Despite a midweek snowstorm that paralyzed most of the city, the convention of the Diocese of Washington took place Jan. 28-29 at Washington National Cathedral. The Rev. Martha Overall, rector of St. Ann's Church, the Bronx, N.Y., who served as convention chaplain and homilist, wove the convention's theme, "A Renewed Church in a Changing World," through the proceedings.

The Rt. Rev. Ronald H. Haines, Bishop of Washington, took up the theme of change and renewal in his address. Bishop Haines described demographic changes in the diocese and in the world as a whole, and emphasized that the church must renew itself or risk being left behind as the world moves ahead. This theme was echoed by the Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, bishop suffragan, in her report on transformation and renewal in the diocesan missions and multicultural ministries.

In the business portions of the convention, delegates acted on eight resolutions, four substantive changes to the Constitution and Canons, and adoption of a budget of more than $3 million for mission and ministry.

Deborah Kennedy