The 231st Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina was called to order on Friday, November 12 at 6:30 pm by the Rt. Rev. Ruth Woodliff-Stanley who was consecrated in October 2021 as the XV Bishop of the historic diocese. The Rev. Tom Wilson, chair of the Clergy Credentials Committee, offered the first…
The 231st Diocesan Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina was held November 12-13, 2021, at Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church on Pawleys Island (hosted by the Pee Dee-Waccamaw Deanery). The convention was offered as a hybrid event, and more than a third of the delegates participated in the Convention online to vote to…
In a beautiful service of Choral Evensong on the Feast of All Saints, the Rt. Rev. Ruth Woodlliff-Stanley was formally seated at Grace Church Cathedral on Sunday, November 7. At the start of the service, the cathedral doors were closed and, following tradition in the Episcopal Church, she used the diocesan crozier to knock several…
The Rev. Dr. James (Jim) Taylor of St. Thomas, North Charleston, has accepted a call to serve as rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, located in The Villages, Florida. Father Jim has served at St. Thomas for 18 years as well as Diocesan Treasurer for the past 9 years. The Rt. Rev. Ruth Woodliff-Stanley expressed…
The Right Reverend Ruth Morse Woodliff-Stanley was ordained and consecrated as the 15th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina on Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina. Woodliff-Stanley is the first female to lead the diocese as bishop, and the first full-time diocesan bishop serving the diocese since…
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina bids farewell and gives thanks for ministry of the Rev. Randy Ferebee as he concludes his many years of ministry at Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach, this month. Rev. Ferebee said in his letter to the congregation “Almost seven years ago Bishop vonRosenberg invited me to serve you. I…
Today, the Reverend Rob Donehue, on behalf of the Standing Committee of which he is president, shared an update on plans for the upcoming ordination service for Bishop-elect Ruth Woodliff-Stanley. The text is posted below, or click here to view the letter. ******************* August 18, 2021 To the faithful people of the Diocese of South…
Earlier today, the Episcopal Church shared the news that our Standing Committee has been notified that the required majority of bishops and standing committees with jurisdiction have consented to the May 1, 2021, election of the Rev. Canon Ruth Woodliff-Stanley as the XV Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. Plans are moving forward for…
The Rev. Cn. Caleb Lee, who currently serves as president of the Standing Committee, announced on Friday, May 21, that he has accepted the call to serve as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wilmington, NC. His final Sunday as Canon Precentor at Grace Church Cathedral will be Sunday, July 4, 2021. Until that…
In a letter to the diocese, the Reverend Canon Caleb J. Lee, as President of the Standing Committee, has announced that our Visiting Bishop, the Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley, Jr., will conclude his time with our diocese effective June 1, 2021. Read the letter at this link, or read the text below: Ascensiontide 2021…
The Reverend Canon Ruth M. Woodliff-Stanley was elected today to be the fifteenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina during a Special Meeting of Convention held for the purposes of the election. Once consecrated in October, Bishop-elect Woodliff-Stanley will be the first female to serve as bishop in the more than 200-year history…
The following article was shared by the Rev. Bill Watson, priest-in-charge at the Episcopal Church in Okatie, located in Ridgeland, SC. On Saturday, March 27, a recent project of the Southern Deanery concluded with the distribution of food at Church of the Holy Communion in Allendale, SC. The project originated by the Rev. Jack Nietert…
