Priests and deacons from across the diocese gathered at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center May 22-24 for their annual Clergy Retreat. The theme of this year’s gathering was “Living Ubuntu in a Violent World” led by special guest, the Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D., who currently serves as the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director…
The Rev. Timothy V. Hushion, Jr. has been called to the Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, to serve as interim rector, beginning on Sunday, June 4, Trinity Sunday. Father Tim is retired after serving as the priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA; rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Wadesboro, NC; and vicar of All…
The Rev. Cn. Dr. Wilmot T. Merchant II, who serves as rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in North Myrtle Beach, has been appointed liaison of The Episcopal Church of Liberia by The Right Rev. Dr. James B. Sellee, Bishop of Liberia. The Episcopal Church (TEC) began missionary work in Liberia in the late 1920s and…
The Rev. Canon Philip Linder, who serves as Canon to the Ordinary, has started a new Morning Prayer podcast, “12-Minute Morning Prayer,” that is available for free on a variety of podcast platforms. Praying the Daily Office has for centuries been a great practice of Anglican spirituality. “As a Third Order Franciscan, my Rule of…
Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. Laura Rezac as executive director of St. Christopher Camp & Conference Center on Seabrook Island, succeeding the Rev. Helen and Rick Hargreaves, who have been serving as interim directors for the past seven months. The Rev. Rezac currently serves as associate rector for Children & Youth Formation at St….
All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island has called the Rev. Katie Presley to serve as associate rector. Katie is currently serving in the Diocese of Atlanta, where she has worked on staff at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in midtown Atlanta for the past few years. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate by…
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Jeffrey R. Richardson as he announces his retirement from active ministry. He will conclude his service as rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, on February 21 after serving there since 2018. Father Jeff was ordained to the ministry in 2005 and…
Calvary Episcopal Church in Charleston has called the Rev. Ricardo Bailey to serve as rector beginning on Ash Wednesday—February 22, 2023. Currently, Father Bailey serves as priest-in-charge of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Decatur, Georgia, as well as chaplain to the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, and president of the Atlanta Chapter of…
On December 8, the deacons of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina gathered for a retreat at Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community. After several years in which the deacons had not been regularly meeting, the retreat was an opportunity for reconnecting, introducing newcomers, and discerning the future for the diaconate in our diocese. Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley…
The Right Reverend Duncan Gray III will serve the Diocese of South Carolina as a mentor in the Thriving in Ministry program being launched for clergy in returning congregations in 2023. Our diocese is working with the Thriving in Ministry program administered by Virginia Theological Seminary and supported by grant funding from the Lilly Endowment….
St. James, Charleston, located at 1872 Camp Road on James Island, a parish with roots in The Episcopal Church dating back more than 200 years, returned to the Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church on Thursday, December 1, 2022, as a result of the South Carolina Supreme Court’s August ruling. In that decision,…
The Right Reverend Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. Taylor M. Smith as priest-in-charge of St. James Episcopal Church in Charleston (James Island), which will soon be returning to the Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church as a result of the SC Supreme Court decision in April 2022. Fr. Taylor, who recently served…
