Jan. 2023 Annual Meeting: Diocesan Delegate/Deanery Representative

Our Annual Meeting will be Sunday, January 22, after our 10 a.m. Eucharist. Elections will be held for two Diocesan Convention Delegates. Nominations will be received from the floor.

The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin is organized into three deaneries (geographic groups of congregations). St. Michael’s belongs to the Southern Deanery.

Delegates are elected from each parish of the deanery. In addition to Padre Jorge and Deacon Cathy, St. Michael’s has two lay delegates. The number of delegates is based on the average Sunday attendance of the parish. Delegate responsibilities include attending quarterly deanery meetings, the annual Diocesan Convention (this year, November 4-5), and participating in the community of St. Michael’s. Each delegate serves for one year and may be re-elected in subsequent years.

Qualifications
To be eligible for election as a Deanery Representative/Diocesan Convention Delegate one must be an adult communicant member of St. Michael’s in good standing and who has been confirmed.

• Adult – 16 years of age or over
• Communicant – received Holy Communion at least three times in the previous year
• Member – baptized (in water and the name of the Holy Trinity)
• In Good Standing – for the previous year has been faithful to corporate worship, unless for good cause prevented, and have been faithful in the working, praying, and giving for the spread of God’s Kingdom
• Confirmed – confirmed, received, or baptized as an adult, by a bishop of the Episcopal Church

Responsibilities

• Attend Deanery Meetings (no more than quarterly)
• Attend Pre-Convention Meeting (in 2023 the meeting will be October 14 via Zoom)
• Attend Diocesan Convention (in 2023 Convention will be November 10-11 at ECCO near Oakhurst, CA)
• Regular attendance and participation in the activities and life of St. Michael’s and the life of the Diocese.
• Listening to and dealing with the views of parishioners, especially their questions, suggestions, complaints, and compliments. Where appropriate, sharing these views with the priest-in-charge, staff, and bishop’s committee.
• Pray for the clergy, leaders, and people of the diocese and or our parish.
• Speak the truth in love for the upbuilding of the body of Christ in the church.