Clergy News
Deployment update, May-September 2007
Ministry Transitions
New Ministries
The Rev’d Alfredo Gonzalez, Transitional
Deacon – Hispanic Missioner, St. Mary’s, Columbia
The Rev’d Deacon Joseph Smith,
Assistant, St. Matthew’s, Spartanburg
The Rev’d Joseph Whitehurst,
Assistant , St. Thaddeus, Aiken
The Rev’d Mark Abdelnour, Transitional
Deacon
The Rev’d William Wight,
Priest-in-Charge, St. Michael’s and All Angels, Columbia
The Rev’d Marty Conner, Interim Chaplain,
Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Columbia
The Rev’d Mark House, Priest-in-Charge,
Church of the Nativity, Union
The Rev’d Gordon Hamilton,
Priest-in-Charge, St. Mark’s, Chester
The Rev’d Timothy Dombek, Canon to the
Ordinary, The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona
The Rev’d Rich Biega, Holy Trinity, Hot
Springs Village, Arkansas
The Rev’d Dr. Robert Dannals, Rector,St.
Michael and All Angels, Dallas
The Rev’d Kathryn Tiede-Hottinger, moved
to Minnesota
The Rev’d Sean LaBat, resigned from St.
Michael and All Angels, Columbia
The Rev’d David Bridgforth completed his
recent responsibilities at St. Francis, Greenville and is now
available for supply in the Upstate.
Retirements: The Rev’d Preston Huntley (St. John’s, Winnsboro); The Rev’d William Wight (St. Mark’s, Chester)
Searches underway: St. John’s, Winnsboro; Incarnation, Gaffney; Ascension, Seneca; St. Timothy’s, Columbia; St. Andrew’s, Greenville
Diocesan Pledge Compliance Policy approved by DEC
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Vocational testing change
Baptist Hospital recently announced that that Dr. Neal Jones has accepted a call to serve as the full-time minister for Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia. As a result, Dr. Jones will no longer be administering the vocational testing for the diocese. Please inform your inquirers that they will now contact Dr. Mark Tidsworth at 803.296.5879 or 803.296.5879 to schedule an appointment for testing.
2008 John Hines Preaching Award
The 2008 John Hines preaching award contest is here again. All preachers - bishops, priests, deacons, and laypersons - are invited to submit one sermon for Virginia Theological Seminary's John Hines Preaching Award. Sermons should reflect the prophetic voice that characterized the sermons of John Hines, presiding Bishop 1965-1974.
The sermon must have been delivered in the Episcopal Church to a congregation between I Advent 2006 and the last Sunday after Pentecost 2007. The sermon must be received by the John Hines preaching Award Committee by December 15, 2007. The recipient of the John Hines Preaching Award will receive $2000.00.
For further information, about the Hines Award, please write or call The Rev. Pamela Webb, Director o Alumni Affairs, Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304, 1.800.941.0083. Please feel free to visit the VTS Web site as well, www.vts.edu. Download the application here.
Calendar
Dates on the table below are for 2007. For 2008 dates, click here.
September 23 |
Catawba Convocation Meeting, St.
Peter's, Great Falls (3 p.m.) |
September 20 |
Midlands Convocation meeting, St. Alban's, Lexington |
October 13 |
Diocesan Continuing Ed training day |
October 26–27 |
85th Diocesan Convention, Christ Church, Greenville |
November 14–16 |
Reedy River residency |