Standing Committee

Standing Committee is a council of advice to the Bishop and acts as the ecclesiastical authority in the event that the office of bishop is vacant or the bishop is incapacitated.

The Standing Committee is made up of six lay and six clerical representatives elected in staggered terms of four years by the Diocesan Convention. The Committee elects a president from among its members.

Standing Committee Members

Term expires 2021:

• Lisa Fox - Grace Episcopal Church, Jefferson City
• Loretta Go - St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Ellisville
• The Rev. Leslie Scoopmire - St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Ellisville

Term expires 2022:

• Betty Bowersox - Grace Episcopal Church, Kirkwood
• Mike Fowlkes - Trinity Episcopal Church, Central West End
• The Rev. Kevin McGrane - St. John's Episcopal Church, Tower Grove

Term expires 2023:

• The Rev. Steve Lawler - retired
• The Rev. Joseph Wallace-Williams - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Ladue
• Dr. Carter Whitson - Trinity Episcopal Church, Central West End

Term expires 2024:

• The Rev. Kathie Adams Shepherd, - Christ Church Cathedral
• The Rev. Dr. Emily Hillquist-Davis - St. Thomas, Kirkwood
• Matthew Jackson - All Saints, Farmington

Ex-officio members:

• Hal Burroughs, Chancellor - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Ladue
• The Rt. Rev. Deon Johnson, Bishop
• The Rev. Canon Doris Westfall - Bishop's Canon to the Ordinary