Convention Booklet 2025

106th Annual Convention

Bob Miller, Christ, Blacksburg My past experience includes Search Committee for the past two bishops, Nine years service on executive committee (vice chair), Trustee of the Funds (six years, chair) Commission on ministry, Phoebe Needles board, Board Member for Boy’s Home, Parish vestry, Trustee of Christ Church, Montgomery Parish 24 years. I would be honored to serve on Standing Committee.

Carey Harveycutter, St. Paul’s, Salem As a life-long Episcopalian and a member of St. Paul's in Salem I will bring an open and discerning mind to discussions facing the Standing Committee. I have served previously and consider it an honor to be nominated. Advising the Bishop, giving consent to candidates for Holy Orders and voting to accept Bishops in the wider church are important matters of which I feel qualified to participate.

Standing Committee, Clergy Member

The Rev. John Church, The Appalachian Alliance I am a 2020 graduate of the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee. I have served on the Executive and Disciplinary Boards of the diocese. I am also currently serving as Dean of the Abington Convocation. As the Priest-in-Charge of the Appalachian Alliance, I have developed a unique set of skills specifically related to the development and growth of small parishes. These skills will be a critical asset in our ongoing mission to expand our reach within Southwestern Virginia. The parishes of the Alliance have experienced significant growth and financial improvement during this time. They are also developing new outreach and evangelism strategies to communicate with communities in the Appalachian region. If chosen to serve on the Standing Committee, I would be committed to bringing these skills to the rest of the diocese as we work to expand our presence throughout Southwestern Virginia.

The Rev. Cara Modisett, Trinity, Staunton I would welcome the opportunity to serve the diocese on the standing committee. I am associate rector of Trinity, Staunton, where my work includes overseeing all ages of faith formation and regular involvement with the Haiti Collaborative. Prior to ordination, my work moved from the secular world to lay ministry in small parish, large parish and diocesan contexts. I advised and directed communications for St. John’s, Roanoke; Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis, Tennessee and for our diocese, as well as serving as music director for St. Elizabeth’s, Roanoke. I graduated in 2022 from Virginia Theological Seminary, where I held positions in student government and the worship committee and was elected a class steward at graduation. My work-study roles included communications for VTS Lifelong Learning; I also wrote, co-planned and/or shepherded various online and physical-space seminary and grant-funded program liturgies. 17