Nominees for Council 2018

Executive Board

Elect 2 Clergy and 4 Lay for a 3 year term. The Rev. John Hardie, Rector,
St. Mark’s, Corpus Christi
Description of duties: The Executive Board is required Qualifications: John has been
to meet two times a year, but occasionally meets more a rector in our diocese for 22
often. The board functions in a way similar to a parish years. He understands the
vestry, including preparing the diocesan budget and sub- budget, the processes, and how
mitting it to Council for approval. The Executive Board funding affects various minis-
appoints several departments and committees, including tries and entities.
the Finance Department and the Nominating Com- Local Church Activities:
mittee. The Executive Board approves the designations Rector
regarding the World Mission funding opportunities (line Community Activities:
1b). Members of the Executive Board serve as liaisons to Pharaoh Valley Neighbor-
the various departments and commissions of the diocese. hood Association; Director of
A knowledge of (and experience in) ministries repre- Friends of the King’s Forest
senting the breadth of the diocese is an asset to persons Diocesan Activities: Camp Capers Dean; Standing Com-
who serve on the Executive Board. At the same time, a mittee; appointed to Evangelism Committee; Spiritual
willingness to engage in diocesan ministry and learn of Director on several Cursillos; Board of Examining Chap-
the breadth of the diocese is the most basic requirement lains; Dean of Southern Convocation
for service on the Executive Board. Nominated by: Vestry of St. Mark’s, Corpus Christi

The Rev. Brad Landry, Rector,

CLERGY St. Paul’s, San Antonio
Qualifications: Brad is prayer-
The Rev. Rod Clark, Vicar, ful, thoughtful, and studious.
St. Peter & St. Paul, Mission He asks good questions and
Qualifications: Before Rod was looks beyond the surface. He is
called to ordained ministry, very pastoral.
he started his own produc- Local Church Activities:
tion company in the Coastal Rector
Bend, providing television Community Activities:
and radio broadcasts of local Involved with Girl Scouts and the local running commu-
sporting events. Additionally, nity (San Antonio Road Runners)
he was a minor league baseball Diocesan Activities: Board of Examining Chaplains;
stadium announcer, indoor football stadium announcer, Camp Capers Dean for summer camp and Father/Son
and director of game-day operations. Rod is an avid retreat; chaplain to Diocesan Vergers Guild
outdoorsman who loves to get out on the water or deep Nominated by: The Rev. Michael K. Marsh
in the backcountry. Most importantly, though, he is the
father of Iona (6), Owen (4) and Liv (1) and is married to The Rev. Ramiro (Ram)
Andrea, who is a professor of education at South Texas Lopez, Rector, St. George,
College. San Antonio
Local Church Activities: Vicar Qualifications: Ram has
Diocesan Activities: Co-founder and abbot of The served on both the Executive
Order of Naucratius; member of World Missions Board; Board and as a Trustee of the
delegate to Provincial Synod (2017); Chaplain at Camp Church Corporation.
Capers summer sessions and Family Camp at Mustang
Island; member of Nominating Committee; chair of Continued on next page.
Frontera Unida Board of Directors
Nominated by: Nominating Committee
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Local Church Activities: Rector. As a member of the
laity, served on Bishop’s Committee, was a lay reader and
lay Eucharistic Minister, taught Christian formation,
youth group leadership, college ministry peer minister,
and other roles.
Community Activities: Pay it Forward Ministries board
member, 2017; Pathways to Hope Mental Health Confer-
ence panelist; active in recovery community
Diocesan Activities: Elected - Church Corporation
Trustee; University of the South - Sewanee Trustee;
Standing Committee; Executive Board; General Conven-
tion Deputy/Alternate Deputy. Appointed - Recovery
Commission; Young Adult Ministry; Camps and Confer-
ences committee; World Mission committee; Christian
Education committee. Also served as Camp Capers Dean
and Chaplain; Mustang Island Family Camp Chaplain;
trainer/presenter for various diocesan ministries
Nominated by: Nominating Committee
The Rev. Jason Roberts,
Rector, Church of the Holy
Spirit, San Antonio
Qualifications: Jason was or-
dained a priest 14 years ago in
the Diocese of Virginia where
he served an urban congrega-
tion and supported college
missions. He was also the chair
for the Commission on World Missions in the Diocese of
Virginia. In January 2009, Jason moved to the Diocese of
West Texas and became Vicar of Holy Spirit, San Anto-
nio, in September 2009. Jason has walked with Church
of the Holy Spirit, San Antonio, on its transition from
mission to parish status, worked to purchase land, build
a new campus, support Holy Spirit adopting a preschool,
lived through deficit and surplus budgets, and journeyed
to bring together two congregations into one common
mission.
