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

• Douglass Adams - Lay At-Large - 2026 
• The Rev. Elizabeth "Libby" Berman - Clergy At-Large - 2024 (Holy Nativity, O'ahu)
• Mr. William Bonnet - Lay At-Large - 2025 (St. John's, Kula, Maui)
• Mr. John Decker - Lay At-Large - 2023 (Good Shepherd, Maui) 
• The Rev. Giovan King - Clergy At-Large - (2023 (St. Christopher's, O'ahu)
• Ms. Frances Kramer - Lay At-Large - 2024 (St. Luke's, O‘ahu)
• The Rev. Andrew McMullen - Clergy At-Large - 2026 (St. Michael's, Kaua‘i)
• The Rev. John A. Hau‘oli Tomoso - Clergy At-Large - 2025 (Diocese of Hawai‘i) President​

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