12 named to Transition Committee for diocese's 10th bishop

4/19/2011

By Nan Ross

The Diocese of Atlanta Standing Committee has appointed 12 people to serve on a Transition Committee that will organize key events in the process to seat the 10th diocesan bishop. Dates for those events have yet to be announced.

The Rev. Beth Knowlton, canon for liturgy and prayer at the Cathedral of St. Philip, has been appointed chair of the Transition Committee. Mitch Strickland, a member of St. Benedict's, Smyrna, will serve as vice chair.

Other Transition Committee members (listed alphabetically by last name) are:

Wendy Porter Cade, assistant rector, St. Edward's, Lawrenceville;

Ann Canipe, member, St. James', Marietta;

Frank Derrickson, member, Holy Trinity, Decatur;

Bruce Garner, member, All Saints', Atlanta;

Kim Jackson, chaplain, Absalom Jones Student Center, Atlanta;

Harold Lockett, rector, St. Timothy's, Decatur;

Rich Martindale, rector, Trinity, Columbus;

Janet Patterson, member, St. Gregory's, Athens;

Patricia Templeton, rector, St. Dunstan's, Atlanta; and

Amanda Vaughn, member, St. Francis', Macon.

Mac Thigpen, rector of St. Bartholomew's, Atlanta, was appointed to represent the Standing Committee on the Transition Committee.

Members of the Committee for Nominations were announced April 4.

Serving as chair of that committee will be Robin Schreiber, a member of St. Bartholomew's, Atlanta. The Rev. Allan Sandlin of Holy Trinity, Decatur, will serve as vice chair.

THIS WEEK

Senior Ministry Program and Luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27th at 11:30 am.  Beth Michaels will perform on the piano.  Lunch is $6.00.  Please call Faye or Charles Gardner at 770-491-0413.

The Stewardship Committee will be hosting a budgeting seminar on Saturday April 30th from 12:00 noon till 3:00 in Hensler Hall. Father Paul Elliott will be conducting the training. All parish members with all levels of budgeting experience are encouraged to attend . If you have any questions, please call Fran Moyer at 770-931-3677.

On This Day

And on this day Christ died.

It was for love and was his only pride:

it was the rock he struck and travelled to,

on this day he did what he meant to do.

It was the wrath and whisper of the dove:

the pure and origianl spring of love.

(Peter Levi, from "Good Friday Sermons 1973," in Collected Poems 1955-1975 (London: Anvil press Poetry, 1984), p. 206.  A Procession of Prayers: Mediations and Prayers from Around the World.  Ed. John Carden. Harrisburg, PA:  Morehouse Publishing, 1998.  p. 127.)

GET YOUR COOKBOOK RECIPES IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Contact Kathy Moyer at fannonk@yahoo.com. 

Contact Information

The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Elliott, Th.D., Rector,

St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church

6740 James B. Rivers Dr.   Stone Mountain, GA  30083

770-469-8551   fax 770-413-7022
Office hours:  Mon. -  Friday 9:00 am  to 4:00 pm
rector@stmichael.cc
http://www.stmichael.cc/