Local Church Activities: Rector, church school,
occasional choir member
Community Activities: San Antonio Faith Based
Initiative
Diocesan Activities: Council on College Missions (2012-
2015), Commission on Church Buildings (2012-present),
Camp Capers Chaplain and Dean, Mustang Island Fam-
ily Camp Chaplain, Diocesan Development Committee
(Oct 2017-present)
Nominated by: Nominating Committee
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The Rev. Jennifer Shadle,
Assistant Rector,
St. John’s, McAllen
Qualifications: Jennifer spent
30 years as an educator, admin-
istrator, and choral conductor.
All these roles call for the skills
and insights used in Executive
Board work - communication,
organization, discernment,
awareness of both detail and “big picture.”
Local Church Activities: As a layperson - vestry, music
director (interim), search committee, head of Pastoral
Care Commission. As Clergy - oversight of Christian
Education and Pastoral Care; teaching, preaching, and
presiding; lay ministries coordination
Community Activities: Monthly Food Pantry distribu-
tion. As laity, regular jail ministry and support group for
families of the incarcerated
Diocesan Activities: Diocese of Colorado - lay delegate
to regional and diocesan convocations/councils. Diocese
of West Texas - clergy delegate to Diocesan Council;
ready and eager to do more
Nominated by: The Rev. Jim Nelson, Rector of St. John’s,
McAllen
The Rev. Jonathan Wickham,
Rector, All Saints’,
Corpus Christi
Qualifications: The Episcopal
Church is a diverse body seek-
ing to demonstrate, by our life
together, the transformative
and life-changing possibilities
of holy community. Our frac-
tured world needs our witness
of love and reconciliation. I offer my deep commitment
to Jesus and the unique call of this church, my open and
listening heart, and diverse experience to this office.
Local Church Activities: Current - Rector; Past - Associ-
ate Rector, Episcopal school chaplain, youth minister
Community Activities: Corpus Christi Metro Minis-
tries Board of Directors, Corpus Christi Clergy Alliance,
EMC2 (Ecumenical Ministries of Corpus Christi)
volunteer and Board Member, Hurricane Harvey
recovery volunteer.
Diocesan Activities: Executive Board; Province Synod
Deputy; Development Committee; Camps Development
Committee; Camps Dean and Chaplain; Christ Chapel
College Ministry Board
Nominated by: Sr. Warden, All Saints’, Corpus Christi
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 LAY Missions Focus Group, Camp Capers staff 2003-2006,
Vocare Staff; Happening Staff (Youth and Adult)
Mr. Steve Alwais, St. George, Nominated by: The Rev. Rob Harris,
San Antonio Nominating Committee
Qualifications: Steve is a strong
leader in the church through Mrs. Nancy Lyons
his past work as Senior War- Beauchamp, Church of the
den, Junior Warden, and Build- Good Shepherd,
ing Committee Chair. As leader Corpus Christi
of the “Understanding the Local Church Activities:
Gospel” Sunday school class, Women of the Church board,
Steve is active in his spiritual formation through the study past president; Acolyte Direc-
of the Word and sharing in the sacraments. tor; Youth Advisory Commit-
Local Church Activities: Past Senior Warden, Junior tee; Jenette Hammer Guild;
Warden of the vestry; Chair of the Building Committee; Sunday School Committee;
current Chair of the Church Endowment Committee; assisting with Happening at
Lay Eucharistic Minister; leader of “Understanding the Church of the Good Shepherd
Gospel” Sunday school class; media Community Activities: Christus Spohn Hospital Foun-
Community Activities: Past Chair of the Public Affairs dation Board (Chair 2016 and 2017); Ambassadors,
Committee of the San Antonio Livestock Expo, past organization for civic celebration; Capital Campaign
Chair of Muscular Dystrophy Association, Voice of the Committee for hospital; school PTOs and fundraising
KLRN Auction for 35 years committees; Medical Society Alliance
Diocesan Activities: Active in Cursillo Movement as Diocesan Activities: Diocesan Council past delegate; Di-
Rector, Asst. Rector, Cha Cha, Table Leader; attended ocesan Council Committee Chair for several past Coun-
Abide in Me cils (nursery, transportation, Bishops’ luncheon)
Nominated by: Rector, The Rev. Ram Lopez, St. George, Nominated by: Nominating Committee
San Antonio
Mr. John Boyce,
Mr. Dustin K. Barrows, Christ Church, San Antonio
St. Stephen’s, San Antonio Qualifications: John has
Qualifications: Dustin is a done extensive work at Christ
lifelong member of the Dio- Church in executive positions,
cese of West Texas, and he has he serves on the Diocesan
served in many ways and has Development Committee,
widespread experience with and is familiar with diocesan
different diocesan activities. He ministries.
