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As a Vestry member, I have held various positions, including Senior Warden, Junior Warden, and Clerk. During my tenure as Senior Warden at Church of Our Savior, Plainville, I was instrumental in the merger process with St. Johns, Bristol. This experience provided me with valuable insights into the operations of the The Commons and Standing Committee.
Furthermore, my involvement in the North Central Regional Leadership Committee has given me a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by various parishes within the diocese. These challenges encompassed priest transitions, building issues, and parish attendance.
I am confident that my diverse experience, including my roles as a Delegate to Convention, Vestry member, and committee member for the diocese, would make me a strong candidate for a position on the Standing Committee. I am confident that my contributions would provide valuable insights and perspectives during discussions and decision-making processes.
I do not know how well suited I am for this position. I am motivated to apply by Bishop Mello’s vision for the future of our diocese, and by his collaborative leadership style. I believe and hope that I can bring an open mind and heart to the work of the standing committee.
I am familiar with ECCT senior leadership teams, ECCT canons and I offer some unique talents. I am not locked into one specific perspective, and through dialogue, try to get to core concerns and values. I am retired and have available time to meet the Standing Committee requirements. Further, while I was working, I was a Project Manager supporting banking credit technology where I managed worldwide resources covering diverse cultural backgrounds. The skill sets I learned and applied can be useful in supporting ECCT including planning, managing finances, controls, checks & balances and reporting.
I am very excited about this potential opportunity.
I love our church, and I’ve found serving in church governance to be a way I can be engaged and useful to the church. Like many in ECCT, I am part of a parish experiencing clergy transition. As a young adult, in the past decade I have been a camper and then staff at Camp Washington; I’ve been confirmed; I’ve been an active member of a campus chapel community; I’ve been active in the diocese’s 20s and 30s Ministry Network; and I’ve worked with young adults at the churchwide level to form the Young Adult Caucus of General Convention. I helped sponsor a priest for ordination while a student at Trinity College. I understand the polity of our church, I have served the diocese as a Deputy to General Convention and have attended multiple annual conventions both to observe and as a voting member. In my professional life, I am experienced in implementing and interpreting complex policy. I am ready to be a listening ear and a constructive voice in conversations. I have now learned some of the rhythms of Standing Committee and Leadership Gatherings and I think I can be an effective member of both. My work as a deputy is not done, I want to help improve the credentialing process for deputies, introduce a resolution on requiring Deputies to be Safe Church trained (similar to the requirement for anti-racism training), and to help lead the Young Adult Caucus in forming effective and informed Deputies.