The first Boone Porter Institute, subtitled, "Continuing the Consultation: Living the Covenant II," will be held June 26-30 at Nashotah House seminary, Nashotah, Wis.

Institute fellows, who will provide leadership for the program, are the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, Bishop of Alaska; the Rev. Jeffrey Lee, rector of St. Christopher's Church, River Hills, Wis.; the Rev. Canon Susanne Watson, deacon and canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Iowa; and Billie Alban, president of Alban & Williams, Ltd., management consultants, and a lay person from the Diocese of Connecticut.

Created to honor the late Rev. Canon H. Boone Porter, former editor of THE LIVING CHURCH, who began his theological teaching career at Nashotah House, the institute will continue the work of the "Living the Covenant" consultation, held in Northfield, Minn., last June. It was Canon Porter's last project.

According to institute director and Nashotah House associate professor of parish ministry, the Rev. Michael Tessman, "Continuing the Consultation" will provide keynote addresses, Bible studies, workshops and panel discussions to extend and deepen the "Living the Covenant" experience.

"In addition to strengthening the already existing network of Episcopalians working in local and regional ministries," Fr. Tessman said. "The Boone Porter Institute wants to provide a distance-learning venue, from which the church can offer education, training, and support for mission developers and servant leaders, to better 'equip the saints' for the lay apostolate as well as ordained leadership."