ECMN Convention 2025
ECMN Convention 2025
ECMN Convention took place November 13-15 at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN. Find below links to resolutions, videos and other details from our time together.
Bishop's Address
You can find the video and text of Bishop Loya's address to Convention by clicking here.
Convention Storytellers
You can find the Bishop's Address, videos of storytellers, and the Convention Eucharist sermon and Keynote speaker by clicking here.
*Some videos will be uploaded in the days following convention.
Convention Business
You can find a summary of the business portion of convention on Friday, November 14th by clicking here. A more detailed report will be posted in the next several weeks.
You can find a link to the resolutions passed by convention here:
Resolution: Dignity: Not Hate, Not Mass Deportation, Not Silence
Resolution Regarding Becoming a Sanctuary Church
You can find a link to the Business Booklet from the 2025 Convention here.
Convention Eucharist Offering
The offering from the Convention Eucharist will be designated for the ministry of Casa Maria. You can donate online here.
Convention Theme
The Hope that is in Us (1 Peter 3:15)
This year’s convention theme, “The Hope that is in Us,” is based on 1 Peter 3:15. This letter was written to a Christian community facing a fearful, uncertain future in a world marked by division and political strife under the Roman Empire. The writer’s words, “Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an account of the hope that is in you,” act as both a challenge and an encouragement to us in our own moment. In the face of every challenge, we are called to keep our eyes fixed on the horizon of hope we have in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and to bear witness to that hope in our lives.
The people of God have always found and sustained that hope through small communities of practice, witness, and resistance that keep our souls yoked to the power of the living God. During our time together, we will continue to explore what it means for us as a family of small communities of practice, witness, and resistance to continue to anchor in the hope that is in us.
On Saturday, we will welcome Bishop Betsey Monnot, the Bishop of Iowa, as our keynote speaker. Bishop Monnot will share how our neighbors are intentionally cultivating these small communities in their own context, and the way they are engaging in practice, witness, and resistance in this moment. She will then facilitate some open conversations about how we can continue to do this work in our own diocese.