The Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, Bishop of Olympia, writes:
She gave much to this Church, and to me personally. I believe she was the inventor of the term “October Beg A Thon” when speaking of our stewardship drives each Fall, or at least she was the first one I ever heard utter it, and she had many others that will live on. She purely and succinctly lived one quote I will never forget, “you can’t sell soap if you don’t take baths.” Terry didn’t just talk about the Christian call to stewardship, she lived it and her legacy and example will live on. I have lost a dear friend and guide.
2011 Wardens & Vestry Conferences Terry Parsons from The Episcopal Diocese of Texas on Vimeo.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
