1 | Province IV Bishops Call
St. Mary’s School, Memphis
Spoke
2 | Call with Chancellor and Church Warden
3 | Bishop’s Lenten Bible Study
Spoke
4 | Calvary Church, Memphis
Lenten Preaching Series
Preached
I’m so very grateful to Calvary Episcopal Church for the invitation to join this year’s Lenten Preaching Series – and so grateful to the many friends, former parishioners, and former colleagues from my legal world who took time out to share that hour with me. If you weren’t there and are interested in the thoughts I shared on that 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., you are invited to listen at this link (msepiscopalian.com/calvary).
8 | Staff Meeting
Meetings with Staff Members
Travel to Church of the Epiphany, Tunica
Met with Clergyperson
Evening Worship and Fellowship
10 | Met with Clergyperson
Travel to Jackson
Bishop’s Lenten Bible Study
Spoke
11 | Site visit, Jackson Public Schools
Meetings with Staff Members
13 | St. Mary’s Church, Lexington (Palm Sunday)
Preached
17 | VA Medical Center, Jackson – Last Roll Call in Memory of Deceased Veterans
Spoke
St. Mark’s Church, Raymond (Maundy Thursday)
Preached
18 | Good Friday – Chapel of the Cross, Madison
Preached
19 | Easter Vigil – St. Philip’s Church, Jackson
Preached, confirmed 14, reaffirmed 3
20 | Easter Sunday – St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Jackson
Preached – 8:30 a.m.
Preached – 10:30 a.m.20Visit to Christ Church, Church Hill
21 | Conversation with Chancellor
Conversation with Clergyperson
Conversation with Intake Officer
22 | Staff Meeting
Canterbury Ministry – University of Southern Mississippi
Preached, confirmed 4
Wonderful evening with the Canterbury Campus Ministry at University of Southern Mississippi – with confirmations! Grateful for students who have embarked on so many different areas of study! And, very thankful for the Rev. Jenny Newman, who ministers so faithfully to this student community, and all of the parish family of Church of the Ascension, Hattiesburg, who have welcomed this campus ministry with open arms. We were treated to an amazing Sri Lankan meal by our international students, and delicious American dishes from the parish family! Thank you all for a great evening!! Looking forward to worshipping with these young people again soon!
23 | Visit to St. Andrew’s Upper School, Ridgeland
Preached
25 | Deconsecration, St. Clement’s, Vaiden
St. Clement’s Church, Vaiden, was consecrated in 1881 and served the community well for many years. Worship at St. Clement’s ended years ago, and this historic space is now being conveyed to the Town of Vaiden, with plans for it to be restored as a community arts center. Grateful to everyone who joined us for this holy time of deconsecration and visioning with Mayor Stella Washington Bell, members of the Barksdale family, community friends, and our faithful Chancellor, Robert Ireland. Looking forward to seeing how this historic space is preserved, restored and repurposed to continue to serve this community.
27 | St. Peter’s Church, Oxford
Preached 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
Confirmed 19, and reaffirmed 1
Meeting with Vestry
EYC
Definitely not “low Sunday” at St. Peter’s Church, Oxford! Thanks to everyone in this parish family – for beautiful worship, amazing music, for a fabulous reception, for a great lunch with Vestry and a great afternoon with EYC!! See you all again soon!!
28 | Virtual Lunch-and-Learn for Memphis Theological Seminary
Spoke
28 | Return to Jackson from Oxford
29 | Staff Meeting
Meetings with Staff Members
30 | St. Peter’s by-the-Sea, Gulfport: Casting our Nets Ministry Visitation
Preached, confirmed 20, baptized 2, reaffirmed 5, and received 15
A great evening with the parish family of St. Peter’s by-the-Sea, Gulfport! Beautiful worship, with baptisms, SO MANY confirmations/receptions/reaffirmations (!), extraordinary music, a delicious crawfish boil and wonderful fellowship! So grateful for this evening – and for having the chance to see one of the church’s ministries in action with its Casting Our Nets afterschool enrichment
