DDG Board Members Attend 56th Dominican Diocesan Convention
By Julius Ariail
Posted March 5, 2014
An online album of photographs from this event is available here.
On left, at pulpit: the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Barker, Bishop of Nebraska, preaching in Epiphany Cathedral during one of the worship services of the 56th Annual Convention of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic. With Bishop Barker is the Rev. Ricardo Potter, who served as Bishop Barker's translator. Click this image to see more photographs from this convention.
Several representatives of the Dominican Development Group (DDG) from the United States attended the 56th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic from February 14-16, 2014 in Santo Domingo. Among the representatives were David Morrow, DDG President; Bill Kunkle, DDG Executive Director; the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Barker, representing the Diocese of Nebraska; the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer (Diocese of Northwest Texas); the Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley (Diocese of Eastern Michigan); the Rev. Tar Drazdowski (Diocese of Georgia); and Julia and Julius Ariail, DDG newsletter and social media editors. The Rt. Rev. Julio C. Holguín, Bishop of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic, is also a DDG board member, as are the Rev. Milton Amparo (Vicar, Iglesia San Andrés), Canon Virginia Norman (diocesan registrar), and Karen Carroll, a resident missionary who works on the staff of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic as the coordinator of incoming mission teams from the United States.
Standing, from left: Bishops Todd Ousley (Eastern Michigan), J. Scott Mayer (Northwest Texas), J. Scott Barker (Nebraska). Click this image to see more photographs from this convention.
Bill Kunkle (blue shirt), DDG Executive Director, addresses the convention delegates. Click this image to see more photographs from this convention.
During the convention, all of the visiting DDG representatives were invited to make brief remarks to the delegates. The Rev. Drazdowski, who had been in residence at the Episcopal seminary in Santo Domingo for the past several weeks studying Spanish during her sabbatical leave from Christ Episcopal Church in Valdosta, GA, spoke in Spanish as she brought greetings from the Diocese of Georgia. Bishop Barker preached during the Morning Prayer service in Epiphany Cathedral on Saturday, February 15, and all of the DDG representatives participated in the Convention’s closing Eucharist on Sunday, February 16th.
On left: Bishops Barker (Nebraska), Ousley (Eastern Michigan), and Mayer (Northwest Texas) during the closing Eucharist. Click this image to see more photographs from this convention.
ENS article on the Dominican Convention.