Welcome to the 2025 Document Center!
General Information
Exhibitor Information
Exhibitor information coming soon.
Learn more about this year's breakout sessions on Friday, November 7th.
Breakout Session One: 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Break: 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Breakout Session Two: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
2025 Breakout Sessions
Breakout descriptions can be viewed better on a laptop or view on a PDF link here.
| Breakout Name | Leader | Session 1 | Session 2 | Location | Description |
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Young Adult Delegate Breakout |
The Rev. Tori Davis |  |
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C106 | Session 1: Created for Community: Finding Your People in College and in Christ Session 2: The Faithful One: This session will trace the faithfulness of God throughout history. |
| DCOH Administrators | Lee Hilts | |
Fellowship Hall | Gathering of all volunteer and paid church administrators with a goal of fellowship, connection, and sharing of best practices. | |
| Clergy Care | The Rev. Ashley Davis / The Rev. Brian Campbell | |
D211 | How does the diocese implement clergy care for rectors and all other clergy. | |
| Spiritual Directors | Sally Breedlove | |
D211 | A conversation about Jesus's presence among us and the gifts that the ministry of Spiritual Direction offers to the church. | |
| Safeguarding | Canon Sergio Sapunar | |
D201 |
A New Safeguarding System and Training Platform for the Diocese |
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| Reaching Unchurched | The Rev. Seth Williamson | |
C111 | Learn the most recent trends and best practices to grow your church through conversion. | |
| Summer Youth Internship Sample Process | Chris Millard | |
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C103 | |
| Anglican Frontier Missions | The Rev. Chris Royer | |
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Scout Room |
Session 1: Doing Frontier Missions Anglicanly: AFM's contextual approach.
Session 2: Meeting and Partnering with Christ our Hope missionaries.
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| Words that Last: Anglican Publishing for a New Generation | The Rev. Chris Stroup | |
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D202 | A conversation on renewing our Gospel witness through books and resources that combine theological depth, literary beauty, and cultural relevance. |
| Reaching Your World at Home | The Rev. Jeff Weber/ Bethany Talbert | |
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C104 | Equipping clergy, church planters, and parish leaders to engage the global diaspora in their own neighborhoods. |
| Sudan Church Partners | The Rt. Rev. Adam Andudu and The Rev. Jared Wensyel | |
D208 | Presenting an update on the state of the church in Sudan, in the midst of what The Atlantic recently referred to as "the most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth". | |
| Friends of Gahini | Ben Weber | |
D208 | A time for an update from what's going on in the Diocese from Gahini | |
| Preaching Ecclesiastes in an Age of Overthinking | Matt Wilcoxen | |
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D210 | This session will explore why Ecclesiastes speaks powerfully to our late-modern condition and how to preach it for genuine transformation. |
| DCOH Council | Jerald Walz | |
Fellowship Hall | Time of fellowship for our DCOH Council - members of the council only | |
| Preaching Ecclesiastes in an Age of Overthinking | The Rev. Matt Wilcoxen | |
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Bridge Cafe | Why Ecclesiastes speaks powerfully to our late-modern condition and how to preach it for genuine transformation. |
| Ancient Wisdom for the Good Life | The Rev. Ralph Hawkins | |
Dining Hall | Dining Hall | |
| Book of Revelation | Andrew Talbert | |
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Chapel | Chapel |
| How God Used Narnia to Save My Ministry | The Rev. Jeff Patterson | |
Dining Hall | No prior knowledge of C.S. Lewis or "The Chronicles of Narnia" is needed for this session. It is open to both clergy and laity. It will include an introduction to the series of books as well as a personal reflection on their significance. | |
| Q&A with Bishop Alan | The Rev. Alan Hawkins | |
Media Center | Media Center | |
| Prayer Ministry | Lisa Sharpe | |
D203 | Time for prayer ministers to meet one on one with people | |
| Immigration, Refugees, and Global Mass Displacement | Jon Musser | |
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Canteen | How the church can love our immigrant neighbors and more faithfully live out our membership in Christ’s borderless kingdom as one global, multiethnic family of God. |
| Anglican Creation Care Network | The Rev. Mary Macdonald | |
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1st Session Breezeway 2nd Session TBD |
How you and your church can steward God's earth and use creation as a tool for evangelism and worship? |
| Church Planting Panel | Canon John Battey | |
D201 | Current church planters update their progress and lessons learned, as well as a preview of the 2025 Church Planting Cohort starting this fall. | |
| GAFCON | The Rt. Rev. Paul Donison | |
Media Center | A discussion on the Primates’ “The Future Has Arrived” statement and what’s coming next for the Global Anglican Communion. | |
| Clergy Financial Wellness Initiative & Financial Wellness Cohorts | The Rev. Judson Van Wyk | |
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C105 | What does genuine flourishing look like when it comes to our finances? Challenges and opportunities facing pastors and churches today and how our province is seeking to help. |
| Heritage Mission | The Rev. Michael Niebauer | |
Youth Room | Learn about the pressing needs of nursing home residents and how your church can bring the Gospel to these residents by starting a simple worship service in a care facility near you. | |
| Practical & Flourishing Local Missions: M25i (Matthew 25 Initiative) | Madison Miller | |
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D203 | Discover how M25i partners with parishes to transform local outreach from overwhelming busyness into sustainable, whole-church ministry—offering the expertise, tools, and pastoral support that clergy and staff can’t carry alone. |
| Liturgical Living | Sara Evans | |
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Fellowship Hall |
Session 1: Liturgical Bike Riding: The liturgy involves well-worn patterns of behavior that form belief. We'll consider how this formation occurs and how to partner with the liturgy for catechesis and instruction. Session 2: Beauty: Do aesthetics matter in an age of pragmatism? Offering a brief theology of beauty and its role in formation-- both liturgically and otherwise. |
All synod delegates and candidates for election
Below you can view all of the 2025 Synod Delegates, the elections taking place, the candidates up for election, and their biographies.
Budget
Please review the Budget and Budget Notes for 2026 below.
SYNOD 2024 MINUTES
Below is a summary of last year's Synod meeting.
See Minutes
reports
2025 College of Deacons Synod Report
2025 College of Deacons Synod Report
2026 Bishop Suffragen Synod Report
2026 Bishop Suffragen Synod Report
Leadership Development Report
2025 Ethics and Safeguarding Report to Synod
2025 ethics and Safeguarding Report to Synod
2025 College of Presbyters Synod Report
2025 College of Presbyters Synod Report
2025 Clergy Care Report to Synod
2025 Clergy Care Report to Synod
Constitution and Canons Report
Below are the 2025 Amendment Proposals for Synod, a memo of the revised Constitution and Canons amendment schedule, and a video of the Chair of the Constitution and Canons Committee Mr. Daniel Gibson to share about this year's amendments to the Constitution and Canons.
See Revised Schedule
Treasurer and Diocesan Council Reports
Below are the Diocese of Christ Our Hope Treasurer's report and the Diocesan Council report.
treasurer's reportsynod Meeting structure
Review Robert's Rules of Order
We will follow a form of Robert's Rules of Order to guide our meeting structure at Synod. Please familiarize yourself with the basic guidelines below. You can also look over our meeting agenda.
Meeting Agenda
Review this year's Synod meeting agenda below.
Churches and clergy received into the diocese
Below is a list of the clergy, missions, congregations, and church plants being officially received into our diocese this year.