Rt. Rev. Skip Gladstone Adams | Assisting Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Gladstone “Skip” Adams was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, where he served from 2001-2016. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and is a graduate of Towson University and Virginia Theological Seminary.
Bishop Adams served as Bishop Provisional with the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina from September 2016 – December 2019. In 2021, he served as Assisting Bishop with the Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan.
Bishop Adams enjoys fly-fishing, reading, music, camping, and canoeing. He and his wife, Bonnie, a registered nurse, live in Upstate New York. They have three adult children – Peter, Stephen, and Emily – and two grandchildren, Greyson and Hazel.
His service with us is part-time, about 12-15 hours per week. He will be primarily remote, serving with us from his home in New York state while traveling in occasionally for some in-person gatherings.
Rev. Nurya Love Parish | Canon for the Northern Collaborative and Coach for Beloved Community and Creation Care
While attending Harvard Divinity School as a Unitarian Universalist, Nurya was baptized as Christian and later ordained as a Christian pastor within the UUA in 1997. After ten years as a Unitarian pastor and church planter, she completed a Certificate in Anglican Studies at Seabury-Western Seminary, and was confirmed in The Episcopal Church and re-ordained as a priest in 2011. Since then, she served as associate rector with St. Andrew’s, Grand Rapids and as priest-in-charge with Holy Spirit, Belmont.
Nurya dedicated nine years of service as the founding Executive Director of Plainsong Farm and Ministry, a new Episcopal community in the Diocese of Western Michigan. Nurya has exercised extensive churchwide leadership for many years, especially in the areas of creation care and its integration into our understanding of the beloved community. This summer, she serves as the chair of the House of Deputies legislative committee on Environmental Stewardship and the Care of Creation for the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church.
As Canon for the Northern Collaborative, Nurya will coach, encourage, and equip congregations in the northernmost area of our two dioceses in areas of congregational development, transitions, and in seeking the mission and vision of our dioceses. Her specialty as Coach for Creation Care and Beloved Community focuses on convening and building capacity for individuals and congregations around the care and understanding of God’s creation, seeking the beloved community by confronting systems of oppression and building relationships across difference.
Rev. Kuruvilla "Sunil" Chandy | Canon for the Central Collaborative of Eastern and Western Michigan and Coach for Digital Communities
Initially ordained in the Church of South India in 1992, Sunil was received into The Episcopal Church through the Diocese of Newark in 1998. With a focus on building trust and growth after trauma, Sunil has served five Episcopal congregations ranging from mission to program size.
As Canon for the Central Collaborative, Sunil will coach, encourage, and equip congregations in the middle belt of our two dioceses in areas of congregational development, transitions, and aligning with the mission and vision of our dioceses. His specialty as Coach for Digital Communities focuses on supporting all congregations across both dioceses in establishing or further developing our offerings for worship and belonging through online platforms.
The Rev. Canon Tracie Little | Canon for the Southern Collaborative and Adult Formation
Tracie serves as Canon to the Ordinary for the diocese, holding responsibility for working with congregations and clergy in transition and supporting the development and mission strategy of our congregations and diocesan leadership.
Rachel Ravellette | Director of Communications
Rachel Ravellette, M.A. served as the remote Communications Director for the Diocese of Central New York. It is through that role that she’s found a love and passion for supporting parishes in diocesan ministry, helping lay and clergy persons alike to live more fully into their callings to be the embodiment of Jesus in our lonely and hurting world. In addition to her diocesan work, she brings more than 15 years of non-profit and higher education communication and strategic planning experience to our dioceses.
Rachel will be responsible for shaping diocesan communications strategy and tactics, working closely with diocesan leadership. She will also provide resources and training throughout the dioceses, with specific attention to local congregations.
Sara Philo | Chief Financial Officer and Benefits Administrator
Sara oversees finance and benefits administration for the diocese, helping the bishop’s office and congregations with financial management, budgeting, and more.
