The Bishop of Saskatchewan today announced that he has appointed the Rev. Christopher Harper as Warden of the Diocesan Lay Readers' Association. 

Fr. Harper knows the Association well, having been a Lay Reader of the Sir Geoffrey Paul Church, Onion Lake First Nation, before being called to ordained ministry.

A graduate of Wycliffe College, Toronto, Fr. Harper is the Rector of the Parish of Birch Hills, Muskoday and Kinistino.  With his wife Tracy, Fr. Harper has two grown children and a one-year-old granddaughter.  He serves on both the Diocesan Executive Committee and the Diocesan Indian Council.  At the moment he is heading up a project to produce a baptismal preparation video for First Nations' families.

The Lay Readers' Association has the largest active membership of any organization in the Diocese with the exception of the Anglican Church Women.  He succeeds as Warden the Rev. Dr. David Smith who has served in this office since 2005.