Update on Hotel Rooms
The Marriott, Mission Inn, and Hyatt are now sold out.
The last pre-Convention Diocesan Presentation is Sat Nov 1
Scroll down for the Zoom link and packet of materials. If you have questions about what’s happening at Convention, it’s probably answered there.
Resilience & Renewal
Diocesan Convention 2025
Join us for the 130th Annual Meeting of Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles: Resilience & Renewal on Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, 2025 at the Riverside Convention Center at 3637 5th Street, Riverside 92501.
This year’s Convention is an historic one as the diocese marks the final year of the Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor’s nine-year episcopate and delegates gather to elect the VIII Bishop of Los Angeles.
Additional information will be posted on the Convention website and emailed directly to delegates as it becomes available, so please make sure to submit your Representation to Diocesan Convention 2025 form (for congregations and institutions) or Annual Ministry Report form (for non-parochial, non-stipendiary, and retired clergy) as soon as possible to receive these important updates and instructions.
We look forward to seeing you at Convention!
Canon Dr. Steve Nishibayashi, Secretary of Convention
Ms. Samantha Wylie, Convention Coordinator
Pre-Convention Diocesan Presentations and Deanery Assemblies
The annual pre-Convention diocesan presentations will be hosted online in late October following the Bishop candidate meet-and-greets scheduled for the week of October 21-24.
Individual Deanery Assemblies will follow directly after the presentation in breakout rooms in the same Zoom meeting.
- Deaneries 1, 3, 4 & 5 – Saturday, October 25 @ 10 a.m.
- Deaneries 6, 7 & 8 – Saturday, October 25 @ 3 p.m.
- Deaneries 2, 9 & 10 – Saturday, November 1 @ 10 a.m.
Here is the Zoom link to attend. The link is the same for all three meetings. No registration is necessary.
If you are unable to attend your Deanery’s scheduled Zoom, you are welcome to attend the Diocesan presentation on another date. If you are unable to attend any Zoom session, here is the packet of materials with all information presented. You can send any follow-up questions to convention@ladiocese.org.
Happening at Convention 2025
Stillpoint Chapel
During Convention, all are invited to take a moment to be still, pray, and reflect in the Chapel hosted by Stillpoint in MR3 downstairs. There will be silent prayer during Convention breaks; there will also be a Centering Prayer Circle on Friday and Saturday morning from 8-8:30 a.m. before business begins.
Margaret Parker Lecture
This year’s Convention will feature the biannual “Margaret Parker Lecture,” a series that honors the life and ministry of the late Canon Margaret Parker by addressing topics of peace and justice through the empowerment of women. From the Episcopal News: Law professor Jeff Baker will focus on justice issues, public policy in Diocesan Convention’s Margaret Parker lecture | Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
Clergy Portrait Photography
Clergy are invited to have a portrait photograph taken on Friday in MR1 downstairs from 10 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Clergy who did not have their photos taken during Convention in 2023 are especially encouraged to be photographed this year. Photos will be taken at no cost to clergy, and images will be made available to the diocesan Communications Office for future use in digital publications. In addition, clergy may purchase retouched photos (digital files) from the photography studio at a price of $20 for one pose or $40 for up to three different angles. For the photos, clergy are asked to wear a clerical collar with clerical shirt or blouse and a jacket.
Livescan
The Episcopal Church and our diocese are committed to making our missions and parishes safe for all our people. Livescan is essential to this policy and is now required by law for all administrators, employees, and volunteers of youth-serving organizations – including our churches! – to complete a fingerprint-based state and federal-level background check. All day on Friday, attendees will have the opportunity to complete livescan fingerprinting for a significantly reduced fee (about half the price charged by the UPS store and other retailers). These scans are not shared with immigration.
Congregational Discernment with the Commission on Ministry
On Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m., Ms. Cameron Johnson, co-chair of the Commission on Ministry, will be hosting a workshop on congregational discernment. This workshop is for those discerning for lay or ordained ministry and leadership, and for those who have been called to sit on a congregational discernment committee for a person discerning in their congregation. The workshop will briefly cover the discernment process for ordination, as well as the responsibilities and process for congregational (lay) discernment committee members.
A massive thank you to the administrators, treasurers, vestries, rectors, vicars, and more who take the time to fill out this detailed, time-consuming, and absolutely vital report!
Administrative reminders from the Convention Office
PAROCHIAL REPORTS: The online portal to file the 2024 Parochial Report has closed. Late Parochial Reports will need to be submitted as a PDF to the Convention office here.
INFORMES PARROQUIALES: Se ha cerrado el portal en línea para presentar el Informe Parroquial 2024. Los Informes Parroquiales tardíos deberán enviarse en formato PDF a la oficina de la Convención aquí.
2024 blank fillable report | informe parroquia de 2024
AUDITS: Financial audits are due to the Convention office annually by September 1. Please submit them here. Audits must include a certificate or report of the audit as well as the audited financials, including but not limited to the year-end balance sheet and profit & loss statements. (Diocesan C&C, Canon VI, section 6.02)
- From the Episcopal Church: Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs
AUDITORIAS: Las auditorías financieras deben presentarse anualmente antes del 1 de septiembre. Por favor, envíelos aquí. Las auditorías deben incluir un certificado o informe de la auditoría, así como las finanzas auditadas, incluyendo, pero no limitado a, el balance de fin de año y los estados de pérdidas y ganancias. (C&C diocesana, Canon VI, sección 6,02)
- De la Iglesia Episcopal: Manual de Métodos de Negocios en los Asuntos de la Iglesia
From Diocesan Convention 2024
Contact the Diocesan Convention Office
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