Sara and her family live in Midland, where they are active members of St. John’s, Midland. Like our other full-time shared staff members, she maintains an office in both Saginaw and Grand Rapids.
Mark Sullivan | Diocesan Office Administrator
Mark is a graduate of Wheaton College and New York University School of Law. Before returning to Michigan, Mark worked as an assistant at a talent and literary agency in New York.
Mark holds responsibility for administrative projects on behalf of the diocesan offices.
Among other projects that arise, he coordinates with the Commissions on Ministry, supports clergy that are newly ordained and new to the dioceses, manages the clergy supply lists, administers clergy and lay licensing processes, responds to service requests from outside the dioceses, processes letters dimissory, and serves as ordination officer for churchwide records.
Mark works primarily from the Grand Rapids office and remotely, from his home in Grand Rapids.
Angela Krueger | Assistant to the Bishop
Angela holds responsibility for the bishop’s calendar, visitations, meetings, and travel.
She handles the bishop’s reporting and correspondence, coordinates the non-parochial reports, liaises with the disciplinary board, manages the bi-diocesan Cycle of Prayer, and supports the work of various committees.
Angela works primarily from the Saginaw office and remotely, from her home in St. Clair Shores.
McKenzie Knill l | Director for Children, Youth, and Young Adult Formation*
*McKenzie is on parental leave through the fall. For contact about Camp Chickagami, please email directors@chickagami.org. For contact about diocesan children, youth, and young adult ministry, please contact the Rev. Radha Kaminski, rkaminski@edwm.org.
McKenzie has served as Facilitator of Youth and Young Adult Networks in the Diocese of Eastern Michigan since 2015. During that time, she has developed a robust program for youth and young adults that has included opportunities for youth across the state, access to peer relationships beyond the congregation and beyond the diocese, and, with the Canon for Evangelism, has developed a group of “young adults” (college-Gen X) that gather for Compline and Dinner once a month in locations in both dioceses (when circumstances allow for in-person gatherings).
In her role, McKenzie directs, oversees, and convenes children, youth, and young adult formation programs and networks in the dioceses. Working with diocesan leadership, she develops and plans programming and opportunities for leadership for all ages and identifies and share resources with the growing network of parish youth ministers (staff and volunteer).
Congregations should contact McKenzie to discuss youth and young adult networks and formation programs.
The Rev. Beckett Leclaire | Ministry Developer for the AuSable Inclusion Center
Beckett also serves as the Facilitator of Holy Hikes Great Lakes.
He attended University of Mississippi, and graduated in 2019 from the Academy for Vocational Leadership, the local formation program of the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan. He serve on the Building Bridges Steering Committee and the Bi-Diocesan Evangelism Task Force and is a member of Grace, Port Huron. Beckett lives in Port Huron with his spouse, Kay, his daughter, Audrey, and his cat, Razzle.
The Rev. Radha Kaminski | Missioner for Northern Youth Region
Radha joined the Diocese of Western Michigan as a Hope College student in 2008 after growing up in North Central Florida, spending time with the communities of Grace, Holland and St. John’s, Grand Haven, where she was the youth coordinator. She was ordained to the priesthood in January 2021 after receiving her M.Div. from Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX.
She serves as the rector of the Central Michigan Episcopal Covenant (St. Andrew’s, Big Rapids and St. Mary’s, Cadillac). She lives in Cadillac with her husband, Matthew, their dog, Mara Joy, and two cats, Bob and Shirley. She enjoys knitting, board games, baking, and exploring the great outdoors.
Jeff Brown | Missioner Central Youth Region
Jeff is the Director of Youth Ministries for Grand Rapids Episcopal Youth, a collaboration between St. Mark’s, St. Andrew’s, and Grace Episcopal Churches in Grand Rapids. Jeff is a known leader in youth ministry, having organized and led efforts such as the progressive mission trip for many years. Jeff also works as the Visual Display Coordinator for Gazelle Sports, is a certified yoga instructor, loves trail running, and is quite obsessed with Cedar Point. He and his wife, Angie, live in Grand Rapids with their two teenage sons.
