1 pm || Check In
2 pm || Opening Eucharist
4 pm || Business Meeting: Constitutional Voting & District Caucus
6:30 pm || Award & Recognition Dinner on campus
9 am || Business Meeting: Morning Prayer & Bishop’s Address
10:00 am || Breakout Sessions
11:00 am || Business Meeting: Governance Elections & Reports
12:15 pm || Lunch
1:00 pm || Business Meeting: Election Results & Finance Report
2 pm || Adjournment
The Trophimus Center at Trinity Anglican Seminary
823 Maplewood Avenue, Ambridge, PA 15003
Trinity Commons Hall
311 11th Street
Ambridge, PA 15003
The Rev. Ben Hughes
Stephanie Finn
The Rev. Michael McGhee
Tamara Cameron and Amanda McGann
The Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett
September 4 || Deadline for congregations to certify their lists of lay deputies
October 27 || Deadline for clergy and lay deputies to register, in order to participate and vote
Observers are welcome, but asked to register so we can ensure enough space for everyone.
November 7 || All registered voters and observers will check in to Convention between 1-2 p.m.
The parking lot at the Trophimus Center is small and priority will be given to those with disabled placards or who requested a disability permit at registration. This lot’s entrance is accessible on 9th Street between Maplewood and Kennedy Drive.
Street parking is available on Kennedy Drive and, depending on road construction, on Merchant Street. Please avoid parking on Maplewood, which is a residential road.
A shuttle will run roundtrip between the Trophimus Center and Trinity Anglican Seminary’s parking lot at 311 11th Street, Ambridge, PA 15003. Shuttle schedule:
wCobblestone Inn & Suites
1111 New Economy Drive
Ambridge, PA 15003
724-266-7100
*We have a discounted block of rooms at the Cobblestone Inn for $96/night. Book by phone and ask for the “Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh” group rate.
Fairfield Inn & Suites (Neville Island)
5850 Grand Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15225
412-264-4722
We encourage all Convention delegates, especially those who have not attended before, to attend one of our virtual Pre-Convention Hearings. During both hearings, we will preview the agenda, brief you on decisions that we’ll need to make, and solicit your feedback.
The hearings took place on Sunday, October 12, at 3 p.m. ET, and Wednesday, October 15, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Friday, November 7 || 11 a.m.
All canonically resident clergy (including those pending canonical residence) are asked to attend the clergy pre-Convention and lunch.
Licensed clergy are invited to attend.
The lunch will by 1 p.m. in time for Convention check in and vesting.
All clergy are asked to process during the opening Eucharist, as a visible encouragement to the assembled church.
Altar party: cassock, surplice, and green stole
Priests: cassock, surplice, tippet, and hood
Deacons: alb and green stole
Seat, Voice, and Vote are granted to:
Seat and Voice (no vote) are granted to any individual who does not qualify under one of the categories above, but serves as a:
All other interested parties are invited to attend as observers (seat only, without voice or vote).
Lay deputies and alternates must be certified 60 days prior to Convention. If a certified alternate must appear in place of a lay deputy, the rector or priest in charge must verify it in advance or on the day of Convention. If the deputy AND alternate are unable to participate, please notify us in advance by emailing an amended certification to skwolek@adpgh.org. Clergy can also certify a new alternate on the day of Convention using a form stating the wardens have elected this delegate.
The Convention of the Diocese of Pittsburgh meets annually to give guidance, apportion resources, and select leaders who will guide and direct the ministries of the congregations throughout the year.
Standing Committee is the council of advice to the Bishop and, in the absence or disability of the bishop, holds the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese.
At each annual Convention, one member of the clergy and one layperson shall be elected for a period of four years. No member of Standing Committee shall succeed him/herself until the next Convention following the expiration of term of office. In the last year of each clergyperson’s term, he/she shall serve as Standing Committee president. In the last year of each layperson’s term, he/she shall serve as Standing Committee secretary.
The Array serves as the ecclesiastical trial court if any charges are brought against a member of the clergy of the Diocese.
The Array has only been convened two times in the past 20+ years.
Ideal candidates: Ability to listen carefully, sift through evidence to discern facts. Deep spiritual maturity, understand the need for exteme discretion/confidentiality. Calm objectivity, fair-minded. Legal background helpful, but not required.
The Committee on Canons reviews our governing documents and recommends changes to Convention as necessary.
Members of the Committee are elected to three-year terms.
The Diocesan Council shall act on behalf of the Convention when the Convention is not in session. In particular, it shall evaluate the policies, programs, and other activities of the Diocese, make recommendations to the Convention, and give general oversight to the work, mission, budget and human resources of the Diocese. The Council shall perform such other functions and tasks as the Convention may assign to it.
If Convention should vote for a second time to strike Article X at our 2025 Convention, the Diocesan Council will absorb the responsibilities of the Board of Trustees.
The election of deputies to Diocesan Council takes place on the floor at Convention and is run by each district.
The Commission on Ministry shall assist the Bishop in matters pertaining to the enlistment and selection of persons for ministry, in the guidance and pastoral care of all candidates for Holy Orders, in the examination of persons for Holy Orders, and in discharging any additional duties relating to ministry as are, or may be, required by the Constitution and Canons of the Church.
Members of the Commission are appointed by the chair and the canon to the ordinary.
All Constitution and Canons votes were passed, including a second vote to eliminate the Board of Trustees and incorporate their responsibilities into those of Diocesan Council, thereby streamlining our diocesan governance structure.
Any Constitutional changes voted on for the first time in 2025 will require a second vote in 2026.
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