Standing Committee

The Standing Committee is one of the three governing bodies of the Diocese, along with Diocesan Council and the Trustees.

The Standing Committee has the following specific responsibilities:
1. Serves as the bishop’s council of advice, bringing diocesan concerns to the bishop’s attention and responding to the bishop’s own thoughts and concerns.
2. Deals with property matters. All parish decisions to sell or encumber property must be approved by the Standing Committee.
3. Gives consent to candidacy and ordination of deacons and priests in the diocese and to the election of bishops in other dioceses of The Episcopal Church.
4. Fulfills all functions required of it by the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church and of the Diocese.
5. Designs and manages the search and election process when a new bishop is needed.
6. Serves as the ecclesiastical authority when there is no bishop.

Members

Term Expires 209th Convention (2025)
The Rev. Debra Bennett, Secretary
Ms. Dianne Audrick Smith, President

Term Expires 2010th Convention (2026)
The Rev. June Hardy Dorsey
Ms. Halley Marsh

Term Expires 2011th Convention (2027)
The Rev. Seth Wymer
Ms. Kristen Busa

Term Expires 2012th Convention (2028)
The Rev. George Baum
Mr. Marc Norman

2024-25 Meeting Schedule

November 20, 2024
December 7, 2024 (Leadership Retreat)
January 15, 2025
February 19, 2025
March 19, 2025
April 9, 2025
May 28, 2025
June 25, 2025
August 20, 2025
September 17, 2025
October 15, 2025
November 15, 2025 (at close of Convention)