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The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice is an Episcopal priest who serves as the Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School where she won the Yale University Charles S. Mersick Prize for Public Address and Preaching and the Yale University E. William Muehl Award for Excellence in Preaching. She has taught undergraduate courses at the University of Indianapolis and has contributed to Lectionary Homiletics, the Young Clergy Women’s Project journal Fidelia’s Sisters, and other publications. She has served as a researcher and community ministry grant consultant for the Indianapolis Center for Congregations, is currently a staff writer for the Episcopal Digital Network’s Sermons That Work, and is an active participant in the activist clergy community for racial and economic justice in St. Louis. A communicator of the gospel at heart, she writes and teaches at Episcopal, United Methodist, and ELCA churches on a wide variety of topics including rethinking evangelism, stewardship, leadership, women’s theology of the body, mysticism, and spiritual development. When she’s not thinking about theology, particularly the intersection of evangelism and justice work (which is all the time, seriously), you’ll find her swing dancing. Find more of her work at her website Roof Crashers & Hem Grabbers (www.
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Aaron Rogers is a passionate priest, pastor, and teacher based in St. Louis, MO. Aaron received his B.S. from Bradley University, his Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary, a certificate in Youth and Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Institute of Ethical leadership at Rutgers University Business School, an Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising from the Lake Institute, and a diploma in Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary.
Formerly, Aaron has served as the Associate Minister of Stewardship and Development at the historic Riverside Church in Harlem, NY and as the Associate to the Rector for Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis. Notably Aaron has been awarded a number of prestigious fellowships throughout his career and ministry which include being named a Public Policy fellow for Leadership Newark (2016), an Engle Preaching Fellow at Princeton Preaching Theological Seminary (2019), and most recently, a Trinity Wall Street Leadership Fellow (2023).
Aaron serves the community of the St. Louis Metropolitan area by serving as the board chair for East Side Aligned, a collective impact organization for children and youth in East Saint Louis and for Faith for Justice, a coalition of Christian activists in the St. Louis area. He has also been a member of the Community Governance Board for Forward Through Ferguson's Racial Healing and Justice Fund for the last three years.
Currently, Fr. Aaron serves as the Priest-in-Charge of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Ferguson and on the diocesan staff as the Ministry Developer for Young Adults. He also serves as a faculty member for Project Resource, an initiative out of the Office of Bishops aimed at resourcing Episcopal congregations across the church. At 184th Diocesan Convention, he was appointed as a clergy deputy to the Province V Council.
Aaron serves the Diocese of Missouri as a member of the Emery Washington Convocation Leadership Council and as a member of the Dismantling Racism Commission’s Leadership Team. He lives in Florissant, Missouri with his wife Trina' and their two daughters, Cameron and Olivia. Aaron enjoys reading, writing poetry, hiking, board games, photography, and brunch. Aaron is a proud member of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
1210 Locust St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
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