Unpacking the Workplan

An estimated 180 people, including individuals, parish vestry groups and congregations, attended three online information sessions led by members of the Executive Council last week to delve deeper into A Way Through the Wilderness, our roadmap to adaptive change. 

Rooted in Six Guiding Principles, the diocesan workplan was shaped with input gathered over several months through parish engagement sessions, online surveys, one-on-one interviews and guided conversations at the 69th Synod in October. An extensive report by Another Way consultant Anna Bubel and more than 40 pages of Synod discussion notes were reviewed and refined by Executive Council members who worked to identify desirable outcomes, actions and resources. The resulting document, launched as the Diocesan Workplan, A Way Through the Wilderness, on May 15, will help guide our journey together as co-workers of God and a family of churches until the next Synod in the fall of 2026. You can read our plan and find resources to help implement the plan in your own parish context at edmonton.anglican.ca/pages/a-way-through-the-wilderness

Pictured above: Executive Council member Suzanne Oswald speaking at the Diocesan Workplan Launch Party on May 15.