The Rev. Joel Turmo | Missioner for Southern Youth Region
Joel has been the rector of St. Timothy’s, Richland since 2012.
Prior to this he was the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at St. Gregory’s in Boca Raton, FL. Both in Florida and in Michigan, he’s served as a youth coordinator, co-leading many diocesan events including retreats and the progressive mission trip.
He is passionate about including youth in all aspects of the church. Joel earned his M.Div. from Sewanee School of Theology in 2008. Joel and his college-aged sons live in Richland.
Rev. BJ Heyboer | Coordinator of the College for Congregational Development
BJ was ordained to the priesthood in 2016 after completing her M.Div. at Sewanee School of Theology. After her ordination, she served as priest-in-charge with St. John’s, Fremont and St. Mark’s, Newaygo, where she was called in 2019 as rector and director of their connected health and wellness center, Vera’s House. Prior to her ordained ministry, BJ worked for more than twenty years in religious book publishing, most recently as cofounder of Brazos Press and senior marketing director at Brazos and Baker Academic. She is a contributor to Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship, edited by Joseph S. Pagano and Amy E. Richter. She and her “episcopup,” George Frederick, live in Newaygo.
As Coordinator of CCD, BJ will organize our training weeks, recruit and equip trainers, and recruit and support our participants in the implementation of their new skills and tools within their communities. BJ can be reached by calling either diocesan office and listening for the list of extensions or by emailing ccd@eastmich.org or ccd@edwm.org.
Mary Simpson | Office Assistant
Mary, who works part-time, supports vital administrative work in the diocesan office, including the work of archiving and updating our Resurrection Garden records.
Michelle Ruiz | Assistant for Communications
Michelle is a student at Grand Valley State University working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Journalism. She enjoys advocating for women’s rights and communities of color. In her free time, Michelle likes to unwind by painting and watching television shows. She especially loves the comedy genre and anything that will make her laugh.
In her role, Michelle, who is bilingual, will assist our dioceses in all functions of communications including our bi-diocesan newsletter, websites, social media, and our print magazine, The Feast.
Habla Español.
Maggie Gonzalez | Safe Church Coordinator
Maggie, who works part-time, is responsible for our Safe Church data tracking and support for accessing training.
Julia Quillan | Bookkeeper
Julia, who works part-time, holds responsibilities for accounts receivable, payroll, bank reconciliations, and other projects.
The Ven. Beth Drew | Archdeacon
The Rev. Beth Drew
Archdeacon and Deacon for International Mission
Phone Number: 269.244.9908
Beth was ordained in 2008. She serves as the Bishop’s representative to the Board of the Dominican Development Group. She also coordinates Western Michigan’s efforts for the DREAM Mission Project in the Dominican Republic. She travels the diocese to call forth, empower, and inspire the baptized to look for their own role in fulfilling their own call to servant ministry.
Congregations should contact Beth to speak at your Sunday services, vestry, or group meetings.
The Rev. Diane Pike | Intake Officer
The Rev. Diane Pike
Co-Intake Officer for Eastern and Western Michigan
Phone: 401-644-5758
Title IV of the Episcopal Church Canons concern areas of clergy discipline, encouraging accountability, justice, reconciliation, restoration, and pastoral care. To submit a complaint or talk to someone about a potential Title IV offense, please contact one of our two Intake Officers.
The Rev. Bill McClure | Intake Officer
The Very Rev. Bill McClure
Co-Intake Officer for Eastern and Western Michigan
Phone: 231-420-8467
Title IV of the Episcopal Church Canons concern areas of clergy discipline, encouraging accountability, justice, reconciliation, restoration, and pastoral care. To submit a complaint or talk to someone about a potential Title IV offense, please contact one of our two Intake Officers.
