July 8-11, 2022: Baltimore, MD
About the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church
The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will meet July 8 - 11, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally scheduled for July of 2021, the 80th General Convention was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later shortened from 10 legislative days to four and modifications to the number of attendees and legislative process.
The additional changes to the schedule and processes for the meeting were in light of ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Presiding Officers, the Most Rev. Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, at a special meeting of the Executive Council on May 11, 2022, called for a General Convention design team to evaluate how to hold the meeting in the safest way. Over the course of three weeks, the design team met and the Presiding Officers made their recommendations for modifications to the 80th General Convention. On June 7, 2022, the Joint Staining Committee on Planning and Arrangements approved changes to the schedule and format of the 80th General Convention, including limits on the number of participants. Click here to view the policies passed by the Committee. The Executive Council met later in the day to concur with the changes to the dates of General Convention. Click here to view the resolution passed by the Council.
ScheduleThe revised dates for the 80th General Convention are from Friday, July 8th through Monday, July 11th.
Updated - Draft Schedule for the 80th General Convention in 2022
Actualizado - Programa preliminar de la 80ª Convención General de 2022
Who participates?
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, out of safety and concern for all attendees, attendance at the 80th General Convention is being limited to Bishops, Deputies, two Alternates (one Clergy and one Lay), and essential staff and volunteers to facilitate the meeting. No visitors will be allowed to attend. There will no exhibit hall, no affiliated events, nor any public worship services. Please see Resolution 3 that was passed by the Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements which outlines the policy around not holding affiliated events and the May 17, 2022 letter from the Presiding Officer’s outlining their recommendations that included this policy.
Deputies and Bishops participate in the legislative sessions. Per the Rules of Order for the Deputies and Bishops, only members of that House may be present on the floor, unless invited by the Presiding Officer of the respective House.
Join us live: All worship services and legislative sessions of the House of Deputies and House of Bishops, as well as media briefings and postings of #GC80
Daily Shows, will be livestreamed on The Episcopal Church GC80 Media Hub.
The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will meet July 8 - 11, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally scheduled for July of 2021, the 80th General Convention was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later shortened from 10 legislative days to four and modifications to the number of attendees and legislative process.
The additional changes to the schedule and processes for the meeting were in light of ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Presiding Officers, the Most Rev. Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, at a special meeting of the Executive Council on May 11, 2022, called for a General Convention design team to evaluate how to hold the meeting in the safest way. Over the course of three weeks, the design team met and the Presiding Officers made their recommendations for modifications to the 80th General Convention. On June 7, 2022, the Joint Staining Committee on Planning and Arrangements approved changes to the schedule and format of the 80th General Convention, including limits on the number of participants. Click here to view the policies passed by the Committee. The Executive Council met later in the day to concur with the changes to the dates of General Convention. Click here to view the resolution passed by the Council.
ScheduleThe revised dates for the 80th General Convention are from Friday, July 8th through Monday, July 11th.
Updated - Draft Schedule for the 80th General Convention in 2022
Actualizado - Programa preliminar de la 80ª Convención General de 2022
Who participates?
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, out of safety and concern for all attendees, attendance at the 80th General Convention is being limited to Bishops, Deputies, two Alternates (one Clergy and one Lay), and essential staff and volunteers to facilitate the meeting. No visitors will be allowed to attend. There will no exhibit hall, no affiliated events, nor any public worship services. Please see Resolution 3 that was passed by the Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements which outlines the policy around not holding affiliated events and the May 17, 2022 letter from the Presiding Officer’s outlining their recommendations that included this policy.
Deputies and Bishops participate in the legislative sessions. Per the Rules of Order for the Deputies and Bishops, only members of that House may be present on the floor, unless invited by the Presiding Officer of the respective House.
Join us live: All worship services and legislative sessions of the House of Deputies and House of Bishops, as well as media briefings and postings of #GC80
Daily Shows, will be livestreamed on The Episcopal Church GC80 Media Hub.
Livestream schedule
Note: Legislative sessions take place in both houses concurrently, with separate livestreams for each (in English and Spanish). Worship services will be held in each house, with a prerecorded sermon streamed in both.
Note: Legislative sessions take place in both houses concurrently, with separate livestreams for each (in English and Spanish). Worship services will be held in each house, with a prerecorded sermon streamed in both.
- Friday, July 8
- 8:30-10 a.m.: Opening Eucharist; sermon by the Most Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop, The Episcopal Church
- 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- 2:30-5:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- 7:30-9:30 p.m.: Legislative Session (as needed)
- Saturday, July 9
- 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Morning Prayer; sermon by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president, House of Deputies
- 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- Election of next president of the House of Deputies
- 2:30-5:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- 7:30-9:30 p.m.: Legislative Session (as needed)
- Sunday, July 10
- 8:30-10 a.m.: Sunday Eucharist; sermon by the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
- 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- 2:30-5:30 p.m.: Legislative Session (includes Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance budget presentation to a joint session of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies)
- 7:30-9:30 p.m.: Legislative Session (as needed)
- TBD: Election of next vice president of the House of Deputies
- Monday, July 11
- 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Morning Prayer, sermon by newly elected president of the House of Deputies
- 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Legislative Session
- 2:30-5 p.m.: Legislative Session
