Diocesan conventionSaturday, October 29, 2022 Radisson Hotel & Conference Center 2040 Airport Dr, Oneida, Wisconsin |
The 148th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Fond du Lac will be held Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Oneida, Wisconsin. This is a time for worship, fellowship, and diocesan business. The primary purpose is to elect members to diocesan bodies and General Convention deputies. The convention may provide direction for diocesan mission and ministry through the resolutions it adopts and discussions it engages in.
Display tables of ministries and vendors are part of convention. Morning Prayer will include the Bishop’s Pastoral Address. Noon day prayer will include the diocesan necrology and installation of rural deans. Business sessions include elections and final adoption of constitutional and canonical changes (first approved at last year’s convention). Delegates may enjoy time of fellowship during the continental breakfast and buffet lunch.
NOTE: Voting is digital with a phone or computer with internet connectivity (there will be WiFi available). Each delegate receives their own credentials, so if you do not have connectivity, you may use another delegate's phone or computer to vote.
NOTE: Voting is digital with a phone or computer with internet connectivity (there will be WiFi available). Each delegate receives their own credentials, so if you do not have connectivity, you may use another delegate's phone or computer to vote.
The Diocese of Fond du Lac COVID protocols will be followed. People may choose to mask at any time, but it will only be required the CDC local county risk level for Brown County is high. Distancing is encouraged. Anyone experiencing symptoms of illness or recently exposed to a confirmed communicable disease case is to refrain from attending. Protocols may be accessed here.
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The Radisson Hotel & Conference Center is in Oneida, across from the Green Bay airport. Those staying overnight make their own arrangements. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson for $119 per room. Call (920) 494-7300 and reference “Diocesan Convention 2022 room block.” Availability and rate are guaranteed until Friday, October 7th. Note: there is a Sunday night Packers game that weekend. To avoid state sales tax, provide your congregation’s Wisconsin Tax Exemption Certificate to the hotel.
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Register |
Registration (with meals) $80
Exhibitor (no meals) $20 |
Display Table (8 foot) $15
Late (after October 7) add $25 |
- All attending must register.
Fees calculated on actual costs including meals, gratuity, hospitality (special guests), facility charges, supplies and postage. - Fees may be paid during online registration, by mailing a check to the Diocesan Office, or by requesting your congregation be billed.
- Register by October 17th to avoid an additional $25 late fee.
Display Information
Display tables made be reserved for $15 per 8-foot table and include skirting, chair, and trash receptacle. Reservation is first come, first served. Exhibitors must also register to attend in addition to reserving the table. If you will not take meals, a reduced fee is available. Reserve at using the registration link.
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With the experience of past years, there will be only one pre-convention meeting. All delegates are expected to attend this 90-minute Zoom meeting at 7:00 p.m. pm Thursday, October 20 or view the recording before attending convention. During this meeting convention protocols are explained, submitted resolutions discussed, the proposed budget is presented. There will be a report on the Trialogue process looking at reunification of the three Wisconsin dioceses. In-person deanery meetings are still an option, but perhaps that time may be spent in fellowship, such as a potluck, picnic or other social activity. Register at diofdl.org/convention and receive a Zoom link by email.
Bicentennial of The Episcopal Church in WisconsinA celebration of the Bicentennial of The Episcopal Church in Wisconsin follows convention at 3:00 p.m. at Holy Apostles Episcopal Church. To minimize parking problems, those attending convention are asked to leave their cars at the conference center and use the shuttle service to Holy Apostles, just 5 minutes away. The Holy Eucharist includes presentations with a reception following in the Parish Hall.
There may have been Episcopalians in what would become Wisconsin before, but in 1822 The Episcopal Church officially entered the territory. It came with members of the Oneida tribe who were an organized Episcopal mission and took up residence near Duck Creek. This was a result of removal from their homelands in New York and worshipping on the land which now is home to Holy Apostles. 
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Recommended Reading
Learn more about the relationship between The Episcopal Church and the Wisconsin Oneidas with a book that Bishop Matt Gunter recommends The Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church: A Chain Linking Two Traditions, edited by L. Gordon McLester III, Laurence M. Hauptman, Judy Cornelius-Hawk and Kenneth Hoyan House, Indiana University Press, 2019. |