has served in various forms of Local Church Activities:
leadership at his local church, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Clerk; Chair, Search
and he has a desire to serve the Committee; Chair, Capital Campaign Committee; Presi-
church as a whole and to better use his talents to carry dent, Christ Episcopal Endowment; Council delegate
out Christ’s mission for this diocese. He is committed to (numerous); lay Eucharistic minister; Sunday school
a strong prayer life and continued spiritual development teacher
and growth. Community Activities: Extensive work with the State
Local Church Activities: Current Senior Warden and Bar of Texas, including its local Community Justice Pro-
former Junior Warden, Verger Guild of the Episcopal gram which provides free legal services to indigents and
Church life member, lay reader, Eucharist minister, Stew- veterans
ardship Committee, liturgy coordinator Diocesan Activities: Development Committee member;
Community Activities: Southeast Community Outreach Council delegate numerous times
for Older People, Kate Schenck Elementary Volunteer, Nominated by: Nominating Committee
Good Samaritan Community Service
Diocesan Activities: Vergers Guild Treasurer, Ecologi- Continued on next page.
cal Stewardship Committee, Council technology team,
Communications Committee, San Antonio Southside
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 Mrs. Rosine Carter, Mr. Robert W. Collins,
Annunciation, Luling Messiah, Gonzales
Qualifications: Rosine has Local Church Activities:
strong leadership skills with Vestry, Senior Warden, Aco-
a servant’s heart and compas- lyte, Lay Eucharistic Minister,
sion, and she has years of Lay Eucharistic Visitor
nonprofit experience and in Community Activities: Crystal
fundraising. Theatre board, Lutheran soup
Local Church Activities: kitchen, Gonzales Christian
Community Outreach Wednesday night supper, past Assistance Ministries (GCAM) through Messiah
Senior Warden, Vestry member two times, lay leader, Diocesan Activities: Diocesan Council delegate 2015,
Lay Eucharistic Minister, Council delegate, WOC past 2016, and 2017
president cookbook chair Nominated by: Mr. Dan Blakemore, Messiah, Gonzales
Community Activities: Junior League of Corpus Christi,
Bayfest Chairman, Junior League of San Antonio Mr. Patrick Cox,
Diocesan Activities: World Mission Committee, Council St. Stephen’s, Wimberley
delegate Qualifications: Patrick ex-
Nominated by: The Rev. Mark Bigley, Rector, emplifies a life of Christian
Annunciation, Luling virtue and discipline. He
listens, learns, loves, and serves
Mr. Alfredo Castillo, without hesitation. He would
Church of the Holy Spirit, like to offer his services and
San Antonio experience as an active mem-
Qualifications: Alfredo retired ber of the Executive Board and
as a business executive with US be involved with our diocesan mission and ministry to
and international expertise with serve the people of God both within our parishes and
a proven record of short and beyond our borders. He is deeply committed to sharing
long term tangible results. His our love and faith in action as we make the commitment
responsibilities included: Pro- to enhance our common life together while protecting
duction, Engineering, Quality, the natural resources and environment of West Texas that
Human Resources, Accounting, we all cherish.
MIS, Employee/Government/Public Relations. He has Local Church Activities: Member since 2011, Sr. Warden
built professional management teams capable of meeting 2017-18, Lay Eucharistic Minister, reader, Stephen’s Santa
high-performance standards, and he has managed by ob- and Jubilee Ministries volunteer, Camp Good Sam
jectives and applied cutting edge manufacturing methods/ Community Activities: Lions Club Market Day vol-
techniques for continuous operation improvement. He is unteer, Hays County disaster recovery, Trail Blazers,
excellent in project management, negotiating, and presen- Amigo de Jesu Board of Trustees, Cares for Kids, Com-
tation skills and has the ability to build and sustain cross munity Bread Basket. Past President of local organiza-
cultural relationships. He helped employees build wealth tions - Wimberley Valley Watershed Association, Barton
and improve their standard of living through implementa- Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and the
tion of in-house savings and loan associations and provid- Wimberley Lions Club. Life member, Texas State Uni-
ing day care. versity Alumni and University of Texas Alumni; fellow,
Local Church Activities: Junior Warden, Bishop’s War- Texas State Historical Association; Member - Philosophi-
den, Council delegate, lay reader, chalice bearer, Sacred cal Society of Texas, National Council on Public History,
Space and School Building Committees in charge of Allies of the Alamo, Wimberley Lions Club, and Wim-
funding and cash management, Project Hope (food dis- berley Professional Business Association
tribution to the elderly) Diocesan Activities: Recently invited to attend the
Community Activities: Rotary Club, Boy Scouts leader, Bishop’s Council of Advice meeting
Past New Generations Chair, Membership Committee Nominated by: The Rev. Sandy Casey-Martus, Rector,
Nominated by: The Rev. Jason Roberts, Rector, Church St. Stephen’s, Wimberley
of the Holy Spirit, San Antonio
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 Mr. Charles William
Downing, St. Philip’s, Uvalde
Local Church Activities:
Vestry, previous member of
Vestry at St. John’s, McAllen
Community Activities:
Secretary, Uvalde Country
Club Board of Directors;
Secretary, Uvalde County Bar
Association
Nominated by: Nominating Committee
Mr. Rodney Hart,
St. Mark’s, Corpus Christi
Qualifications: Rodney is a
wise, consensus builder with
many years experience serv-
ing clients as an engineer and
consultant in estate planning
and banking.
