Registration is now open for Missio 2025, the world mission conference for the Episcopal Church, which this year is organized by GEMN and the Diocese of Honduras.
At the invitation of Bishop Lloyd Allen of the Diocese of Honduras, Missio will meet in the city of San Pedro Sula, April 29-May 2. Tuesday the 29th and Friday the 2nd will be the travel days for the core conference.
Register here.
“Mission with Jesus” is the Missio theme, with emphases on Evangelism, Empowerment, and Climate Change. Missio will be bilingual, with simultaneous interpretation offered between English and Spanish.
An Optional Extra Missio Day for more field trips and meetings will be Friday, May 2, with those attendees leaving on Saturday May 3.
Each of the three major topics will feature a speaker from Honduras and the region and a speaker from outside the region.
- Evangelism: Dean Amilcar Ortega of Catedral del Buen Pastor in San Pedro Sula & GEMN President Rev. Dr. Paul Rajan.
- Empowerment: Canon Consuelo Sanchez of the Anglican Association for the Development of Honduras & CEO Ms. Liz Ha of Five Talents.
- Climate Action: Bishop Julio Murray of Panama and Deacon Nancy Searby of NASA’s Earth Science Division, where she is capacity building program manager.
The Mission Formation Program will meet all day on Tuesday, April 29, with attendees arriving Monday evening the 28th. Learn more at www.gemn.org/formation-program/. Register here.
Wednesday afternoon will feature field trips to missional sites around San Pedro Sula, with the evening spent at a Honduran cultural festival dinner at Catedral del Buen Pastor. Missio plenaries and seminars will be held at the main conference venue: the Hyatt Place Hotel, where attendees will be staying.
GEMN holds Missio outside the USA periodically. This Missio is an opportunity to experience the vitality of Honduran Anglicanism and to reflect with Latin American companions on what Mission with Jesus means. A mission team from the Diocese of West Texas recently visited Honduras, and in December three members of the GEMN Board made a site visit in preparation for the conference.
Costs:
Conference Fee: $199. Includes attendance, field trips & meals. For financial assistance please be in touch with gemn@gemn.org.
Hyatt Plaza: $130/night + tax, with breakfast included. 40 double rooms & 20 single rooms. Attendees are encouraged to share a double room to cut expenses and help ensure enough accommodation for all. This conference rate is available through April 4, after which the hotel’s normally higher rates will apply. Here is the hotel reservation link: https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-place/es-ES/sapzs-hyatt-place-san-pedro-sula?corp_id=G-GEMN. From there click: Booking and use the G-GEMN code.
Mission Formation Program: $85. Register here. For financial assistance, please be in touch with gemn@gemn.org.