The Bishop Search Committee for the first Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes announces a series of listening sessions to help inform their discernment work in preparing a profile for our search. There are both open sessions and audience-specific sessions. Please contact the committee with any questions.
Resources for promoting these sessions are forthcoming to help you to encourage everyone in your parish to find a way to make their voice and perspective heard, but in the meantime please share these dates, times, and locations widely!
Date |
Time |
Format |
Location |
Audience |
| Saturday, October 18 | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Online | Zoom Please register in advance. |
Lay Persons |
| Saturday, October 18 | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Online | Zoom Please register in advance. |
Clergy Persons |
| Thursday, October 23 | 7 – 8:30 p.m. | Onsite | St. John’s, Saginaw | All |
| Friday, October 24 | 10 a.m. Workshop Block 1 |
Onsite | Diocesan Convention Room Assignment Forthcoming |
Small Churches* |
| Friday, October 24 | 11:15 a.m. Workshop Block 2 |
Onsite | Diocesan Convention Room Assignment Forthcoming |
Small Churches* |
| Friday, October 24 | TBA | Onsite | Diocesan Convention | Youth All middle and highschool-aged youth in attendance |
| Saturday, November 1 | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Onsite | St. Paul’s, Flint | All |
| Saturday, November 1 | 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Onsite | Emmanuel, Petoskey | All |
| Saturday, November 8 | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Onsite | Grace, Grand Rapids | All |
| Saturday, November 8 | 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Online | Zoom Please register in advance |
Young Adults Roughly 20s-30s |
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Onsite | St. Mary’s, Cadillac | All |
| Tuesday, November 18 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Online | Zoom Please register in advance |
Lay Persons |
| Tuesday, November 18 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Online | Zoom Please register in advance |
Clergy Persons |
| Saturday, November 22 | 1-2:30 p.m. | Onsite | AuSable Inclusion Center, Mio | All |
| Saturday, November 22 | 1-2:30 p.m. | Onsite | St. Martin of Tours, Kalamazoo | All |
*Convention attendees from small churches are particularly invited to these sessions. “Small church” can be defined a number of ways and the committee does not endeavor to create an exhaustive or exclusive definition. Everyone is welcome to discern if their church is “small” and thus whether or not the session is for them. You may want to consider such characteristics as an Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) of 30 or fewer, the size of your annual expense budget, seasonal status, or having part-time or no resident clergy.