Registration Deadline: October 17th, 2025

Registration is open!

Whether you're a delegate or a visitor, attending all or some of Convention weekend, everyone needs to register themselves.

Reminder: Registration vs. Certification

Registration is different than certification:

• All individuals attending Convention fill out the registration form for themselves.

• Churches fill out a different form (the certification form) to certify and pay for their delegates.

Delegates:

“Delegates” = lay delegates & clergy delegates (which includes non-parochial/retired canonically resident clergy)

Thank you for being a delegate to Convention this year!

The all-inclusive fee of $210 per delegate includes the following:

• Programming:

  • Friday Pre-Convention Workshop

  • Saturday Plenary Sessions/Convention Business

  • Saturday Banquet Program (Keynote) and Dance

• Meals:

  • Saturday Lunch

  • Saturday Banquet Dinner

  • Sunday Breakfast

Your congregation should have filled out a Certification form to certify and pay for their delegates.

Visitors:

If you are not a delegate then you're a visitor (which includes alternate delegates), and we're glad to have you join us!

You have several options to choose from in the registration form.

• Option 1: Business Day Experience $100 - includes:

  • Friday Pre-Convention Workshop

  • Saturday Plenary Sessions/Convention Business

  • Saturday Lunch

• Option 2: Evening Experience $80 - includes:

  • Saturday Social Hour

  • Saturday Banquet Program (Keynote) and Dance

  • Saturday Banquet Dinner

• Option 3: Sunday Morning Experience $30 - includes:

  • Sunday Breakfast

If a visitor chooses to attend all 3 options, their total cost would be $210, the same as the delegate all-inclusive fee.

What's not included in the fees listed above?

NOT included:

• hotel reservations

• meals not listed i.e. pre-Convention meals of Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast are on your own (visit the Hotel & Travel page for some suggestions)

• drinks during Saturday's social hour (cash bar available)

Children & Youth at Convention

Childcare:

• For children 0-3rd grade, at the Marriott

• Must be requested by October 9th or it will not be available

Youth Lock-In:

• For youth 4th - 8th grade, whose parents/guardians are attending Convention

• Register by October 17

Youth Delegates & Visitors:

• 9th-12th graders

• Must be 16+ and confirmed to be a delegate

• Register by October 17

More on these children & youth options, including the registration forms for each, can be found on the Convention: Children & Youth webpage.

What if I want to attend ONLY the Friday Pre-Convention Workshop and nothing else over Convention weekend?

Skip the registration form and instead fill out the Guest RSVP Friday Workshop form, and we suggest at $10 donation at the door. Learn more about the workshop here.

Everyone who registers for Convention (delegates & visitors) will indicate their workshop attendance on the registration form - they do not need to fill out the Guest RSVP Friday Workshop form.

What if I want to attend ONLY the Pre-Convention Hearings AND I'm NOT registering to attend Convention as a delegate or visitor?

Skip the registration form and instead fill out the Hearings RSVP form to receive the Zoom link for the Pre-Convention Hearings. Learn more about the hearings here.

Everyone who registers for Convention (delegates & visitors) will receive the Hearings' Zoom link as part of their registration - they do not need to fill out the Hearings RSVP form.

What will I need to fill out a registration form?

You'll need to know:

• Your role (i.e. are you a delegate or a visitor?)

• Your contact information, including email (each delegate must have a separate email address)

• Your church/affiliation (find the city and name of your church in the dropdown; OR if you are not with any of the listed churches, choose either "Episcopal Diocese of Iowa" - includes non-parochial/retired clergy canonically resident but not affiliated with an Episcopal church in Iowa, and diocesan staff - or "Not attending a church in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa")

• If you are a visitor/alternate delegate: is your congregation paying for you to attend, or will you pay for yourself? (if paying for yourself and want to pay online, have a credit card ready)

• Whether you plan to attend the Friday evening workshop

• Which included meals you plan to attend, and whether you want a meat or vegetarian meal

• Any dietary restrictions or accessibility needs

• Which pre-Convention online hearing you plan to attend (required of delegates, optional for visitors and anyone else in the diocese)