Mother Dawn Frankfurt has an interesting background. She has had two careers and has lived in many places. She is from our part of the world. Mother Dawn grew up in Oklahoma City and Edmond, OK. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Oklahoma University and undertook a career in marketing after a few years of graduate study in creative writing. In a dozen years as a marketing professional, she held positions in Oklahoma City; Wilmington, NC and Honolulu, HI.

The only thing important enough to take her away from the paradise of island life was her call to ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church. Ten years ago, she was sponsored by the Diocese of Hawaii and attended the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale for seminary training. There she served two parishes in Connecticut: Christ Church Tashua in Trumbull and The Church of the Holy Trinity in Middletown. Historic Trinity Church, in Staunton, VA, was her first church home and where she was ordained to the priesthood. She served Trinity as Associate Rector for three years and stayed to serve as Interim Rector for another year before returning to Oklahoma to be close to family.

Mother Dawn has led two congregations in Oklahoma; she served as interim rector at St. Philip’s in Ardmore, and subsequently as interim rector at All Saints’ in Duncan. Her education, her years of experience leading Episcopal congregations, and her history as a business professional, combine to make her particularly well qualified to join us as Rector of St. James.

Reverend Amanda Eiman comes to us from Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA where she worked primarily with youth, family, and children's ministries. She taught as a fifth and sixth grade religion teacher at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School in Alexandria. For three years prior to her time at Emmanuel Church, she attended Virginia Theological Seminary and earned a Master in Divinity. Amanda grew up in Northern New Jersey and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Drew University in Madison, NJ, where she was a member of the varsity equestrian team.

Father Mike Bernard was ordained in 1982 in the Diocese of the Rio Grande and served as Priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity, Raton, N.M., for 10 years. He worked for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad as a locomotive engineer, Road Foreman of Engines and retired as Senior Trainmaster/Road Foreman in 2005 with 35 years of service. He has served as Assisting Priest at St. Matthew's in Newton, Kansas, and was Vicar of St. Anne's, McPherson, Kansas. He has been Assisting Priest at St. James for three years. Father Mike has been married to Annette for 41 years and they have three children and five grandchildren. He loves wood working, playing golf, and reading. Father Mike and Annette, an award winning quilter, cook, and designer, are enjoying retirement and their ministries at St. James.

Tony Clark -- In my weekday job I teach at Friends University. I arrived in the United States with my wife and family for the spring semester of 2007 to teach ethics, philosophy, and theology. We came to Wichita from the university town of St. Andrews in Scotland. It was there that I had undertaken my doctoral studies in the School of Divinity, and taught for a year after their completion.

Before embarking on my doctorate, I spent 12 years in full-time ministry as priest in the Church of England. During those years I served in two parish churches; one near Manchester and the other in the Diocese of Oxford. I also served as a chaplain; first to the Lee Abbey Community - a retreat and conference center located on the beautiful coastline of North Devon – and then to the University of Westminster - a huge institution located in the heart of central London. I trained for the ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. In 1988, towards the end of my three years at theological college (as the Church of England likes to call them), I spent a semester on an exchange program with St. Paul's Theological College in Grahamstown, South Africa. One of the many wonderful students I met there was Thabo Makgoba, who visited St. James on Palm Sunday.

My wife, Antonia, and I first came to know St. James through the beautiful 5:30 p.m. Celtic Service, which we started to attend some two years ago. In getting to know Former Rector Mother Kate Moorehead it soon came to light that I was an Anglican priest, and since then I have been honored to have a part in the leading of worship in the church. I am delighted that this role is now being formalized and I look forward to a growing involvement in this vibrant and welcoming community.

Deacon Deedee Evans was born in Washington State, reared in Oklahoma, moved to Wichita from Texas, and graduated from Friends University.  She and her husband, Dennis, have two children and five grandchildren.  For several years she was Director of the Volunteer Center at United Way of the Plains, and is retired after nearly fifteen years as a staff chaplain with Hynes Memorial Hospice.  She has sung in community and church choirs, played flute in community bands, and currently sings with the 60 member Wichita Broadway Singers.  Ordained deacon over 20 years, Deedee coordinates weddings, focuses on pastoral care, and facilitates two Grief Support Groups at St. James.

A retired priest with 50 years service associated with St. James as volunteer priest-missioner, Sam Criss preaches and celebrates once a month at St. James, does hospital calls and is a occasional teacher and lecturer. He is married to Beth Criss, and they have three children and five grandchildren. He is an oil painter, violinist, and weaver. He and his wife Beth, a retired social worker, are having lots of fun traveling, and enjoying their youngest grandchildren.

A native of Wisconsin, Rev. Bill Horn graduated with a Master of Divinity Degree from Northwestern Lutheran Seminary (Minneapolis) in 1966. He has served parishes in Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas. In 1995, the Synod Bishop suggested Pr. Bill take the training thru the Alban Institute to serve congregations in conflict. In 1999, an agreement between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Episcopal Church (ECUSA) led to Called to Common Mission. Fr. Bill (or Pr. Bill) began Episcopal Service at Good Shepherd in 2004, followed by joining the staff of St. James in 2005 as a Priest Missioner. Duties include visiting shut-ins, hospital calls, facilitating Thursday morning Bible Study, serving as Mass priest at Wellington, and on occasion presiding at services at St. James.