ON MINISTRY

The Rev. Dr. Barbara Anne Fisher, St. Paul’s, Richmond

WAYCROSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rose Lane, All Saints, Indianapolis

The Rev. Bradley Pace, St. John’s Lafayette

CONSTITUTION & CANONS CHANGES

View a revision to Canon 7 approved by convention.

RESOLUTIONS

Resolutions as amended and adopted by convention.

Courtesy resolutions.

REPORTS

2021 Reports to Convention (updated 11/11/21)

Congregational Antiracism Work

The 2020 Diocesan Convention passed a resolution, Congregational Anti-Racism Work, that directed “each congregation and diocesan ministry to report to the Secretary of the Diocese no later than August 31, 2021, the work that their congregation or ministry has done between November 2020 and August 2021 in dismantling systemic racism through storytelling, community listening, and engagement with civic organizations and partner religious institutions.”

View a spreadsheet that lists the anti-racism work reported by each congregation. It can be sorted by congregation or category. To download the spreadsheet, select “file” and then “download.”

WORSHIP BULLETIN

Download the convention worship bulletin.

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