Deputies go to the floor. Bishops rush off to their meetings. But the real meaning of Convention is the stuff of relationships. Go to the Exhibit Hall. There is the rich tapestry of the Episcopal Church in all of its diversity and inclusiveness.
Vendors sell everything from Native American jewelry to Amish fudge and cheese.
Groups ranging from Episcopal Peace Fellowship to the Church Periodical Club. Debates on the floor of the House of Deputies are about more than power politics. Here, many competing agendas find temporary resolution as we try to accommodate not one but many notions of Church and theology. The House of Bishops is a rich mix of strong but often beleaguered individuals trying their best to be faithful to the Church, the diocese, the Lord and whoever or whatever else. It's all here, and we all care about these things.