But it is incumbent on us to have a sense of what people in diocese are thinking. Our deputation has been meeting monthly now for two years. Each meeting is topical and includes alternates, triennial representatives, the bishops. At a recent meeting, for example, The Rev. Canon Dr. J. Robert Wright came to talk about the Call to Common Mission, which the Lutherans have already approved. General Convention is only as effective as people in the pews and dioceses allow it to be General Convention is a legislative, bicameral institution, comprising of a House of Deputies and a House of Bishops.
Pollard notes that it is only as effective as the people in the pews and dioceses allow it to be.
She believes in the rough and tumble of the process. She also believes that it works because people of faith come together there in common respect for each other. All of us are assigned to a committee, which is where the tough work of legislation goes on. Committees begin meeting at 7 am during Convention. Even the alternates work hard.