At the Diocesan Convention, Mother Barbara was elected to the Standing Committee, and then re-elected as the President of the Standing Committee at a meeting following the Diocesan Convention.
The Standing Committee is often seen as “the vestry” of the Diocese, and whose main roles are to “stand with” the bishop while the bishop is in office and “stand in” for the bishop when there is a vacancy in the office.
This past year, the Standing Committee spent time understanding the Canons & Constitution of the Diocese which outline the roles and responsibilities of this group, working with the Commission of Ministry to reconstruct a ministry discernment process which meets the needs of the emerging church, collaborating with the finance committee regarding parish loans for capital campaigns, assisted in the engagement of interviews for the Bishop’s First Year in Review, and listened to and embraced the concept of missional church.
We look forward to continuing this ministry together as a group dedicated to moving the diocese into the next step in their vision of how to join God in God’s work in our communities.