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Clergy, Staff & Ministries
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Fayette, Alabama
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Episcopal Leadership
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas Williams, CIV
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, XXVI Presiding Bishop & Primate
The Right Reverend Henry Nutt Parsley, Junior, X Bishop of Alabama
The Right Reverend John McKee Sloan, Suffragan Bishop of Alabama
Our Bishop
The Right Reverend Henry N. Parsley, Jr., D.D.
Henry Parsley was born in Memphis on October 29, 1948, son of the Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley and his wife Barbara. He attended the Porter-Gaud School, an Episcopal college preparatory school in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his undergraduate education in English literature at The University of the South (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1970), and his Master of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary (1973). He has studied at Oxford University in the areas of spirituality and soteriology, and received an honorary D.D. from the University of the South (1998) as well as a D.D. from General Theological Seminary (1998). He served in a number of parish churches in South Carolina and North Carolina and was for five years headmaster of a parochial school. His last parochial assignment was as rector of Christ Church, Charlotte (1986-1996). Bishop Parsley served as Bishop Coadjutor of this diocese for two years (1996-1998), before becoming diocesan in 1999. He is the tenth Bishop of Alabama, and oversees 92 parishes, eight campus ministries, and several institutions that serve some 35,000 Episcopalians in the diocese, which encompasses the northern two-thirds of the state. In January 2006, he was nominated for Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, coming in second in balloting to Nevada's Bishop Katharine Jefferts Shori during the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held that summer in Columbus, Ohio.
Bishop Parsley serves his undergraduate alma mater as Chancellor of the University of the South, the titular head of the institution, serving on the Board of Trustees and on the Board of Regents. He has been a preacher on the Protestant Hour (now Day 1) and active in many outreach ministries of the Episcopal Church including serving on the Board of the Presiding Bishops Fund for World Relief (now Episcopal Relief & Development). He served as a deputy to General Convention in 1982, 1985 and 1994. He is married to the former Rebecca Knox Allison (Becky). He and Becky are the proud parents of Henry III, a realtor who lives with his wife in Boone, North Carolina.
Known as a moderate in the wider Church, Bishop Parsley is highly respected among his peers in the House of Bishops, where he serves as Chair of the Theology Committee, and as a member of the Planning Committee. He has chaired the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development since 1998 and the Church Pension Fund's Abundance Committee since 2001. Passionate in his proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Bishop Parsley is committed to the Church as the Body of Christ, bringing reconciliation, hope and healing to the world. We are blessed indeed with his episcopal leadership.
Bishop Parsley has announced his retirement, effective at the end of 2011. A new diocesan bishop will be elected in July of that year, and will be consecrated on January 7, 2012.
Our Bishop Suffragan
The Right Reverend John McKee "Kee" Sloan
John McKee Sloan was born in Vicksburg on November 13, 1955, son of Richard Crofton and Mary Elizabeth Sloan. He attended Mississippi State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976. He received his Master of Divinity from The School of Theology at the University of the South in 1981. Bishop Sloan was elected to serve as bishop suffragan by the Diocese of Alabama at a special convention on September 30, 2007. Before his election, Bishop Sloan served for 14 years as rector of St. Thomas' Parish, Huntsville, Alabama. Sloan had previously served as chaplain to the University of Mississippi; rector of All Saints' Parish, Grenada; vicar of Incarnation Parish, West Point; and curate of Holy Cross, Olive Branch; all in Mississippi. Bishop Sloan assists Bishop Parsley in various duties including pastoral care of clergy, small church concregational development, college campus ministries and multicultural ministry programs; and implementation of Alabama's ACTS II Capital Campaign objectives. He visits parishes for baptisms and confirmations, and participates in councils of the church on the national and international levels. Bishop Sloan, known for his outreach to persons with disabilities and to the poor, is married to the former Tina Marie Brown. He and Tina are the parents of two children, McKee and Mary Nell.
Our Rector
Position Vacant
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St. Michael's ninth rector retired from active parish minisry July 1, 2010. Sunday services will be conducted by supply clergy for the time being.
Churchwardens, Vestry & Officers
Mary Elizabeth Tucker, Senior Warden, 2009-2011
Floyd Fulton Newman, Jr., Junior Warden, 2008-2010
Robert Avant, 2009-2011
Thomas R. Frazer, 2010-2012
Rhys Marie Greene, 2010-2012
Cecelia Maxwell Hale, 2008-2010
Ralph Stewart Winton, Parish Treasurer
Robert Avant, Clerk of the Vestry
Staff
Rhonda C. Landry, Organist & Director of Music
Edith LeAnn Stafford, Parish Administrator
Judith Laubscher, Nursery Attendant
James Blackburn, Sexton
Ministries
Brenda Kay Essary, Altar Guild Chair
Frances Merriam Lowe, Director of Christian Education
Taylor Kors Webb, Acolyte EmeritusJ.C. Killingsworth, Head Acolyte
Daryenne McClure, Assistant Head Acolyte
Toni Smith Robertson, Acolyte Master & CPC Coordinator
Judy Laubscher & Donna Webb, Co-Presidents, Episcopal Church Women
Valerie Mundi Moore, Treasurer, Episcopal Church Women
Sharon Trank, Baby Closet Ministry
Angela Berry, Cuisinière
Renée Cooley Blackwell, UTO Chair
Skip & Jane Newman, Youth Advisors
J. Durel Landry, III, & Mary Elizabeth Tucker, Stewardship Co-Chairs