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The Rev. Canon Robin James

Vice President of Standing Committee
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Vice President of Standing Committee

Elected as Vice President in 2023. 1st two-year term.

Involvement on a Church Level

  • Rector of Grace Church in Liberty (2019 – Present)
  • Priest-in-Charge of St. Andrew’s Church in New Paltz, New York (2014 – 2019)
  • Canon Precentor of Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Salt Lake City, Utah (2003 – 2013)
  • Junior Warden of St. Paul’s, Utah (1998 – 2000)
  • Chair of St. Paul’s Property Committee, Utah (1996 – 2000)
  • HIV/AIDS Ministry, St. Paul’s Church, Utah (1995 – 1997)
  • Christian Education, 7th-9th Grade of Trinity Church, Kansas (1989 – 1992)
  • Resident & Peer Minister, Canterbury House Campus Ministry, Kansas (1986 – 1987)

 Involvement on a Deanery Council/Diocesan Level:

  • Dean of Northwest-Metro Deanery, West Missouri (Jan. 2022 – Present)
  • Episcopal Ministry Support Team, West Missouri (Jan. 2022 – Present)
  • Diocesan Council, West Missouri (Jan. 2022 – Present)
  • Finance Committee, West Missouri (Jan. 2022 – Present)
  • Constitution & Canons Committee, West Missouri (Feb. 2022 – Present)
  • Communications Committee, West Missouri (Jan. 2023 – Present)
  • Human Resources Committee, West Missouri (Dec. 2021 – Present)
  • Chair of Resolutions Committee, West Missouri (Oct. 2021 – Present)
  • Campus Ministry Committee, New York (2014 – 2019)
  • Standing Committee; Secretary of the Corporation, Utah (2011 – 2013)
  • Co-Chair of Consecration Committee, Utah (2009 – 2010)
  • Commission on Ministry, Utah (2006 – 2009)
  • Music & Liturgy Committee, Utah (2005 – 2008)
  • Ministry to Diocesan Latino Congregations, Utah (2003 – 2005)
  • Lay Representative, Administrative Council, Community of Churches in Utah (1998 – 2000)
  • Delegate for Diocesan Convention, Utah (1997 – 2000)
  • Board Member for Lutheran Episcopal Campus Ministry, Utah (1995 – 1996)

 Involvement on a Provincial/General Church Level:

  • Deputy to 2024 General Convention, West Missouri (Elected in 2023)

Additional Comments

“I bring twenty years of ordained ministry experience and nearly twenty years of lay ministry experience to the ministry and work of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and I will be honored to serve.”