Standing Committee
The Standing Committee is made up of three lay and three clergy from the diocese elected for staggered three-year terms. Primary duties are to be a council of advice to the bishop, undertake canonically mandated actions in the ordination process, and review and approve/disapprove any sale or encumbrance of church property in the diocese. Also canonically mandated to review all bishops’ elections and consent. The Standing Committee acts as the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese in the absence of a bishop diocesan.
Members
The Rev. Canon Scott Gunn, president
The Rev. Ellen Cook (2022)
Jim Allsop, Vice President (2022)
Barry Feist (2023)
Elizabeth Barker (2024)
The Rev. David Kendall-Sperry, Secretary (2024)
Staff
The Rev. Canon John Johanssen, staff liaison
Ann Sabo, Bishop’s Assistant
News and Updates from the Standing Committee
In the Episcopal Church today, what used to be considered “normal” bishop transitions are becoming decidedly less common, as dioceses decide to take the kind of extended interim between diocesan…
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March 29, 2022 Commemoration of John Keble Dear friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It has been too long…
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Dear friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In our last communication, we shared summaries of the data and perspectives…
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Dear friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As we said in our last communication to the diocese, the Standing…
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April 13, 2021 Dear friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you to everyone who has contacted us over…
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March 22, 2021 Commemoration of James De Koven Dear friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It has been a…
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