Academy Meeting in Toronto
January 3-7, 2007
Candidate for NAAL Delegate for Membership: Clayton Morris
The
Rev. Dr. Clayton L. Morris is Liturgical Officer for the Episcopal
Church. Working at the Church Center in New York, he provides staff
support for the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. He assists
the Presiding Bishop with tasks like planning liturgy for General Convention
and provides a communication link among the dozen or so national organizations,
Episcopal and ecumenical, which are concerned with music and liturgy.
He holds the Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, the Master of Divinity degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in theology from the Graduate Theological Union.
He was ordained deacon in the Diocese of Oregon in June of 1971 and priest in the Diocese of California in January of 1972. Over the past thirty years he has served variously as curate, rector, organist-choirmaster, and director of liturgy and music in several California congregations. He has also taught courses in church music at CDSP.
As Delegate for Membership, I would bring to the table my experience of significant conversation in my professional life over the past decade or so about emerging trends in the worship life of the church. We live in a time in which standards are being challenged on every front. For an organization like the NAAL, it is important to keep traditions and new possibilities in mind consistently.