The Rev. Sandra (Sandy) Moyle has been named by the Ven. Callie Walpole as Interim Priest-in-Charge at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Florence. Sandy retired from Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island, where she served as the Assistant Rector. After graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary, she went on to serve at churches in Tampa and Jacksonville,…
We are pleased to announce the call of the Reverend Courtney Davis-Shoemaker as Assistant Priest at St. Stephen’s, Charleston. She will work part-time (20 hours per month) and assist the Rector in the general life and worship of the parish with particular attention to children’s and youth ministry as well as outreach to families. A native…
The Rev. William Coyne will complete his work as the Priest-In-Charge of East Cooper Episcopal Church on August 31 and continue in his diocesan role as Missioner for Returning Congregations. While to date, no specific timeline has been decided for the return of the parishes with the breakaway group to The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC),…
Bishop Skip Adams has named the Rev. Fred E. Thompson, Jr. as Priest-in-Charge of The Episcopal Church on Edisto, effective July 1. Fr. Thompson received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Newberry College in 1988 and his Master’s degree in Religion from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in 1994. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest…
The Rev. Mac Magee will be the new representative from The Episcopal Church in South Carolina to the Dominican Development Group. A deacon serving at Grace Church Cathedral, he takes over from the Rev. Jason Roberson, who is leaving Holy Cross Faith Memorial in Pawleys Island to begin a new call at Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA,…
The Rev. Lauren Kay has been called to serve at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Sanford, Maine, starting July 21. Lauren, who was ordained to the transitional diaconate from our diocese on June 15, recently received the Master of Divinity degree at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Charles Jenkins has been named Associate for Pastoral Care at Christ Church in Greenville, in the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. Charles, who is a candidate for ordination to the diaconate from our Diocese on June 15, began work on the Christ Church staff on June 1. He recently completed post-graduate work in Anglican Studies…
The Rev. Jason Roberson has been called to serve as associate rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Fr. Roberson has served as assistant rector at Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island, since his ordination in 2017. At the Grace/La Gracia parish, he will be primarily involved with Spanish-language liturgies, as well as serving…
Your prayers and presence are requested as two candidates for Holy Orders from our Diocese, Lauren Kay and Charles Jenkins, are to be ordained to the transitional diaconate on Saturday, June 15 at 11 am at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston. Charles is completing his studies at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.,…
Voorhees College and the Rev. Dr. James Yarsiah have announced that he will conclude his service as Voorhees Chaplain and Vicar of St. Philip’s Chapel at the end of this semester. Fr. Yarsiah was called to Voorhees in 2011 and was instrumental in restarting the Canterbury Club, bringing the Voorhees Choir to General Convention in…
The Reverend Dr. John Romig Johnson, 83, Senior Priest Associate at St. Stephen’s, Charleston, died February 5. A graduate of Furman University and the General Theological Seminary, he received his Ph.D from Union Theological Seminary. Before coming to St. Stephen’s, he served at Old St. Andrew’s, Charleston; he was rector of St. John’s, Staten Island, NY from 1999-2005 and also…
The Rev. Paul Gilbert has announced he will retire from active ministry and conclude his service as priest-in-charge of The Episcopal Church on Edisto effective June 2. Fr. Gilbert has served at Edisto since August 2015 and has been active in ordained ministry for more than 40 years. Previously he served in our diocese as director of the Little School at…