Local Church Activities:
Senior Warden, Vestry, Lay
reader, Eucharistic Minister
Community Activities: Nueces County Hospital District,
Walk to Emmaus, Nueces County Livestock show, volun-
teer coach for youth for many years
Diocesan Activities: Nominating Committee, appointed
to Mustang Island Development Committee, appointed
to Bishop’s Task Force on the Budget, Cursillo, delegate to
Diocesan Council
Nominated by: Rector and Vestry, St. Mark’s, Corpus
Christi
Mrs. Michele Koch,
St. Francis, San Antonio
Qualifications: Michele has
served the diocese in a number
of roles including Environmen-
tal Stewardship Commission
and Evangelism Committee.
As a faithful diocesan delegate
for 16 years, she has seen the
breadth and depth of what our
diocese offers in ministry and mission. She has a strong
financial background and has served on the finance com-
mittee for St. Francis for eight years. She is a professional
bookkeeper and has experience managing finances for
several non-profits. Michele is a natural leader, has deep
faith in Christ, and is an outspoken advocate for social
justice and compassion issues.
Local Church Activities: Vestry, lay reader, Lay Eucharis-
tic Minister, volunteer Youth Director, Communications
chair
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Community Activities: Board member - Kendall County
Women’s Shelter (5 years), member of Open Table,
Boerne ISD Concessions Chair, San Antonio Red Cross
Logistics Chair for SA Katrina evacuees
Diocesan Activities: Evangelism Committee (appointed),
Environmental Stewardship Commission, Council del-
egate 16 times
Nominated by: Interim Rector, St. Francis, San Antonio
Mr. Jason Louis,
All Saints’, Corpus Christi
Qualifications: Jason cur-
rently serves on the Vestry at
All Saints’ in Corpus Christi
and will be entering the third
year when these elections oc-
cur. He would like to take the
knowledge and experience
from working with that single
parish to the diocese. He does
not have experience on so large a scale but brings a desire
to learn and allow the Spirit to guide him. He made it his
goal on Vestry to serve as many groups as possible in or-
der to better understand the workings within the parish.
Local Church Activities: Lay reader, church school,
Council delegate
Community Activities: Corpus Christi Chorale, Vice
President; Education for Ministry; volunteered at Texas
State Aquarium
Nominated by: The Rev. Jonathan Wickham, Rector,
All Saints’, Corpus Christi
Dr. Elizabeth Manning,
Church of the Holy Spirit,
Dripping Springs
Qualifications: Elizabeth has
knowledge of and a love for the
Diocese of West Texas, with
past service and dedication to
the diocese. She is a life-long
learner/worker, and is collabor-
ative, supportive, and positive.
Local Church Activities: Vestry, Junior Warden; Council
delegate; Open Table; Education for Ministry; mission to
Piedras Negras; lay reader; teacher of children’s forma-
tion; DOK at large
Community Activities: Lakeway Painters, retired educa-
tors book club, former trustee school board, reading
volunteer, UT Forum Executive Board
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Diocesan Activities: Discernment Committee, former
Executive Board, Nominating Committee, Bishop’s Ad-
dress Committee, Congregational Development Com-
mittee, Bishop Reed’s Sabbatical Committee
Nominated by: The Rev. Chris Caddell, Rector, Church
of the Holy Spirit, Dripping Springs

Mrs. Sarah T. Reeves,

St. John’s, New Braunfels
Qualifications: Sarah has
extensive diocesan experience
and leadership at St. John’s and
St. Francis by the Lake.
Local Church Activities:
Vestry (9 years), Senior War-
den (3 times), Treasurer at St.
John’s and St. Francis by the
Lake, usher, greeter, Sunday school teacher
Community Activities: Former Board Member NBISD
Education Foundation (12 years), former Board Member
Sophienburg Museum and Archives (12 years), Board
member Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels.
Diocesan Activities: Diocesan Budget Task Force, Coun-
cil delegate seven times
Nominated by: Vestry of St. John’s, New Braunfels