Welcome to Convention Online Dear Friends,
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Welcome —virtually Your Neighb — to the 52nd Annual ove o L Convention of the Diocese of Southwest Florida. It’s exciting to be holding an online convention this year. Yes, we will miss meeting and greeting each other at the conference center in Punta Gorda … learning and sharing information at our workshops … visiting the tables at the ministry fair … enjoying the now-legendary convention cupcakes at our late-afternoon break …and worshiping and working together at our opening Eucharist and our business meeting. But we’ve worked hard to create an online convention experience that we think you’ll like: • We’ll be able to accomplish the work we need to do, including online voting that will be smoother and faster than pencil-and-paper voting. • We’re offering online workshops in the weeks leading up to convention. • We’ll still worship together, though at a distance, and we’ll have opportunities to see each other’s smiling faces at the business meeting. • And we’ve got some surprises for you at the business meeting to bring the spirit of a “together convention” to this distanced meeting. Please see the details in the pages of this convention guIdebook. I know you won’t miss me ringing my purple cowbell to bring you all together for the next activity or business session. And you’re on your own for cupcakes. I invite you to come to this creatively developed virtual gathering with the same enthusiasm and willingness to try new things that you bring to our gatherings in Punta Gorda. And I look forward to seeing you there next year.
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Convention Calendar
Wednesday, Sept. 2
7 p.m. Online Convocation via Zoom, for registered delegates
Friday, Oct. 16
5 p.m. Online Worship with Bishop Dabney Smith
Saturday, Oct. 17
9 a.m. Convention Business Session
Workshops Calendar
Wednesday, Sept. 9
7 p.m. Online Workshop: Deacons: Ministering at the Margins
Wednesday, Sept. 23
7 p.m. Online Workshop: The Baptismal Covenant: Five Questions
Wednesday, Sept. 30
7 p.m. Online Workshop: Healing in the Time of Trial
Wednesday, Oct. 7
7 p.m. Online Workshop: Effect of COVID-19
Judy Stark Convention Program Chair
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