RECTOR

Rev. Jed serves as the 25th Rector of Trinity on Capitol Square. A forever fan of the westside of Columbus, Jed first worshipped regularly as an Episcopalian at the Street Church service of St. John's Town Street in Franklinton, where he was also confirmed and served as a lay preacher. Jed launched the Confluence Episcopal Service Corps Program in Columbus which he served for 5 years as director, including a stint as Interim Executive Director for Episcopal Service Corps nationally, before discerning a call to the priesthood. He received his Master of Divinity from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, then served as clergy in residence at St. Francis Springboro. Jed has previously served in the Diocese as both a member of Praxis Communities and the Commission on Ministry. Jed and his wife Raine, have two rambunctious boys, Llewyn and Reynolds who both love serving at Trinity's In the Garden meal ministry and riding the #10 bus with their Papa back home from church. 

ASSOCIATE RECTOR

Rev. Iva is a lifelong Episcopalian, having grown up in rural south-central Ohio, and bearing early witness to the love of Christ-lived-out within her early faith community, St. Johns’ Episcopal Church in Lancaster, Ohio.

She discerned her first call to health care at the tender age of fourteen when she began attending physical therapy with her father after he experienced a near amputation of multiple fingers. She obtained undergraduate degrees in Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training from Miami University and subsequently attended Ohio University to obtain her degree in Physical Therapy. Prior to discerning a call to the priesthood, she practiced outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine physical therapy for almost thirty years with multiple segues into management and departmental directorships, but throughout, her heart remained in patient care and her ministry of healing.   

Rev. Iva earned her Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia in May of 2022. She migrated home to Ohio to accept her first call as the Associate Rector at Trinity in May of 2024 after spending just over a year in Boulder, Colorado while her wife, also an Episcopal priest, served at her first call in an Episcopal parish nearby. 

Rev. Iva is the proud momma of two amazing adult children, Ryan and Gwyneth. She and her wife, Julia, are the devoted servants of their nearly one year old cat, Sherman. When not engaged in the work of the church, Iva is an avid hiker. She also enjoys adventuring with Julia, cooking (and eating), time around the kitchen table and traveling near and far. 

DEACON

This congregation supported deniray in ordination to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate in 2008. deniray returned to Trinity in 2023 and continues outreach to the broader community as representative for Trinity at the Interfaith Justice Table and Columbus Coalition for the Homeless. Faith & Public Life. deniray informs our congregation about social justice issues and encourages congregants to act at the state and federal levels. deniray served as a Deacon at Trinity for many years, celebrating Sunday liturgy and on special occasions, as well as Deacon-in-Charge of In The Garden.

At the Diocesan level, deniray served as Legislative Liaison to state and federal government with Bread for the World, Sojourners, and Church World Services and also many years as chair of the Social Justice Committee, publishing weekly alerts to the Diocese and on the Diocese of Southern Ohio Bishop Transition Team, where deniray was honored to be the Deacon of the Book at the installation of Rt Rev Kristin Uffelman-White.

deniray has been chaplain to Diocesan bishops in their Episcopal visits, introducing and emphasizing the importance of Deacons in the church, served for eight years as Deacon at Saint John’s Worthington and provided pastoral care. Before returning to Trinity, deniray served two years at Saint John’s Columbus mission church in Franklinton conducting weekly Street Church on the corner of Broad and Central Ave, held a midweek service and dinner, and served meals for people uncomfortable worshipping in a physical church building or homeless/minimally housed people in the neighborhood.

deniray serves as Interim Chaplain and Chair of the Spiritual Life Committee at Ohio Living Westminster Thurber. deniray has been married to Dr. Karen Peeler for over 26 years and reside in independent living at Westminster Thurber.