The Living Stones Diocesan Partnership came into being through the inspiration and effort of Charles and Lynne Wilson. With a vision of an association of partner dioceses seriously committed to Total Ministry development, they sought the support of Jim Fenhagen and the Cornerstone Project of the Episcopal Church Foundation. Cornerstone and Roanridge Foundation provided initial development funding. The Wilson's served as project convenors until the Living Stones partnership was well launched.
Overall leadership has now been assumed entirely by the Living Stones coordinators. Each partner diocese pays its own expenses associated with membership in the partnership.

Living Stones began as a coalition of eight Anglican dioceses, both American and Canadian, working together under a covenant to renew and revitalize ministry at the local level. As at February 1997, there are 15 member dioceses. These are the dioceses of Indianapolis, Iowa, Kansas, Kootenay, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Northern Michigan, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Olympia, Qu'Apelle, Rupert's Lane, South Dakota.

The Living Stones commit themselves:

• To use discernment processes to identify gifts for ministry.
• To nurture and support all who minister in the name of Jesus Christ;
• To offer innovative thinking for leadership and organizational structures that encourage shared/mutual ministry, appropriate in each diocese;
• To provide training as leadership is reconfigured in conjunction with the above principles.

New Leadership Team

Lynne Wilson lynne@wydiocese.org
Steve Kelsey steve.kelsey@juno.com
Iain Luke lukei@cc.umanitoba.ca

c/o Lynne Wilson
Diocese of Wyoming
104 S.4th Street
Laramie, Wy 82070
307 742 6606