GOVERNANCE: STANDING COMMITTEE

The Standing Committee meets on the third Saturday of each month, (on the morning of Diocesan Council meetings) and, occasionally, on call.

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Purpose of
Standing Committee

• Serves as the Bishop’s Council of Advice.
• Performs duties as specified by the General and Diocesan Convention, and the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Hawai‘i.
• Serves as the Ecclesiastical authority when there is no bishop.

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Membership of Standing Committee

• ​The Rev. Paul Lillie - Clergy At-Large - 2020 (St. Mark's, O'ahu)
• Ms. Ruth Smith - Lay At-Large - 2020 (St. James', Big Island) 
• The Rev. Mahi Beimes - Clergy At-Large - 2021 (St. Matthew's, O'ahu)
• Mr. Chuck Spence - Lay At-Large - 2021 (Trinity BTS, Maui) 
• The Rev. Raymond Woo - Clergy At-Large - 2022 (St. Luke's, O'ahu)
• Ms. Sylvia DeGooyer - Lay At-Large - 2022 (Trinity BTS, Maui)- Secretary
• The Rev. Dan Leatherman - Clergy At-Large - 2023 (St. Timothy's, O'ahu)- President
• Mr. John Decker - Lay At-Large - 2023 (Good Shepherd, Maui)

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