Annual Convention 2022

• Evening Prayer: Opening worship at this year’s Convention will be Evening Prayer, which will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Friday in the Roanoke Ballroom and by livestream on the diocesan YouTube channel. All individuals registered to participate in Convention in-person may participate in the service in the ballroom. All others should view the service via livestream. • Sunday Eucharist: A diocesan-wide Convention Eucharist will take place in the Roanoke Ballroom at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, January 30. All delegates, alternates, and spouses who are registered to attend Convention in-person may attend the service in-person. All other clergy, delegates, and parishes are encouraged to join by livestream on the diocesan YouTube channel. Bishop Bourlakas will preside and preach. Clergy present in-person are invited to vest and process. Vestments are cassock, surplice, and green stole. Newly elected Convocation Presidents, Convocation Deans, Standing Committee members, and Disciplinary Board members will be installed at the service. Those who are newly elected and present at the hotel may opt to participate in the service in-person. They should arrive in the ballroom around 9:30 a.m. and check-in with the Master of Ceremonies, Canon Jonathan Harris. Churches throughout the Diocese are encouraged to use the service livestream as your principal service on January 30. Please distribute the diocesan YouTube channel link to your congregation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHvFPczsDp186aK9hRZpyQ • Convention Meals: The three major meals of Convention will take place in the Roanoke Ballroom at designated times in the agenda. The cost of all three meals (Friday dinner, Saturday lunch, and Saturday dinner) is included in the Convention registration fee. There will be one color-coded meal ticket used for all three meals. It will be included with each registered person’s name tag. Please present your ticket when going through the buffet line. Friday dinner and Saturday lunch are buffets. Hotel staff will dismiss tables one at a time to go through the lines. Please wait until your table is dismissed to help with distancing. Saturday dinner will be a plated meal served by the hotel staff. Those who outlined dietary restrictions on their registration form will receive a special table tent at check-in. Place your table tent next to your place setting at dinner so that staff will be aware of your dietary restrictions. • Convention Committees : Committees will meet only as needed. If there are meetings, they will likely occur just after the end of business on Friday. Please contact The Rev. Canon Mark Furlow at mfurlow@dioswva.org if you have questions about committees. • Youth@Convention: Y@C will take at the Hotel Roanoke year. For further information, please see the https://youth.dioswva.org/Youth%20Events/youth-at-council.html or email Canon Jenni Faires at jfaires@dioswva.org. • Standing Committee: The committee with its newly elected members will meet after the business session on Saturday for about 15 minutes. • Exhibitors: There will be no Exhibitors or Exhibit Hall this year. • Clergy & Spouse Gathering: There will be no Clergy & Spouse Gathering this year. • Commission on Ministry: C.O.M. will not meet or have lunch this year. • Convention Announcements: Individual or groups that wish to relay specific announcements are invited to submit them in writing to Canon Mark Furlow at mfurlow@dioswva.org. Announcements submitted in a timely fashion with appropriate, streamlined content may be displayed as slides on the ballroom screen. • Notices and Solicitations: Those individuals or groups who wish to post ministry notices or advertisements may do so on designated tables on the far side of the Roanoke Ballroom. Round tables in the center of the Roanoke Ballroom must remain clear for delegates to use during business. Notices left on round tables will be removed by Convention staff and volunteers. 7