Standing Committee Letter to the Diocese, June 9, 2025
During this time of transition, the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Easton has been in communication with Bishop Marray, the Office of the Presiding Bishop, and specifically with Ms. Rebecca Wilson, Chief of Strategy for the Episcopal Church. We are actively planning for a period of healing and discernment for the diocese this fall. During these next few months, we want to have a season of thanking and supporting Bishop San as he prepares to leave the Office of the Bishop of Easton on October 18, 2025.
At our May 15 meeting, we unanimously approved the following two resolutions:
- to request the Presiding Bishop’s office assist us in engaging the services of Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves to facilitate healing/listening conversations in the diocese, and
- to request the Presiding Bishop’s advice and consent regarding an assisting bishop to work with the Standing Committee and the diocese as a pastoral presence to do those things that only a bishop can do for a period of time beginning in late October or early November 2025.
The Presiding Bishop’s Office has received and approved our requests. You will hear more from us as the process unfolds. In the meantime, we ask that you continue to pray for our Bishop, for our whole diocese, for the Standing Committee and for the Discernment Committee. Our common goal is to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation and healing in this time of transition.
If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact any of the members of the Standing Committee.
Faithfully yours,
The Rev. Dr. Darcy Williams, President
Dr. James Cockey, Secretary
Ms. Debra Dragone
Ms. Linda Hurley
The Rev. Charlotte Meyer
The Very Rev. Gregory Powell