2025 Convention Schedule

The preliminary Convention schedule is below; please note that times may change as the final agenda is developed.

TimeActivity

10:00 am

Holy Eucharist and Bishop's Address

11:15 am

Convention Session 1

Call to Order / Welcome / Opening Prayer | Bishop Philip LaBelle
Tech & Voting introduction A.7 / Practice votes
Certification of quorums / Rules of Order & Privilege Report A.3
Office of the Bishop report on congregational status
Declaration convention organized for business
Dispatch of Business report A.3
Consent Agenda #1 – Formation of Convention A.9

• Adoption of Agenda A.1
• Election of Secretary / Appointment of Assistant Secretary Bishop Philip LaBelle
• Bishop Appointments: Board of Directors, Diocesan Council, Disciplinary Board, Personnel Commission, Parliamentarian, Chancellor, Church Attorney

11:40 am

Report from the Committee on Admission of New Parishes and Missions | The Rev. Cn Marda Steedman Sanborn / Chancellor Bryan Krislock

• Admission of New Mission: St. John South Sudanese, Kent
• Admission of New Parish: St. Aidan, Camano Island

Dissolution of Mission: St. James, Sedro Woolley | Bishop Philip LaBelle

11:50 am

Report from the Committee on Nominations B.3 | The Rev. Wesley Evans
General Convention Nominations B.4
Consent Agenda #2 – Single-candidate positions and officer elections A.9
First round of votes A.7 / Personal Devices

12:10 pm

Bishop’s Cross awards | Bishop Philip LaBelle

12:20 pm

Treasurer’s report / Budget 2026 C.1 | Ed Barton
Noonday Prayer | Bishop Philip LaBelle

12:30 pm

Lunch (box lunches provided for convention members at designated sites)

1:15 pm

Convention Session 2
Call to Order | Bishop Philip LaBelle
Report of the first ballot B.5 / Second round of votes A.7 / Personal Devices

1:30 pm

Bishop's Cross awards | Bishop Philip LaBelle
Table Conversations | Bishop Philip LaBelle

2:00 pm

Report of the second ballot B.5 / Third round of votes A.7 / Personal Devices
Standing Committee Report | The Rev. Elise Johnstone
Personnel Commission Report | The Rev. Elise Johnstone

2:20 pm

Debate Introduction A.7 / A.3
Consent Agenda #3 – Resolutions A.9 / D.2 / D.3 | Bishop Philip LaBelle

• Resolution 1: 2026 Diocesan Assessment Rate
• Resolution 2: Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2025
• Courtesy Resolutions

2:25 pm

Resolutions Report D.2 | The Rev. Josh Hosler

• Resolution 3: Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
• Resolution 4: Putting Previous Resolutions into Action
• Resolution 5: A Call to Decolonize the Seal of the Diocese of Olympia

Constitution & Canons report overview E.1 | Douglas Oles
Consent Agenda #4 – Constitution & Canons Report A.9 / E.1 | Bishop Philip LaBelle

3:20 pm

Report of the third ballot B.5 / Fourth round of votes A.7 / Personal Devices
Clergy & Staff Transitions | Bishop Philip LaBelle
Presentation: Saint Mark's Cathedral | The Very Rev. Steven Thomason
Report of the fourth ballot B.5
48-hour Resolutions D.4 | The Rev. Josh Hosler
Recognitions / Announcements

3:50 pm

Closing prayers

4:00 pm

Adjournment

*All times are approximate

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