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The Rev. Louis “Luke” Jernagan (M.Div. 2006, STM 2008) has accepted a call to serve as the 15th Rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in St. Louis, MO., beginning Sunday, May 26.
Luke is married to The Rev. Hopie Welles Jernagan, Class of 2008, and a current member of the Board of Trustees. She will join Luke in St. Louis with their two young daughters, Hope and Maude, after completing her service as Chaplain at …
The Rev. J. Randolph Alexander, Jr. (Class of 1994) has been called as the tenth Rector of Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill in Alexandria, Virginia. He will join the congregation on Sunday, August 25, 2013. Randy is currently Rector of Christ Church in Pelham, NY, where he has served since 2000. In 2012, he was one of six candidates for Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Virginia. Previously, Randy served as Priest Associate at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane …
The Rev. Hugh C. Edsall, Class of 1956, died May 5, 2013 in St. Augustine, FL. at the age of 81, following a short illness.
He was born May 20, 1931, in Princeton, NJ, the son of Preston W. and Katherine Alston Edsall, and grew up in Raleigh. He attended Broughton H.S. and graduated from Virginia Episcopal School. He was a graduate of Swarthmore College before coming to The General Theological Seminary, and was ordained …
The Rev. Canon William “Chip” H. Stokes, GTS Class of 1990, has been elected as Twelfth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.
Stokes, who is currently Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Delray Beach, FL, was elected on May 4 out of a field of nine nominees by the election convention meeting at Trinity Cathedral …
The Rev. Hébert Winslow Bolles (Class of 1951), died peacefully at home in Portsmouth, R.I., surrounded by his family after a long illness on April 6, at the age of 88. He was the father of The Rev. Anne Bolles-Beaven (Class of 1988), and the husband of Elizabeth (Bambi) Sands Elliot who was, in every way, his life partner.
Known for his kindness, compassion and love of the Lord, Hébert was born in New …
The Rev. Dr. James W. Farwell, M. Div. ’89 and a former liturgy professor at General Seminary, will visit New York City on Thursday, May 16, 2013. You are cordially invited to a conversation with him from 1:00-2:00pm at The Episcopal Diocese of New York’s Donegal Hall, in Diocesan House, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.
Farwell is the author of The Liturgy Explained, originally published in 1981 and recently released in a updated …
The Rev. Daniel S. Dice (Class of 2008) has been called as priest in charge at St. Timothy’s, Decatur, Georgia. Dice is a graduate of Miami University with degrees in history and business administration. He has a juris doctor degree from University of Dayton School of Law and a master of divinity from General Theological Seminary. Ordained a priest last year, he has served as curate at Church of Our Saviour, Atlanta.
The Rev’d Canon Lee Alison Crawford, Ph.D. (GTS 1993) has been called as Vicar, Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), Killington, VT as of April 2013. She continues to serve as Canon Missioner of the Episcopal Anglican Church of El Salvador, a position she has held since 2004.
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The Rev. Laurie M. Brock (Class of 2002), has co-authored a new book with The Rev. Mary Koppel. Titled Where God Hides Holiness: Thoughts on Grief, Joy, and the Search for Fabulous Heels, the work shares the joy, humor, surprise, grief, and messiness when God invites us to strip away the personas of perfect priest or perfect Christian and to rediscover what is sacred and genuine about the authenticity of ourselves and our faith, …
The next Alumni/ae Gathering on the Close has been scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, November 6-7, 2013. The event will feature the highly anticipated Paddock Lectures by Elizabeth Drescher and the presentation and celebration of Br. Clark Berge’s Distinguished Alumni/ae Award, as well as Chapel Services, a Memorial Eucharist, special receptions honoring 50th and 25th reunion celebrants for both the 2012 and 2013 years, and a splendid banquet in the refectory. See old friends …
Lucinda Allen Mosher (Th.D., 2002) is the author of a new study Toward Our Mutual Flourishing: The Episcopal Church, Interreligious Relations, and Theologies of Religious Manyness. Mosher’s work tells the story of how the Episcopal Church has faced the opportunities and challenges of religious diversity in relation to its vocation and has developed an official rationale for its ongoing engagement.
Mosher teaches high school and college courses on world religions, Islam, Christianity, and America’s religious …
Dr. Courtney V. Cowart (M.A. ’94, Th.D. ’01, and an Alumni/ae Rep to our Board of Trustees since 2011) has been appointed as Associate Dean and Director of the Sewanee School of Theology Programs Center. The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander (Th.D. ’93), Dean of The School of Theology, made the appointment effective March 1.
Building on the success of the programs center’s international Education for Ministry (EfM) program, Cowart will lead an expansion that …
The Rev. John Fowlow Tulk (Class of 1959), died January 26, 2013 in Savage, Minnesota. He was 78 years old. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Sylvia (Stone) Tulk; three children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. From his obituary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: “John touched many lives as an Episcopalian minister at parishes in Idaho, Kansas, and Minnesota. After retiring from the ministry, John spent 10 years working as a …
The Rev. Richard M. Spielmann, Th.D., who held two degrees from the General Seminary, died peacefully on March 26, 2013 in Tempe, Arizona at the age of 83. Richard earned his S.T.B. (M.Div.) degree with honors in 1956, served as a Fellow and Tutor from 1956 to 1959, and was awarded his Th.D. degree in 1964. He was the Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Barre, Vermont from 1959-63, and in 1963 …
The Rev. Sipo Elijah Mzimela of Decatur, Georgia (Class of 1975), a leader in the struggle to end apartheid and a cabinet minister of former South African President Nelson Mandela, died Feb. 2 from complications of pneumonia. He was 77.
Born a Zulu in Durban, South Africa, Mzimela grew up in the Anglican Church, graduated from the General Theological Seminary and was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1976 in the Diocese of New York. …
On the concluding evening of their pilgrimage, General Theological Seminary welcomed to the Close and hosted a dinner in Chelsea for participants in The Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s 2013 Young Adult Urban Pilgrimage to New York City.
The Pilgrimages are an alternative spring break program for college students and young adults. Led by the Rev. Stephanie Shockley, GTS ’09, the New York City pilgrimage, March 8-12, 2013, explored issues of urban economic inequality, especially through the lens …
Funding provided through generous Legacy Gift from the Estate of the Rev. Davis Given
The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (GTS) announces The Rev. Davis Given Housing Scholarship Fund to assist matriculated GTS students with the cost of on-campus housing. The Rev. Given graduated from General in 1949, and was one of the first priests to minister in what is now known as the Episcopal Church in Navajoland, an area of Native American …
