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Convention Details
The 166th Convention met October 24-25, 2025, at the Overland Park DoubleTree Hotel. A full summary of convention business is available below or in this PDF.
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Convention Business
Mission Plan and Apportionment Schedule
Convention adopted a 2026 Mission Plan and Apportionment Schedule, the detail of both are available in the Convention Summary PDF.
Elections
Council of Trustees
Convention elected two at-large members of the Council of Trustees.
- The Rev. Jody Carroll, Grace Cathedral, Topeka, clergy at-large member, first 3-year term
- Ms. Teresa Ryther, St. Stephen’s, Wichita, lay at-large member, second 3-year term
Convention confirmed the various convocation boards’ elections of lay members of the Council of Trustees.
- Ms. Martha Stone, St. John’s, Parsons, southeast convocation lay member, first 3-year term
- Ms. Tim Flynn, St. John’s, Wichita, southwest convocation lay member, first 3-year term
- Ms. Melanie Laster, Covenant, Junction City, northwest convocation lay member, second 3-year term
- Mr. Ron Olson, St. Thomas the Apostle, Overland Park, northeast convocation lay member, second 3-year term
Convention expressed gratitude to members who retired from the Council this year: Mike Morrow, John Smittle, the Rev. Doreen Rice Daab
Deputation to the 82nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church
Convention elected the diocese’s full deputation to the 82nd General Convention, July 3-8, 2027, Phoenix, Arizona.
Lay deputies
- Ms. Michael Funston, St. Margaret’s, Lawrence
- Mr. Stephan Mann, St. Luke’s, Shawnee
- Mr. Mason Weber, St. Paul’s, Manhattan
- Ms. Kirsten Lee, St. Michael & All Angels, Mission
Clergy deputies
- The Very Rev. Torey Lightcap, Grace Cathedral, Topeka
- The Very Rev. Laurie Lewis, St. Stephen’s, Wichita
- The Rev. Maddy Bishop Knoth, St. Andrew’s, Derby
- The Rev. Andrew O’Connor, Saint Francis Ministries, Wichita
Lay alternate deputies
- Ms. Julia Hart, St. Stephen’s, Wichita
- Mr. Dakota Bennett, St. James’, Wichita
- Ms. Carrie Roesner, St. Luke’s, Shawnee
- Mr. Bryan Irvine, St. David’s, Topeka
Clergy alternate deputies
- The Rev. Karen Schlabach, Diocese of Kansas
- The Rev. Margaret McGhee, St. Paul’s, Manhattan
- The Rev. Jennifer Allen, Trinity, Lawrence
- The Rev. Tom Baker, St. Margaret’s, Lawrence
Other Business
- The convention was provided notice of the 81st General Convention’s proposed alterations to the Constitution of the Episcopal Church and its Book of Common Prayer.
- The bishop appointed (and, where necessary, the convention confirmed) various officers and members of committees and commissions.
- The convention sent greetings to ecumenical ministry partners, former bishops of Kansas, neighboring dioceses, and friends in the larger Anglican Communion.
- The convention designated its eucharist offertory to the Diocese of Nakuru, Anglican Church of Kenya, and to Kansas-to-Kenya.
Ministry Recognitions
Deacon’s Cross: The Rev. Karen Deal, Trinity, Arkansas City, and Grace, Winfield
Canon’s Cannon: The Very Rev. Laurie Lewis, St. Stephen’s, Wichita
Bishop’s Chair: Mr. Jay Currie, Comptroller, Diocese of Kansas
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