Live webcast to preview General Convention 2009
Episcopal News Service. April 14, 2009 [041409-03]
ENS staff
General Convention 2009 of The Episcopal Church will be the topic of a live webcast on Wednesday, May 13 at 8 a.m. Pacific time (9 a.m. Mountain, 10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern).
The webcast will originate from Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, where General Convention 2009 will be held July 8 – 17.
Participants in the live webcast will be: Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori; President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson; Executive Officer and Secretary of the General Convention, the Rev. Gregory Straub; and Bishop J. Jon Bruno of the Diocese of Los Angeles, the host diocese.
Questions will be accepted via email and from the invited guests in the audience.
The Episcopal Church’s General Convention, held every three years, is the bicameral governing body of the church. General Convention, the second largest legislative body in the world, is comprised of the House of Bishops, with more than 200 members, and the House of Deputies, with clergy and lay representatives from 110 dioceses in 15 nations, at over 700 members.
The Episcopal Church is a member province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
To access the live webcast, go to the Episcopal Church website here.
For more information about General Convention, click here.