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2026 Diocesan Convention

DRAFT Order of Business

Thursday, October 22, 2026

(at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1510 Avenue X, Lubbock, 79401)

3:00 pm Workshop - Episcopal Relief & Development Disaster Preparedness
3:00 pm Workshop - The Role of a Bishop in the Ever-Changing Church
4:00 pm Workshop - Episcopal Relief & Development Disaster Preparedness
4:00 pm Workshop - The Role of a Bishop in the Ever-Changing Church
5:00 pm Welcome / Social Time @ St. Paul’s (hand out nametags and goody bags)
6:00 pm Evening Prayer
6:30 pm Churches have dinner on their own.

Friday, October 23, 2026

9:30 am Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s, Lubbock
Celebrant and Preacher The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer
The offering will go to Episcopal Relief and Development
Clergy photo (following service)
11:15 am Clergy Spouse Luncheon at Tech Club
11:30 am Lunch at the Mckenzie-Merket Alumni Center on Texas Tech campus. Immediately following lunch, Registration & Voter Sign-In
12:30 pm Optional Question & Answer Session on the Proposed 2027 Budget (Mckenzie-Merket Alumni Center)
1:00 pm
  • Opening Session of Convention (Welcome, Announcements, Introductions)
  • Credentials Committee Report
  • Commissioning of Clergy, Wardens, Lay Delegates, Officers, Staff and Members of the Dais
  • Motion for Privilege of Voice for Guests
  • Dispatch of Business, First Report
  • Committee on Approval of Minutes, 2025 Convention
  • Bishop’s Appointments
  • Report of the Nominating Committee by The Rev. Rachel Petty and Ms. Mary Emeny, Co-chairs of the Nominating Committee
  • First Ballot
  • Bishop’s Charge – The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer, Bishop of Northwest Texas
  • Break
  • Elections Committee, First Report
  • Second Ballot (if needed)
  • Report from the School of Ordained Ministry, the Rev. Jim Haney V, the Rev. Jared Houze, and the Rev. Dann Wigner
  • Elections Committee, Second Report (if needed)
  • Summer Camp Report, Mrs. Renee Haney, Summer Camp Director
  • Dispatch of Business, Second Report
  • Third Ballot (if needed)
  • Afternoon Prayers
4:00 pm Adjournment
6:00 pm Social Hour (Mckenzie-Merket)
7:15 pm Dinner and “An Evening under the Northwest Texas Stars in the Sky”*

Saturday, October 24, 2026

8:30-9:15 am Voter sign-In
9:30 am
  • Reconvene Convention
  • Morning Prayer with UTO Ingathering
  • Credentials Committee Report
  • Dispatch of Business, Third Report
  • Elections Committee, Third Report (if needed)
  • Report from the University of the South (Sewanee), the Rev. Joe Biles and Dr. Cindy Streit, trustees
  • Canterbury Campus Ministry Report, the Rev. Leann Wigner, Chaplain
  • Break
  • Treasurer’s Report, Mr. Frank Deaderick, Treasurer
  • Printed Reports to Convention (filed by title)
  • Resolutions Committee Report to Convention
  • Business from the Floor
  • Invitation to the 69th Annual Diocesan Convention
  • Dispatch of Business, Final Report
  • Commissioning of Elected and Appointed Officials and Staff
Noon Episcopal Blessing, Dismissal and Adjournment
*The dress for Friday evening is dressy casual. Let’s see if we can “out-bling” the stars in our sky

 

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