Bishop’s Journal

February 2026

4  |  Staff Meeting

4  |  Meetings with Staff Members

4   |  Interview with Episcopal News Service

4  |  Site Visit at Church of the Creator, Clinton

4   |  Board Meeting

4   |  Guest Speaker, Brotherhood of St. Andrew Webinar (National)

Spoke

5  |  HIV Commission meeting

5  |  Meeting with Mississippi Two Museums

5   |  Standing Committee Meeting

5  |  Interfaith Dialogue – speaker

Spoke

6  |  Virtual Meeting with Postulant

8  |  Visitation: Christ Church, Vicksburg

Preached, confirmed 4, and Received 1

Wonderful visitation today with the parish family of Christ Church, Vicksburg. Welcome to the newly confirmed and received – from Christ Church, Vicksburg and Christ Church, Church Hill!

9   |  Site Visit: Tougaloo College

10  |  Staff Meeting

10  |  Meetings with Staff Members

11  |  Meeting with Clergyperson and Community Ministry Partner, Clinton, MS

11  |  Meeting, Becoming Beloved Community Steering Committee

12  |  Meetings with Staff Members

12  |  Meeting with Clergyperson

13  |  Meeting with National Park Service Park Superintendent

14  |  Church of the Nativity, Greenwood – community ministry fundraiser

Lunch with Clergyperson

15  |  Visitation, Church of the Nativity, Greenwood

Preached 8:00 a.m. service

Preached 10:30 a.m. service, confirmed 10, and received 1

This weekend has been full, at Church of the Nativity, Greenwood. Yesterday, I had a chance to stop in at the Sip and Shop fundraiser for the church’s St. Nicholas ministry supporting children in foster care. And today, two worship services filled our hearts. We welcomed the newly confirmed and received, with breakfast between the first and second services and a delicious lunch following the second service. So grateful to the Nativity parish family for a great visitation! Now…on to Starkville, for visitation #2 today!

15  |  Travel to Starkville

Visitation, Church of the Resurrection

Preached and confirmed 4

This evening’s visitation was at Church of the Resurrection, Starkville. It was wonderful to be greeted by a full church of worshippers from the parish family and the Canterbury College Ministry! Welcome to the newly confirmed!!

Dinner with the Canterbury College Ministry at Mississippi State followed our evening worship! What a great group of young persons!! Truly a terrific evening of ministry!!

16  |  Bishop’s sabbath

17  |  Staff Meeting

17  |  Meetings with Staff Members

18  |  Meeting with Mission Committee, St. Mark’s Church, Raymond re: accessibility

18  |  Ash Wednesday – St. Mark’s Church, Raymond

Preached

18  |  Ash Wednesday – Church of the Holy Trinity, Crystal Springs

Preached

19  |  Call with Bishop Colleague

19  |  Meeting with Clergyperson

20  |  Mission Mississippi Gathering

21  |  Commemoration for Absalom Jones, with United Methodist Conference, Millsaps College

Presented

21  |  Meeting with Happening #100 staff

22  |  Visitation, St. Stephen’s Church, Indianola

Preached

So grateful to the parish family of St. Stephen’s Church, Indianola, for a wonderful visitation today on this first Sunday in Lent! We were graced with beautiful violin music by Libby Perry! And we enjoyed a delicious barbecue lunch after worship! A great day in the Delta!

23  |  Bishop’s sabbath

24  |  Staff Meeting

24  |  Meetings with Staff Members

24  |  Interfaith Dinner – Millsaps

25  |  Executive Committee Meeting

25  |  Meeting with Aspirant

26  |  Meeting with Clergyperson

27  |  Bishop Coach Call

27  |  Tougaloo College Archives – site visit

28  |  T.W. Lewis Lecture Series – Galloway UMC

Presented

28  |  Travel to Coast

28  |  Meeting with Vestry, Church of the Redeemer, Biloxi