Annual Diocesan Convention


Our Annual Diocesan Convention will be returning to a two-day event.

The Diocesan Convention will be held at the Alexandria Convention Center, located at 2225 N. MacArthur Dr., Alexandria, LA 71303. The Four Points by Sheraton is situated on the grounds of the convention center.

Lodging Options

A room block has been secured at the Four Points by Sheraton, situated on the grounds of the convention center. Lodging is optional and at your own expense.

Four Points by Sheraton Alexandria

Address: 2301 N. MacArthur Dr, Alexandria, LA 71303
Phone: (318) 619-3300


47th Annual Diocesan Convention

Our convention will be held at the Alexandria Convention Center at 2225 N MacArthur Dr. Alexandria, LA 71303

Our first session will begin at 2pm on Friday, November 6, with check-in beginning at 1pm.

Our Eucharist will be held at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, November 6, at St. James in Alexandria. Afterward, we will have a reception and banquet dinner at the Alexandria Convention Center starting at 6:30 p.m.

The regular business meeting to follow on Saturday, November 7, at the Alexandria Convention Center.

Click Here for Full Agenda

Childcare Information

On-site childcare will be available for children up to 12 years old at all Convention events. Parents must provide any food, drinks, or other supplies their child might need while in childcare. This includes diapers, wipes, change of clothes, books, toys, etc.

Upon your arrival at the Convention Center, diocesan staff will direct you to the childcare room that will be used for all business sessions as well as the Friday night reception and banquet. During the opening Eucharist at St. James, Alexandria, childcare will be available in the church nursery.

Childcare providers for all events are Dorethea Haywood and Kelsha Roberts. They have extensive experience and are Safe Church certified. Both will be present at all times care is offered. All children must be signed in and out by a parent or guardian.

Below is a schedule showing the specific times childcare will be available. Children must be picked up within 15 minutes after each event ends.

  

For further information contact Joy Owensby, .

Need help? A staff person is ready to assist you! 

Contact Joy Owensby for questions regarding:

  • Convention registration 
  • Delegation changes
  • Childcare

Contact Roy Rosenthal for questions regarding: 

  • Hotel room blocks
  • Vendor information

Contact Holly Davis for questions regarding:

  • Clergy Status/Quorum
  • Necrology
  • Annual Reports and Committees of Convention 
  • Bishop's Cross Award

Contact Lacee Brown for questions regarding:

  • Nominations and elections 
  • Online Forms
  • Convention Communication
  • Presentation Material and technology needs.

Contact the Rev. Canon Suzanne Wolfenbarger, for questions regarding:

  • Seminarians

We are the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana. We are culturally diverse. We are welcoming. We believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world. And we know that God loves you – no exceptions.

PO Box 4330, Pineville, LA US 71361

(318) 442-1304

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