Wood served as
curate of St. Paul's in
Columbus, Indiana,
vicar of the Brown County Mission in
Bean Blossom, Indiana, associate and
rector of
Church of All Saints in
Indianapolis, and rector of Christ Church in
Glendale, Ohio. During this time, he served on various diocesan councils and standing committees, and was a deputy to
General Convention from 1970 to 1976 and in 1982. He also directed a diocesan casework and counseling agency in Indianapolis. He was also in attendance for the consecration of
Bishop Gene Robinson in 2003, the first openly gay Bishop within the Episcopal Church. Wood took a public position against the hiring of "permanent replacements" by the Detroit newspapers during the Detroit Newspaper Strike. He joined auxiliary Catholic bishop
Thomas Gumbleton, Rabbi Irwin Gronor of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield, Michigan, and Rabbi M. Robert Syme of
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield, Michigan in taking the position following a meeting the faith leaders held on August 15, 1995. On September 17, 2000, he delivered the
Pentecost XIV sermon at the
Washington National Cathedral. On January 12, 2015, he joined approximately 100 other bishops of the Episcopal Church, including
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, in sending a statement to the
United States Congress and the
White House in support of President
Barack Obama's executive order offering relief from deportation to immigrants to the United States. ==See also==