The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Guild of the Scholars of the Episcopal Church will be
held, DV, at the beautiful and peaceful Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC, from Thursday
October 23 to Sunday, October 26, 2025.

• The Meeting will commence early Thursday evening with a reception, followed by a presentation and/or short talks.
• Academic presentations will be interspersed with discussions and visits to places of historical interest
• We are discussing the idea of having one day of more concentrated academic activities for those unable to attend the conference (due to childcare issues, teaching etc.). Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings will conclude with a service of Compline or Evensong.
• Saturday’s events include the Annual Guild of Scholars Business Meeting and the annual banquet.
• Sunday’s program will include an act of Worship and one or more presentations; the estimated departure time from the Brevard Center will be 11 to 11:30 am.
• Further details will be circulated to members next month, including accommodation and food costs.

Financial and other support
The Guild Executive Committee has decided that up to $500 of financial assistance per person will be available to a restricted number of members who would not otherwise be able to attend. Please write to the Vice President (email john.singleton@physics.ox.ac.uk) in confidence to apply for such support. It is planned to provide transport to and from local airports if necessary.

Call for Presentations (deadline Ascension Day, Thursday May 29, 2025)
We should like to solicit proposals for presentations describing members’ research and/or artistic activities. The former will be the usual academic lectures with slides; the latter can involve readings of poetry or prose, visual depictions of art (e.g., sculpture, paintings, photographs) with commentary, enacted drama, descriptions of the creative process, or music. We also encourage proposals for curated interviews (i.e., planned two-person discussions) or “fireside talks” in which a member reviews his or her academic career.
Following the format at the 2024 Fall Conference, these presentations can be “short” (25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions) or “long” (50 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions).
Please email John Singleton (john.singleton@physics.ox.ac.uk) with proposals by Ascension Day 2025, giving your phone number so that he can discuss them with you if necessary. (Earlier submissions are of course very welcome!) The proposals can comprise a title plus abstract (less than one page) or an idea (e.g., “wouldn’t it be interesting to interview member X to hear how her ideas on topic Y developed in her long academic career?) to be fleshed out by phone or email discussions.