The Rev. Alison Cheek, the first female priest to publicly celebrate the Eucharist in the Episcopal Church, died September 1, aged 92. Born near Adelaide, Australia, she moved to the Washington, D.C. area with her husband in 1957. After serving as a lay minister at several churches in the D.C. region, she became one of the first women to graduate from Virginia Theological … [Read more...] about Rest in Peace: Rise in Glory
Archives for October 3, 2019
Bishop Roundup: Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia, West Texas
The Diocese of Oklahoma has announced a slate of three nominees to become the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma: the Rev. Scott Gunn, the Rev. Greg Methvin and the Rev. Poulson C. Reed. Gunn is currently the executive director of Forward Movement, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Methvin is currently the rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Frisco, Texas. … [Read more...] about Bishop Roundup: Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia, West Texas