Beloved in Christ,
As many of you know, the Reverend Devon Anderson, Rector of Trinity Church in Excelsior, was a candidate for election as President of the House of Deputies today at the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. This morning, the deputies elected another candidate from a very fine slate. I hope you’ll join me today in giving thanks for Devon’s presence and ministry among us, and her willingness to offer herself as a candidate for this important ministry.
A public election is always a demanding and vulnerable process for the candidates. That’s particularly true for an important churchwide office like the President of the House of Deputies. Devon engaged this discernment with integrity, faith, and a sincere commitment to seek God’s will, and our church is better for her candidacy and vision.
All of us in Minnesota will continue to benefit from Devon’s commitment to our diocese being the best version of itself, to building a culture of connection and relationship, and from her keen insights about how the best of who we are on the churchwide level can inform our life together as a diocese and make us more faithful disciples of Jesus.
I thank God to count Devon as a partner in ministry and a priest of the diocese, and I hope you will join me in celebrating and expressing our deep gratitude to and for her on this day.
Grace and Peace,
