Diocesan Staff
Kathy Binoniemi (she/her)
Diocesan Operations Coordinator and Missioner for Finance & Support
Brother Thomas Steffensen
Diocesan Chaplain
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Diocesan Council
Rayford Ray, ex officio – Bishop
Wyndeth Davis, ex officio – Standing Committee President
Richard Graybill, ex officio – Treasurer
Gin Mannisto, ex officio – Chair of Commission on Ministry
Jon Flath, 2026
Kristen Mowafy, 2026
Bonnie Turner, 2026
Ann Turney, 2027
Coralie Voce, 2027
Wendy Wils, 2027
Kim Moote, 2028
Standing Committee
Mary Miron, 2026
Rick Stanitis, 2026
Wyndeth Davis, President, 2027
Karen Ettenhofer, 2027
Lydia Bucklin, 2028
Katie Chipman-Bergsma, 2028
Nancy DeKoster, 2028
Oversight
Ministry Development & Formation
Sarah Diener-Schlitt, Priest
Susan Harries, Missioner
Gin Mannisto, Missioner
Bradley Pickens, Missioner
Marna Franson, Missioner
Rick Stanitis, Missioner and Chaplain at Canterbury House MTU
Shared, Liturgy
Shared, Youth Ministry
Teena Maki & Coralie Voce, Women’s Ministry Council
K. Vanden Boogaard, A. Gordanier, R. Stanitis, D. Nedeau, S. Deiner-Schlitt, R. Ray, Beloved Community
82nd General Convention Deputation
Frank Chipman-Bergsma
Katie Chipman-Bergsma
Steve Godfrey
Richard Graybill
Charles Murphy
Brad Pickens
Richard Stanitis
Meg (Mo) Trimm
Commission on Ministry
Gin Mannisto, Chair
Fran Barger
Lydia Kelsey Bucklin
Wyndeth Davis
Marna Franson
Steve Godfrey
Arlene Gordanier
Dale Jamison
Jim Martindale
Bradley Pickens
Suzanne Ray
April Stace
Disciplinary Board
Rayford Ray, Bishop
Arlene Gordanier, President
Brad Pickens, Intake Officer
Kimberly Moote, Intake Officer
Marna Franson, Member
Susan Harries, Member
Gin Mannisto, Member
Rick Stanitis, Member
Mary Sullivan, Member
Dick Graybill, Attorney
Sue Jamison, Conciliator
Jim Martindale, Investigator
Kathleen Martindale, Advisor
Household & Operations
Trust Association
Rayford Ray, ex officio
Richard Graybill, ex officio
Tom Lippart, Secretary, 2026
Ron Smith, 2026
Lydia Kelsey Bucklin, 2027
Jack Lenten, Treasurer, 2027
Jon Flath, 2028
Kim Moote, 2028