2026 Parish Elections Report
Each parish should submit this report only once. Please complete and submit as soon as possible after parish elections have taken place, and no later than March 1st, 2026.
This report asks for information about the lay and ordained leadership of each parish, as well as the parish's elected representation at diocesan convention and the mission region council level. Please have this information handy in order to complete the report as thoroughly as possible.
If you need to navigate away from this page while completing the form, all information should be saved by your local browser and all fields should repopulate once you return. If any fields below are inapplicable, you are welcome to type "N/A" or leave blank.
Please note that individuals listed on this report will be added to diocesan email communications relevant to their role (e.g. vestry member, treasurer, delegate to convention, etc.). Anyone may choose to opt out of these communications at any time, however, this may result in missing important information pertinent to one's service at the parish, mission region, or diocesan level.
Contact Mark Sullivan (mark@greatlakesepiscopal.org) with any questions related to this report. If you have difficulty completing the report in this online format, please reach out to the diocesan office to make alternate arrangements.
Regarding Safe Church: if you answer "No" for any of the individuals listed below, please use the last section ("Section 6: Final Comments") to mention the parish's plan for getting these individuals trained. If you need assistance in accessing Safe Church training, please contact the diocesan office for more information.
SECTION 1: GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of person completing this report
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Email address of person completing this report
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Choose your city & parish.
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Date of 2026 annual meeting
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Clergy preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
Assisting clergy home address
Assisting clergy preferred phone
Assisting clergy preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
Deacon preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
If your parish is served by additional clergy beyond those listed here, please use "Section 6: Final Comments" at the very end of this form to report the name and contact information for any individuals not mentioned above.
Parish administrator name
Administrator preferred phone
Administrator preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
Does your parish have a designated lead for children or youth programming (either a paid member of staff, or a volunteer)?
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SECTION 3: ELECTED LAY LEADERSHIP
Senior warden home address
Senior warden preferred phone
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Senior warden preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Junior warden home address
Junior warden preferred phone
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Junior warden preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Treasurer preferred phone
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Treasurer preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Vestry clerk/secretary name
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Vestry clerk/secretary home address
Vestry clerk/secretary preferred phone
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Vestry clerk/secretary preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Vestry member home address
Vestry member preferred phone
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Vestry member preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Vestry member home address
Vestry member preferred phone
Vestry member preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
Does your vestry have any additional members beyond those already listed?
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SECTION 4: DIOCESAN CONVENTION
Lay delegates chosen to represent your parish at the Third Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes taking place Friday, October 23rd & Saturday, October 24th, 2026, in Muskegon.
Delegate to convention name
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Delegate to convention home address
Delegate to convention preferred phone
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Delegate to convention preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Delegate to convention name
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Delegate to convention home address
Delegate to convention preferred phone
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Delegate to convention preferred email address
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Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
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Per the canons of this diocese, each parish sends two lay delegates to diocesan convention. Parishes with an average Sunday attendance ("ASA") greater than 75 (as reported on the most recent parochial report) can elect to send a third delegate.
Does your parish have an ASA greater than 75, as reported on the most recent parochial report?
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Each parish is also welcome to name Alternate Delegates to Convention, in the event that one or more of your lay delegates is unable to serve. Has your parish selected Alternate Delegates?
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SECTION 5: MISSION REGION COUNCIL
Mission region council representative name
Mission region council representative home address
Mission region council representative preferred phone
Mission region council representative preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
Mission region council representative name
Mission region council representative home address
Mission region council representative preferred phone
Mission region council representative preferred email address
Has this person completed Safe Church training within the last three years?
SECTION 6: FINAL COMMENTS
Please add here any comments or notes that are not already captured in this report, or to clarify any of the information you are submitting. Please also use this space to list any individuals (with contact information) whose details may not have fit in the fields above.
