2015 Annual Diocesan Assembly to be held on Wed July 8th at St. Mary’s Orthodox Valiapally, Dallas.

The Annual Diocesan Assembly of 2015 for our Diocese will be held at St. Mary’s Orthodox Valiapally in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday July 8th, 2015, from 9.00 AM to 2.30 PM. Consistent with article 46 of the constitution of the church, all vicars and elected assembly members are expected to attend this meeting.

Everyone’s on time participation is required for the success of the assembly. Assembly members will have to sign in between 8.00 – 9.00 AM and obtain their badges for an on time start of the meeting. This regular meeting of the assembly will review the annual report 2014, revenue and expenditure of the diocese, and discuss the budget for the year 2015.

Also, all vicars and representatives should make sure that their parishes have paid all arrears owed to the Diocese.

Following is the Agenda of the meeting:

1. Opening Prayer

2. Notice Kalpana Reading

3. Presidential remarks

4. Resolutions (if any)

5. Minutes review

6. Matters arising from the previous minutes

7. Annual report

8. Annual Accounts

9. Discussion on the Annual Accounts

10. Presentation of Annual Budget

11. Budget review and discussion

12. Other items

13. Minutes Review

14. Concluding remarks

15. Prayer, benediction and adjournment.

We thank the vicar, Fr. Raju Daniel and Diocesan council member, Mr. Elson Samuel, and the members of the committee for all the arrangement they make at St. Mary’s Valiapally Dallas for the 2015 Diocesan Assembly.