61st annual Diocesan Convention

61st annual Diocesan Convention
Oct
17
Friday, October 17, 2025
2:00 PM – 12:00 PM
St. John's Cathedral, Spokane, WA

 The convention theme this year is "Called and Compelled by Love."

St. David's delegates are Jim Grady, Vira Melendez-Redman, Mary Ann Sinclair.   Alternates are Beth Bornhoft, Beth Gruenke, Linda Peck.

The Convention 2025 Speaker will be The Rev. Canon Anita Braden, who is currently serving as the Canon to the Ordinary and the Chief of Staff for the Diocese of Arizona. Rev. Cn. Braden has more than two decades of ministerial service in Christ through a wide variety of religious venues. She is in her final stages of obtaining her Doctor of Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary. In her thesis, Rev. Braden wants to demonstrate how the theoretical and theological understanding of leadership can be integrated with one-on-one mentoring, which cultivates the development of critical thinking, the confidence for self-advocacy, and the competency to lead.

Watch Friday and Saturday convention programming and Sunday Holy Eucharist live on the diocesan Youtube channel.

More information is on the diocesan web site.