Interim Priest-In-Charge:
The Rev. Canon Frank Clark

Canon Clark assumed duties of Interim Priest-in-Charge at St. John’s on September 16, 2010, following the retirement of Fr. Harry Way, St. John’s rector for 9 years. Canon Clark will serve St. John’s as the search for a new rector proceeds.

A native of Michigan, Canon Clark has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin. During his ordained ministry, he served churches in Platteville and Mineral Point, Wisconsin; Pierre, South Dakota; and was Dean of Gethsemane Cathedral in Fargo, North Dakota. In the Diocese of Arizona he served eleven years as Rector of All Saints of the Desert Church in Sun City. Following his retirement from All Saints of the Desert, he served as a part-time Associate Priest at All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Day School, Phoenix.

He and his wife Carol have two sons and three grandsons. Carol is a native of Wisconsin and a graduate of North Dakota State University.

Canon Clark is a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the Vigil Honor of the Order of the Arrow, and was awarded the Episcopal Church’s St. George Award for service to youth through Scouting. In 2007, he was named by Bishop Smith as an Honorary Canon of Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, and the Diocese of Arizona.

Canon Clark’s continuing education is in the area of appreciative inquiry, in which he received a certificate in Clergy and Congregational Coaching from the Clergy Leadership Institute. He serves the Diocese as a Congregational Consultant.

Retirement provides the opportunity for Canon Clark to learn fly fishing, learn to play the bagpipes, and enjoy travel and family. He is a self-proclaimed gym rat, and is beginning work on a clergy wellness project for the Diocese.

Deacon: Chuck Milhoan

Ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on January 24, 2009, Chuck Milhoan is new to the diaconate but he is not new to the Episcopal Church. Baptized at less than 4 months of age, confirmed at age 11, married at age 26, all in the Episcopal Church, Chuck has a lifelong relationship with the Episcopal Church. Chuck and his wife Stacy and their children Todd and Sarah have been part of the St. John the Baptist community since 1983.

Chuck graduated from Glendale High School in Glendale, Arizona and completed automotive technician training at Wyoming Technical Institute in Laramie, Wyoming in 1969. He worked in a variety of positions in the automotive field including the operation of private postsecondary education institutions for automotive training before making the transition to the computer world in 1990.

He is employed by Information Technology Cooperative, Co., a provider of network services and support for small to medium sized companies. His hobbies include computers, home repair/refurbishing and golf when he gets an opportunity.

The diaconate is a serving ministry. The church is the visible sign of Jesus Christ in the world and as Christ was a servant to all, so should the church be a Servant Church. We recognize that some persons are called to be deacons, to bring before the body of Christ, the church, opportunities for mission and to encourage the means for training and for responding to those opportunities. Chuck believes that we are all called by God to be servants and we should listen for that unique call, seek discernment for opportunities to serve others and then take action.

Words to live by: Matthew 25:37-40
Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you? And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”

The Way to live by: John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except thru me.

A choice to live by:
Whatever we do in this life we get to choose. We can choose to listen to the Holy Spirit. We can choose to serve. We can choose to care.

A prayer to live by:
Lord, help me to be a blessing to someone else today.

Lay Curate: Bruce Jackson

Bruce A. Jackson joined the pastoral staff at St. John’s on August 1, 2011, following four (4) years of service on the pastoral staff of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Scottsdale.

 His duties include: scheduling sermons on Sundays and Major Feast days; being the primary preacher; working with the Priest-in-charge in liturgical leadership; supervising those responsible for the various parish music groups; oversight of the parish teaching ministry; sharing responsibility for the administration of the parish with the priest-in-charge; responsibility for pastoral care oversight of the parish.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from St. John’s University, New York. He practiced law in New York for over twenty (20) years, and was an adjunct law professor. After he and his wife, Barbara, moved to the Valley in 2002, he was Executive Vice-President of the Harlem Globetrotters International Inc. for nearly two (2) years. However, he felt the need to heed a long-standing call to ministry.

From 2005 to 2007, he served as Director of a faith-based service organization called VICap Faith in Action. In 2007, he answered the call to join the pastoral staff of Resurrection Lutheran Church. He has been in training, spiritual development, and liturgical study with the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona under the direction of Bishop Smith, Dean of the Cathedral Knisely, Canon Dombek, and Father Phillip Jackson since 2009. Upon his ordination into the priesthood, he will assume the position of priest-in-charge at St. John’s.

Barbara has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas. They have two (2) sons – David, a historian and Matthew, an attorney.