Convention Recaps

Read a full recap of both sessions of the 231st Diocesan Convention on the News Blog at the following links.

Click here for a summary of the First Business Session on Friday, November 12, 2021, including:

• A list of the current members of the Commission on Ministry
• A special recognition of the Rev. Cn. Calhoun Walpole
• Bishop’s remarks as we “abide” together as a diocese

Click here for a summary of the Second Business Session on Saturday, November 13, 2021, including:

• Bishop’s Remarks outlining first steps for our time together
• Announcement of the new Canon to the Ordinary
• Report from the newly reformulated Strategic Transition Task Force
• Presentation of the “Bishop’s Cross” to the Rev. Dr. James Taylor
• Election Results
• Report from the Diocesan Commission on Racial Justice & Reconciliation
• Report from the Commission on Ministry sharing new initiatives
• Necrology Report 
• Courtesy Resolutions
• Sending Eucharist

Read the text of the Bishop’s sermon from the Sending Eucharist on Saturday, November 12, at this link.

Convention Documents

231st Diocesan Convention Election Results

The 231st Diocesan Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina was held November 12-13, 2021, at Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church on Pawleys Island (hosted by the Pee Dee-Waccamaw Deanery). The convention was offered as a hybrid event, and more than a third of the delegates participated in the Convention online to vote to fill various diocesan leadership positions. 
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The following nominees were elected to serve the Diocese:
 
Diocesan Council
Lay: Carolyn (Sparkie) Sparks and Joseph (Woody) Rutter (3-year terms); Jo Etta Chewning (1-year term)
Clergy: The Rev. Laura Rezac and the Rev. Pamela Fahrner (3-year terms); The Rev. Charles Jenkins (1-year term)
 
Standing Committee
Lay: Gail DeCosta, Thomas Miller
Clergy: The Very Rev. Dr. Adam Shoemaker, the Rev. William Watson

The Standing Committee met immediately after convention and re-elected the Rev. Rob Donehue as its president, and elected Mary Dianish as secretary.
  
Trustee, University of the South
The Rev. Ryan Currie

​Both Business Sessions are available for viewing on the Diocesan YouTube page (the first session is shared in two parts), under the 231st Diocesan Convention “playlist,” at this link.​

Convention Videos

Full Playlist for 231st Diocesan Convention

First Business Session (part 1)

First Business Session (part 2)

Second Business Session

Call to Convention

November 12-13, 2021

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina will be hosted by the Pee Dee-Waccamaw Deanery at Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church on November 12-13, 2021. 

Diocesan Convention this year presents opportunities to accomplish two primary goals: to do the necessary work for our diocese at its annual convention and to participate in the annual reunion of the people of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. Even though we are still dealing with a global pandemic, we are planning a hybrid convention informed by guidance from physicians who have been advising our Standing Committee. Based on the guidance from these medical consultants, we anticipate a lessening of the wave caused by the Delta variant by the end of September. Should this not be the case, we will make adjustments as necessary just as we have done for the Clergy Conference. Our hope is to create opportunities to involve the people of the diocese in this important event in a way that is comfortable for each individual. The October pre-convention deanery meetings and November convention meetings (e.g. meet the nominees, budget, etc…) will be entirely online. All Friday and Saturday events of convention will have the option to be attended in-person or virtually online.