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The Reverend Canon Stephen Lane

The Rev. Canon Stephen Lane is Canon for Deployment and Ministry Development in the Diocese of Rochester, New York, where he has responsibilities for formation, ordination and deployment of clergy, as well as social justice issues and the Safe Church training program.  Ordained in 1978, Steve has served the Church in upstate New York in a number of congregations and diocesan staff roles.  In addition, Steve served for six years as a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.  Steve has a deep appreciation of the challenges facing a church that is becoming a church of smaller congregations with multicultural opportunities.  He received his BA from the University of Rochester, New York, and a Master of Divinity from Colgate-Rochester, Bexley Hall, Crozer Seminaries, also in Rochester.   A fan of folk music, we may have the chance to hear Steve's guitar in folk festivals here in Maine.

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Education:

M.Div., Colgate-Rochester, Bexley Hall, Crozer Seminaries, Rochester, NY, 1978

B.A., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1971

Certificate, CREDO 84R, Delray Beach, Florida, 2005

Certificate, Fresh Start Trainer, 2003

Certificate, Clergy Leadership Project (Cornerstone Project and Trinity Institute), Memphis, TN, 1993-1995

Employment History:

Canon for Deployment and Ministry Development, Diocesan Social Justice Officer, and Safe Church Trainer (2000-present)

Rector, Zion Episcopal, Palmyra, NY (1985-2000)

Interim Rector, then Associate, Christ Church, Corning, NY (1983-1985)

Assistant, Christ Church, Corning, NY (1978-1983)

Volunteer at the Park Avenue Project, Rochester, NY a neighborhood drop-in center (1976-1978)

Diocesan staff, Youth Ministry, Assistant to Bishop, Diocese of Rochester (1971-1975)

Service in the Wider Church and in the World:

Member of the Board, Community Technology Assessment and Advisory Board (a community medical technology advisory board) (2007)

Member of the Board, the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Rochester, NY (a regional, community-based health planning agency) since 1991; Chair (2006 present)

Liaison for the President of the House of Deputies to the Standing Commission on Ministry Development (2007)

Six years as a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church (2000-2006)

Chair of the Cognate Legislative Committee on Ministry (GC 2006)

Seven-time Deputy to General Convention (1988 present)

Fifteen years as Secretary, President, and Executive Council rep. of Province II of the Episcopal Church (1991 2006)

Chair, Diocesan Mission Strategy Committee (early 1990s)

Member, Standing Committee (two terms, 1990s)

Commission on Ministry, Chair (two terms, 1981 - 1987)

Rotary Club, Palmyra, NY (1990 2000)

Chair, CROP Walk, Palmyra, NY (1988 1998)