Council Standing Committee Members Appointed
Diocesan Press Service. December 30, 1970 [91-23]
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has taken a step to improve communication with the whole church through the organization of seven new Standing Committees and the creation of nine Advisory Program Groups.
The move, according to Episcopal Church leaders, is expected to provide a way for the Executive Council to respond more effectively to the needs of the church and to create a closer liaison with the Council staff.
The Standing Committees will be composed of Executive Council members, and the Advisory Program Groups will include Executive Council members, staff representatives and others from the church at large.
The following Council members were named to the following committees:
STANDING COMMITTEES
Finance: Walker Taylor, Jr., Wilmington, N. C.; the Very Rev. Dillard Robinson, Newark, N.J.; Mrs. Harold C. Kelleran, Alexandria, Va.; George T. Guernsey, St. Louis, Mo.; the Rt. Rev. Harold C. Gosnell, San Antonio, Tex.; the Rev. Robert P. Varley, Salisbury, Md.; the Rev. T. Stewart Matthews, Marietta, Ga.
Development: The Rev. John B. Coburn, New York City; the Rt. Rev. John M. Burgess, Boston, Mass.; Oscar C. Carr, Jr., Clarksdale, Miss.; William G. Ikard, II, El Paso, Tex.; Dupuy Bateman, Jr., Pittsburgh, Penna.; Mrs. J. Wilmette Wilson, Savannah, Ga.
Structure: The Rev. Canon Gordon E. Gillett, Sanbornville, N. H.; the Rt. Rev. Russell T. Rauscher, Omaha, Neb.; the Very Rev. Robert R. Parks, Jacksonville, Fla.; the Rt. Rev. Wilburn C. Campbell, Charleston, W.Va.; the Very Rev. Charles A. Higgins, Little Rock, Ark.; Pete Rivera, Jr., Brownsville, Tex.; the Rt. Rev. Francisco Reus-Froylan, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Ghetto Investments: Charles V. Willie, Syracuse, N.Y.; Philip Masquelette, Houston, Tex.; Joseph I. Worsham, Dallas, Tex.; the Hon. Herbert V. Walker, Glendale, Calif.
World Relief: Mrs. Fernando Aldana, Guatemala; the Rt. Rev. John M. Allin, Jackson, Miss.; the Rt. Rev. Gray Temple, Charleston, S.C.; Mrs. John S. Jackson, Portland, Ore.; the Rev. Rustin R. Kimsey, Baker, Ore.; the Hon. Emmett Harmon, Monrovia, Liberia; the Rev. John H. M. Yamazaki, Los Angeles, Calif.
Ecumenical: The Rt. Rev. Philip F. McNairy, Minneapolis, Minn.; Clifford P. Morehouse, Sarasota, Fla.; the Rev. George A. Smith, Cass Lake, Minn.; the Rev. Gerald N. McAllister, San Antonio, Tex.; the Rt. Rev. Allen W. Brown, Albany, N.Y.
Personnel: Mrs. Seaton Bailey, Griffin, Ga.; Houston Wilson, Georgetown, Del.
ADVISORY PROGRAM GROUPS
Communication: The Rt. Rev. John M. Allin, Jackson, Miss.; George T. Guernsey, II, St. Louis, Mo.; Clifford P. Morehouse, Sarasota, Fla.; Walker Taylor, Jr., Wilmington, N. C.; the Very Rev. Charles A. Higgins, Little Rock, Ark.
Education: The Rt. Rev. Harold C. Gosnell, San Antonio, Tex.; the Rt. Rev. Gray Temple, Charleston, S.C.; Mrs. John S. Jackson, Portland, Ore.
Overseas: Mrs. Harold C. Kelleran, Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. Fernando Aldana, Guatemala; the Rt. Rev. Francisco Reus-Froylan, Santurce, Puerto Rico; the Rev. Gerald N. McAllister, San Antonio, Tex.
Jurisdictions: The Rev. Rustin R. Kimsey, Baker, Ore.; Mrs. Seaton Bailey, Griffin, Ga.; William G. Ikard, II, El Paso, Tex.; the Rev. T. Stewart Matthews, Marietta, Ga.; the Rt. Rev. Allen W. Brown, Albany, N.Y.
Public Issues: The Hon. Emmett Harmon, Monrovia, Liberia; the Rt. Rev. John M. Burgess, Boston, Mass.; Houston Wilson, Georgetown, Del.; the Very Rev. Robert R. Parks, Jacksonville, Fla.
Empowerment: Oscar C. Carr, Jr., Clarksdale, Miss.; the Rev. George A. Smith, Cass Lake, Minn.; Mrs. J. Wilmette Wilson, Savannah, Ga.; Pete Rivera, Jr., Brownsville, Tex.
Research and Experimentation: The Rev. Robert P. Varley, Salisbury, Md.; the Rev. Canon Gordon E. Gillett, Sanbornville, N.H.; the Rt. Rev. Russell T. Rauscher, Omaha, Neb.; Joseph I. Worsham, Dallas, Tex.
Lay Ministries: The Rt. Rev. Wilburn C. Campbell, Charleston, W.Va.; the Rt. Rev. Philip F. McNairy, Minneapolis, Minn.; the Very Rev. Dillard Robinson, Newark, N. J.; the Rt. Rev. Archie H. Crowley, Detroit, Mich.; Dupuy Bateman, Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Young Generation: Robert Davidson, Lawrence, Kans.; the Rev. John B. Coburn, New York City; the Rev. John H. M. Yamazaki, Los Angeles, Calif. ; Charles V. Willie, Syracuse, N.Y.