Trinity Episcopal Church Annual Report, 2012

3. 2012 Diocesan Convention/Convocation Nominees.

The Nominating Committee presents the following Candidates to fill two (2) open Diocesan Convention/Convocation Delegate/Representative positions: Patricia (Patty) Johnson I have been a member of Trinity Episcopal Church since the fall of 2009. I transferred my membership from St. James Episcopal Church in Knoxville, TN where we had lived for the past 12 years. My husband died in August of 2007 and my family felt I should be closer to one of my children.

Since I was originally from western Kansas and have two sisters here in Kansas I decided to move to Linwood which is just one mile from my son. I have 3 children and 8 grandchildren, and am delighted to be close to six of them here. I would like to be a delegate to the Diocesan Convention this fall. I feel I'm qualified as I served as a delegate to the Diocese of Western Kansas conventions several times. I have also attended three National Conventions and two Provencal Conventions.

Therefore, I understand the procedures and policies of the Episcopal Church, and I have always been interested in the politics of the Church.

Marilyn (Mari) Russell Mari Russell grew up at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Kansas City, Kansas. As a young woman, she sang in the Choir, was a member of the Daughters of the King, and served as President of the Kansas Diocesan Youth. She attended the University of Kansas, lived in Watkins Scholarship Hall, and attended Trinity Episcopal Church, in Lawrence.

She received her BFA, MA, and PhD degrees from KU. She also has a Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University.

Mari is currently the Library Director at Haskell Indian Nations University. She has been in the library field since 1985, having previously served as Library Director at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, before moving to Lawrence; and as Fine Arts Librarian at the University of Minnesota, in Duluth. Mari is a certified Spiritual Director from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. She has studied under Rev. Tilden Edwards and Gerald G. May, M.D. In addition, her final research topic was on Evelyn Underhill, seen as the greatest Anglican mystic of the Twentieth Century. Mari was a member of St.