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…
Download the full release at this link St. David’s, Cheraw, 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 Monday, August 1, 2022, as a result of the South Carolina Supreme Court’s April ruling that 14 churches which…
As of August 1, St. David’s Church in Cheraw will return to The Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church. St. David’s Episcopal Church will reopen for weekly Sunday services beginning on Sunday, August 7. The Rev. Michael Bye, who has been serving The Episcopal Worship Group of Cheraw, will lead the congregation as…
The Right Reverend Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called the Rev. Furman L. Buchanan as priest-in-charge of Christ Episcopal Church in Mt. Pleasant, which will likely be the second church returning to the Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church as a result of the SC Supreme Court decision in April 2022. Fr. Buchanan will lead the…
The Episcopal Church on Edisto has called the Rev. William Coyne to serve as interim priest-in-charge beginning Sunday, July 17, 2022, through December while the church engages in the search process for a full-time priest. The Rev. Coyne has previously served as supply clergy for numerous churches in our diocese, as well as interim rector…
