My scrapbook from a busy one-day 139th convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles at the Riverside Convention Center on Saturday, including bracing prophetic witness into our historic times from the Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward and the Rev. Norma Yanira Guerra, a procession of the diocese’s women deacons and priests, admission to parish status of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Irvine, CA, the 2025 budget passed unanimously, our companion relationship with The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem renewed, new initiatives commended to advocate for the dignity of our incarcerated siblings as well as those living in the loneliest convalescent care settings, a briefing from the Rev. Dr. Rachel Nyback on behalf of our General Convention deputation in Louisville last summer, and Missy Morain‘s powerful presentation to clergy spouses, at the invitation of Canon Kathy Hannigan O’Connor, on the diocese’s new initiatives in children’s, youth, and young adult spirituality.
