7/21 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga 

 

 7/21 - Pet Food Pantry @ Grace, Lockport

 

 7/27 - Good Grief Support Group @ Calvary, Williamsville

  

7/27 - Walk Off Hunger, co-sponsored by Calvary, Williamsville

 

7/28 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga 

 

7/28 - Clergy Cookout @ Diocesan Center

 8/4 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

8/4 - Soup Sunday @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

8/4 - 8/10 - Junior High Conference  

 

8/10 - Smokey Jazz @ Advent, Kenmore

 

  

  

Help, I need somebody.

Help, I need someone.

Won't you please, please help me!

                (Beatles, circa 1964)

 

The Nominating Committee for Diocesan Convention would like to thank everyone who registered their nomination in a most timely fashion. For the most part, it was a splendid response to our call. Yet, in the spirit of the democratic process, there is still opportunity for legitimate competition in some committee races, and a glaring need in another.

 

Here is the condition of the election slate as of this writing:

 

Standing Committee - available slots filled (no competition)

Trustees - available slots filled (no competition)

Partnership Board -  NO NOMINEES! 

Gen. Convention Deputies - all 8 cleric slots filled, 5 of 8 lay slots filled (both orders include deputies and alternates)

 

As you can see, we are pleased to have mostly filled election slots in three out of four races. However, we would continue to encourage competition in those areas. We still like using pencils and digitek sheets! You may still enter any of these races by contacting Alice Brown at 881-0660, x12.

 

On a more ominous note, we must appeal to those of you concerned about making a difference in the lives of others outside the walls of our churches. The Partnership is basically the Mission & Outreach arm of our Diocese, and it needs your help to carry out its own mission. Developing liaisons with community agencies, helping congregations become engaged in new avenues of outreach, and advocating Christ's work in the world, are just some of the positive, forward-thinking rewards that it intends to foster. We need good, caring people (clergy and lay alike) to join the good fight. Please look around your congregations for individuals that fit that profile and have them call Alice Brown soon.

 

We'd like to be able to sing another Beatle's tune before Convention, "Here Comes the Sun". 

    

Peace and Blessings,

The Nominating Committee  

The traditional Convention Packets have been mailed. However, it is important to note that our diocese is joining the overwhelming number of dioceses across the church that conduct Convention Registration online.

Clergy, lay delegates and alternates, as well as visitors may use this portal to secure their Convention Registration.

If you are a parish administrator who is simply registering your church's clergy and delegates, be sure to select the "Not Attending Convention" option under fees.

Please note that online registration does not supplant submission of the Lay Member Certificate required by church canons.

Electronic files of this certificate and all other Convention materials currently available may be downloaded from

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