Diocesan Staff
Rayford Ray
Bishop of Northern Michigan
STEVE GODFREY
Canon to the Ordinary & Missioner
Kathy Binoniemi
Diocesan Operations Coordinator and Missioner for Finance & Support
Miskopwaaganikwe Leora Tadgerson
Director of Reparations & Justice
Brad Pickens
Missioner
Marna Franson
Missioner
Rick Stanitis
Missioner and Chaplain at Canterbury House MTU
Lanni Lantto
Missioner UP Wild Church
Gin Mannisto
Missioner
Susan Harries
Missioner
Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Priest, Trinity Houghton
Brother Thomas Steffensen
Diocesan Chaplain
Charles Murphy
Liturgy & Music Animator & Missioner
LYDIA BUCKLIN
Canon Theologian
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Diocesan Council
Wendy Davis, ex officio – Standing Committee President
Richard Graybill, ex officio – Treasurer
Gin Mannisto, ex officio – Chair of Commission on Ministry
Rayford Ray, ex officio – Bishop
Sarah Diener-Schlitt, 2025
Jon Flath, 2026
Kristen Mowafy, 2026
Bonnie Turner, 2026
Ann Turney, 2027
Wendy Wils, 2027
Coralie Voce, 2027
Standing Committee
Katie Chipman-Bergsma
Wyndeth Davis
Nancy DeKoster
Karen Ettenhofer
Charles Mineau
Mary Miron
Rick Stanitis
Oversight
Ministry Development & Formation
Sarah Diener-Schlitt, Priest
Susan Harries, Missioner
Gin Mannisto, Missioner
Bradley Pickens, Missioner
Marna Franson, Missioner and NMU Campus Minister
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
81st General Convention Deputation
Lydia Kelsey Bucklin, Co-Chair
Richard Stanitis, Co-Chair
Katie Chipman-Bergsma, Deputy
Wyndeth Davis, Deputy
Gin Mannisto, Deputy
Suzanne Ray, Deputy
Thomas Steffensen, Deputy
Sarah Diener-Schlitt, Alternate
Richard Graybill, Alternate
Brad Pickens, Alternate
Commission on Ministry
Gin Mannisto, Chair
Rayford Ray, ex officio – Bishop
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
Gwen Hetler, 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
Peggy Frazier
Richard Graybill
Jack Lenten
Tom Lippart
Lydia Kelsey Bucklin
Kim Moote
Ron Smith