INDIANA—The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis have set the next steps in the discernment process as they discern reunification into one diocese by announcing representatives of their respective diocesan councils, standing committees, and at-large representatives to serve on a joint reunification discernment committee. This comes after a late-January announcement that the discussion had been initiated between the two bishops, The Right Reverend Dr. Douglas Sparks and The Right Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, and their staffs.
The Rev. Jennifer Adams, rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Holland, Mich., has accepted the invitation from both bishops to serve as the facilitator for the discernment process. She brings a wealth of experience serving and leading as a priest in The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan and in the broader Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion.
The Reunification Discernment Team will be represented by the following members:
The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana:
The Rev. Clay Berkley, Deacon, member at large, St. David’s Elkhart
Mr. Evan Doyle, Diocesan Council, Gethsemane Marion
Mr. Paul Kincaid, Standing Committee, St. Paul’s Munster
The Rev. Canon Ted Neidlinger, Diocesan Council), Christ the King Huntington
Mrs. Stephanie Pawlowski, member at large, Trinity Logansport
Mrs. Brenda Rigdon, Diocesan Council, St. Anne’s Warsaw
The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis:
Mrs. Joan Amati, Executive Council, St. David’s, Bean Blossom
The Rev. Canon Jodi Baron, member at large, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Mr. George Eastman, Standing Committee, St. Paul’s, Richmond
The Rev. Allen Rutherford, Executive Council, St. John’s, Mount Vernon
Mr. Greg Seamon, Executive Council, Trinity, Lawrenceberg
Mrs. Katherine Tyler-Scott, member at large, St. Paul’s, Indianapolis
The group’s first meeting is set for mid-March.
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