(This page was last updated: 07/08/2025)

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. Scroll down for more information on the Talk Story sessions being held on all islands during 2025.

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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.

Membership of Standing Committee

• Mr. Douglass Adams - Lay At-Large - 2026 (Holy Apostles, Hawaiʻi County)
• ​Mr. William Bonnet - Lay At-Large - 2025 (St. John's, Maui County)
• The Rev. Jazzy Bostock - Clergy At-Large - 2028 (St. John the Baptist, Honolulu County) 
• Ms. Mary Carpenter - Lay At-Large - 2028 (St. Clement’s, Honolulu County)
• The Rev. Keleawe Hee - Clergy At-Large - 2027 (Good Samaritan, Honolulu County) 
• The Rev. Andrew McMullen - Clergy At-Large - 2026 (St. Michael's, Kaua‘i County)
• Mr. Chuck Spence - Lay At-Large - 2027 (Trinity, Maui County): President
• The Rev. J. A. Hau‘oli Tomoso - Clergy At-Large - 2025 (Trinity, Maui County) 

2025 Talk Story with the Standing Committee

All clergy and church members are invited to attend the Standing Committee's Talk Story sessions being held on all islands. These ongoing “talk story” sessions are to hear comments and concerns that church members may have, and answer any questions that about the Diocese, the state of the Church, or any other issue related to our common life and ministries with each other. 

​REMAINING TALK STORY SESSIONS:
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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025: TALK STORY - BIG ISLAND (EAST SIDE)
2:00-3:30 PM, Holy Apostles, 1407 Kapiolani St, Hilo

SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025: TALK STORY - BIG ISLAND (WEST SIDE)
9:30-11:00 AM, St. James', 65-1237 Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025: TALK STORY - MAUI
1:00 PM at Trinity By-the-Sea Episcopal Church, ​100 Kulanihakoi St., Kihei 

RECORDED SESSIONS:

Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Good Samaritan, Honolulu, O'ahu.