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Members of the Council of General Synod and Standing and Coordinating Committees—2025-2028

Council of General Synod

COUNCIL OF GENERAL SYNOD ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS

2025-2028

ELECTED MEMBERS

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON

  • The Rt. Rev. Clara Plamondon, Bishop
  • The Ven. Jeffrey Mackie-Deernsted, Clergy
  • Mr. Zach Groves, Laity
  • Ms. Anne McMichael, Laity
  • Ms. Gia Love, Youth

PROVINCE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS

  • The Rt. Rev. Helen Kennedy, Bishop
  • The Ven. Jordan Haynie Ware, Clergy
  • The Rev. Lauren Schoeck, Clergy
  • Ms. Connie Jensen, Laity
  • Ms. Mary McKay, Laity
  • Ms. Colleen Walker, Laity
  • Mr. Henry Thiessen, Youth

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

  • The Rt. Rev. Dr. Susan Bell, Bishop
  • The Very Rev. Douglas Michael, Clergy
  • Mrs. Dorothy Patterson, Laity
  • Mr. Noah Skinner, Laity
  • Ms. Paige Keller, Youth

PROVINCE OF CANADA

  • The Rt. Rev. John Watton, Bishop
  • The Rev. Mickton Phiri, Clergy
  • Mr. Dion Lewis, Laity
  • Mrs. Edith Marshall, Laity
  • Ms. Sally Smith, Youth

ANGLICAN COUNCIL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

  • The Rev. Canon Dr. Murray Still
  • Rosie Jane Tailfeathers

ANGLICAN MILITARY ORDINARIATE

  • Canon Judson Bridgewater

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA

To be elected at the ELCIC National Convention July 2025

PARTNERS

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

  • The Rev. Warren Hawk

ALONGSIDE HOPE

  • The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner

Standing Committees

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
4 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD INCLUDING 1 WHO IS A MEMBER OF COGS

  • The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Province of Ontario
  • The Rt. Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee, Province of British Columbia & Yukon
  •  The Ven. Terry Caines, Province of Canada
  •  The Ven. Jordan Haynie Ware, Province of Northern Lights (COGS)

PENSION COMMITTEE
6 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD INCLUDING 2 BISHOPS, 2 CLERGY, 2 LAITY FROM GENERAL SYNOD MEMBERS

  • The Rt. Rev. Helen Kennedy, Province of Northern Lights
  •  The Rt. Rev. Alex Pryor, Province of Northern Lights
  • The Ven. Travis Enright, Province of Northern Lights
  • The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen D. Fields, Province of Ontario
  • Mrs. Catherine Armstrong, Province of Northern Lights
  • Mr. Michael Wolff, Province of British Columbia & Yukon

Coordinating Committees

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
4 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD

  • The Rev. Cynthia Haines-Turner, Province of Canada
  • Ms. Natasha Henderson, Province of British Columbia & Yukon
  • The Rev. Geoffrey McLarney, Province of Canada
  • Ms. Susan Graham Walker, Province of Ontario

FAITH, WORSHIP & MINISTRY COMMITTEE
3 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD

  • The Rev. Deacon Lisa Chisholm Smith, Province of Ontario
  • The Rev. Kudzaishe Manenji, Province of Canada
  • Mr. Joshua Zentner-Barrett, Province of Ontario

PARTNERS IN MISSION COMMITTEE
3 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD

  • The Rev. Christine Conkin, Province of Northern Lights
  • The Rev. Canon Dr. Philip Der, Province of Ontario
  • Canon Anita Gittens, Province of Ontario

PUBLIC WITNESS FOR SOCIAL & ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE
3 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD

  • Ms. Catherine Chapeskie, Province of British Columbia & Yukon
  • Ms. Jodey Porter, Province of Ontario
  • The Rev. Dr. Blessing Shambaré, Province of Northern Lights

RESOURCES FOR MISSION
3 MEMBERS ELECTED BY GENERAL SYNOD

  • The Rev. Dr. Tellison Glover, Province of British Columbia & Yukon
  • Canon Dr. Neil Mancor, Province of Canada
  • Mr. Peter Misiaszek, Province of Ontario