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Standing Committee PDF Print E-mail

The Standing Committee is composed of six laypersons and six clergy, chosen at Diocesan Convention and serving overlapping terms of three years each. The Committee is the Bishop's Council of Advice and is the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese in the absence of the Bishop. The Committee is canonically responsible for the consent process for Episcopal elections and for approving parish requests to sell property and take on debt. The Standing Committee may also pass such standing resolutions as may be deemed necessary between meetings of Diocesan Convention.

The Rev. Paul Fuener is the Chair of the Standing Committee.  The roster and contact information for members follows:

The Very Rev. Paul Fuener (2013) President

The Very Rev. John Barr (2013)

Mr. Reid Boylston (2013)

Mrs. Ann Hester Willis (2013)

The Rev. Dr. Greg Snyder (2014)

The Rev. Andrew O’Dell (2014)

Mr. Edward Mitman (2014)

Mrs. Suzanne Schwank (2014)

The Rev. Tripp Jeffords (2015)

The Rev. Ken Weldon (2015)

Mr. William Lyles (2015)

Mrs. Elizabeth Pennewill (2015)
 

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