


Event Hosting Procedure
Are you organizing a diocesan-wide event? Here's all the information you'll need to make sure your planning process is smooth and your event is successful!
Download Forms for Your Event here.
| Event Deadlines for Organizers | Submission Deadline |
| Calendar Event Procedure Form | 8 weeks prior |
| Registration Form submitted | 8 weeks prior |
| All flyers, brochures submitted | 8 weeks prior |
| Articles, photos, advertising verbiage | appropriate Messenger deadline |
| January Messenger | December 15 |
| March Messenger | February 15 |
| June Messenger | May 15 |
| September Messenger | August 15 |
| Reimbursement forms & receipts | 2 weeks after |
| Registration Deadlines | |
| For a one-day event | Thursday before the event |
| For an overnight event | 10 days prior to start date |
| For childcare | 10 days prior to event |
| Registration Options | |
| Online registration form | $3.00 service chage. MC and Visa. |
| Mail-in registration form and check to: | "EDSD" by deadlines above |
| Refund Policy | Deadline to Notify Bishop's Office |
| For a 1-day event | 5 business days prior to event |
| For a multi-day event | 10 business days prior to event |
| All refunds are paid by check. | |
| $3.00 service charge is non-refundable |
For all events, payment is required at time of registration. Registrations received without payment will not be processed.
Responsibilities of Organizer(s)
All flyers, brochures, and registration forms must be submitted in a PDF, Word, or Publisher format to Candy Mulkey by deadline: candy304@edsd.org.
Calendar Events Procedure Form must be submitted to Hannah Miller by deadline: hmiller@edsd.org.
Submissions for The Messenger must be emailed to Hannah Miller by deadline.
If applicable, childcare is organizing group’s responsibility. Contact the Rev. Canon Jenny Vervynck regarding payment to childcare providers.
Office of the Bishop must be kept up-to-date of any changes in the event.
Submit Event Reimbursement Check Request Form and all invoices and receipts to Candy Mulkey within two weeks of the event’s completion.
Please write the name and date of the event on the back of all receipts. The Office will distribute checks within two weeks of receiving reimbursement information.