(Press Release) The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, will gather for its 144th Diocesan Convention at St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley, PA on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7. Two-hundred and ninety deputies and additional observers will represent the fifty-five congregations of the diocese gathered to celebrate their ministry, to pray and engage in hope-filled work for the year ahead.
Beginning at 6 p.m., the Friday evening portion of the celebration and banquet, featuring Archbishop Robert Duncan’s address, will be broadcast live on www.anglicantv.org. The Saturday business portion of the meeting, beginning with prayer at 8 a.m., will feature discussion and voting on the full admission of 4 new parishes: Harvest Anglican Church in Homer City, PA, Church of the Transfiguration in Cleveland, OH, Saint James Church in San Jose, CA and Holy Trinity Church in Raleigh, NC. The Convention deputies will also vote on ratifying the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh’s status as a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America constituted this past summer as an emerging Province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.