Prov IV - Day 2

Submitted by Andrea McKellar, St. Francis, Charleston

Thursday at Synod was a full day of business. We had the pleasure of having Presiding Bishop Michael Curry with us for a short while and then heard from the President of the House of Deputies Gay Jennings and Michael Barlowe, Executive Secretary of General Convention. Here are some highlights...
 
- There will be 848 Deputies in Austin, TX
- Find LOTS of information at generalconvention.org
- You can see the same information that deputies will see on their ipads at vbinder.net.
- The official hashtag for General Convention is #gc79
- All worship materials will be online. All of the worship services will be live-streamed so you can follow along from home!
- The 79th General Convention will be even more paperless than Salt Lake City. The cost of renting and using the ipads last time was less expensive than the copying costs in 2012!

One of the highlights for me was the Province IV Youth Ministry report. One of my roles with the diocese is as our Diocesan Youth Coordinator. I have had the honor of getting to know Helena Upshaw over the last 4 years. She is a strong leader at her church, in our diocese and province, and now at the denominational level! Helena was selected from a large number of youth to represent Province IV at General Convention as part of the Official Youth Presence. They have seat and voice on the floor of convention!

The General Convention Deputation of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina