The Rev. Carenda Baker is a native of southcentral PA and has been the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Chambersburg since September, 2015. She is a graduate of Elizabethtown College (B.S.), The University of Pittsburgh (M.S.W.), The Theological School of Drew University, Madison, NJ (M.Div.), and the School of Theology of University of the South, Sewanee, TN (Diploma in Anglican Studies). The four congregations responsible for Carenda's formation as a lay person, deacon, and priest in the Episcopal Church are Calvary, Pittsburgh, PA; St. John's, Carlisle, PA; St. Francis of Assisi, Ooltewah, TN; and St. Andrew's, Shippensburg, PA.
She looks forward to serving on the Commission on Ministry and sees it as a privilege to serve Christ in this way and said, “it is an opportunity to give back in gratitude for the guidance and support I have received, to share with others some of what I have learned, and to keep listening in community with others for the Holy Spirit's leading.”
It is Carenda’s hope that the Commission on Ministry will be able to embrace more fully, effectively, and joyfully its work of helping to equip all ministers for service, whether called to lay or ordained vocations and feels that identifying a common vision for COM's ongoing work is essential. She has identified a longer term COM goal to strengthen collaboration between COM, the Stevenson School, the Board of Examining Chaplains, and the Standing Committee in order to provide wise and helpful counsel to the Bishop.
