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Nominations for Diocesan Commissions and Committees

Bishop Logue is hereby nominating the people who will serve on the committee and commissions of the Diocese including the Finance Committee, Commission on Ministry, and the Commission on Worship. The convention will be asked to elect the slate of persons nominated by the bishop.

This process is described in Canon 1.7 as follows, “At each annual meeting, the Convention shall elect members of Advisory Commissions and Committees upon nomination by the Presiding Officer. Unless specified otherwise by Canon, the term of the elected members of Commissions and Committees shall be for one year.”

The full slate of nominees for the 2023 Convention is as follows:
 

Finance Committee 

Andrew Austin 
R. Edward Bland
Brett Chappell
Cam Mathis
Angela Shelley 
Brandi Lyde Whitfield 

Commision on Worship

The Rev. Ian Lasch, Chair 
The Rev.  Guillermo Arboleda 
The Very Rev. Leslie Dellenbarger 
The Rev. Susan Gage 
Jody Grant 
Dr. Drew Keane 
Kathleen Turner 

Commission on Ministry – Interview Committee 

The Rev. Melanie Lemburg, Chair 
The Rev. Terri Degenhardt 
Dr. M.J. Harris
Dr. Drew Keane 
The Rev. Ri Lamb 
The Rev. Samantha McKean
Elizabeth Varner

Commission on Ministry – Examining Chaplains 

Dr. Drew Keane
The Rev. Ian Lasch 
The Rev. Kelly Steele 
The Rev. David Wantland
The Rev. Helen White
 

Honey Creek Development Committee 

Beth Baker 
Cissy Bowden 
Shayna Cranford 
John Hiers
The Ven. Yvette Owens 
Brad Sandbach
Molly Stevenson 

Committee on Constitution and Canons 

Laura Wheaton, Chair  
The Rev. James Elliott ex officio as Chancellor 
David Sandbach 
The Rev. David Lemburg 
The Rev. Galen Mirate 

Creation Care Commission 

Albany – Bill Swan 
Augusta – Katie Hall and Tom Smyth 
Central – Dave Cranford 
Savannah – Laura Walker 
Southeast – The Rev. Nathan Wilson
Southwest – Cathy Stevens  and the Rev. Hal Weidman