IMAGINE. A God Who Moves. New Beginnings #1. Take One Prison Ministry. Living Local: Joining God. Creative Camps for Imaginative Youth

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1 DioET Connections june-july 2016 t vol 3, issue 3 IMAGINE Demonstrating how we are all interconnected, participants at New Beginnings #1 weekend are led through a meditation that includes weaving a web of yarn around the room, with each hoop representing one of the family groups from the weekend. Photo by Alex Haralson. Creative Camps for Imaginative Youth Living Local: Joining God Take One Prison Ministry A God Who Moves New Beginnings #1... page 3... page 4... page 7... page 8... page 9

2 FROM DioET Connections THE BISHOP JAN-FEB THE RT REV. GEORGE D. YOUNG, III Imagine MY DEAR SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN EAST TENNESSEE, At one point in my parish ministry, I had a parishioner who had considerably more theological training and experience than I, and I could count on him to give me feedback on my sermons. Sometimes that was good, and other times not so much. On one occasion, I preached about the Great Commission (Mt. 28:16-20), and lo and behold, he said it was one of the best on that passage he had heard. Whew! The main point of the sermon was that the Great Commission ultimately finds its foundation in the New Commandment (John 13:34-35). That is, we are to go out into the world because of love, because that s how Jesus loved and loves us. We ve been talking a great deal over the past years about going out into the world, and specifically going out into the neighborhood. Some are confused about the neighborhood, thinking it narrowly means those geographic areas near where they live, or where their churches are. Neighborhoods certainly are those, but I invite us to imagine in much broader terms. Imagine: Out where the people are Imagine: People who are not necessarily part of our families, our friends, our churches, our clubs, but are in fairly close proximity Imagine: People with whom we don t usually interact Imagine: People whose lives and routines and struggles we don t really know about This is a step in the right direction in grasping what it means to go out into the neighborhood. Not meeting needs which we feel good about doing; not solving problems which we see ourselves skilled at doing; not even offering anything except ourselves, our attention, and our openness. Then, and only then, are we in a position to respond to the needs of the neighborhood. We begin with love, as Jesus loves, we are sent out into the world, and only when we connect and build relationships with people are we, with integrity, able to partner with them. We can then share our own spiritual stories, work together for justice, and discern human needs together in a less than patronizing way. This strikes me as what Jesus sends us out to be and do. It s Jesus stuff, it s the Jesus way. What do you say? Let s go! Peace in the risen Christ, DioET Connections is a publication of: The Episcopal Church in East Tennessee 814 Episcopal School Way Knoxville TN DioET Connections is published six times a year by the Office of Communications of The Episcopal Church in East Tennessee. Publisher: The Rt. Rev. George D. Young, III Editor : Vikki M:yers To submit a story idea, please contact editor@dioet.org. We are building a direct-mail list during 2016, but for now, print copies are being delivered to your church, and you may pick-up a copy there. We are also sharing a copy online for those who prefer to read on their tablet or other mobile device at DioETConnections. editor@dioet.org if you would likeww to be included in our direct-mail list. News & Inspiration is our monthly enewsletter, which features events around the diocese or of interest to our folks, news, pictures, and stories of interest in addition to loads of inspiration to be found in the stories of our churches. If you have an item you d like to share in our enews, please send it to Vikki Myers, editor@dioet.org. Sign-up online to receive it each month at

3 OUTSIDE THE BOX: CREATIVE CAMPS FOR IMAGINATIVE YOUNG FOLKS By Alex Haralson The not too crazy Cast and Directors photo from 2015; note directors in blue shirts, are on back row (LR): Marsha Meador, Liz Petty, Kristie Wallis, and Bev Jones in blue feathered hat. Photo Robert Batey Photography by anna garber Young people with an active imagination will choose from three day camps to be held at St. Joseph the Carpenter Episcopal Church this summer. Thanks to a grant from the Diocese of East Tennessee s Opportunity Fund for social ministries, Beverly Gwinn Jones, who has directed summer drama camps for seven years, is expanding the offering into art and music camps as well as drama. She is a local artist and a lifelong actress on both stage and screen. She is originally from Knoxville. Last year Jones, of Two Coyotes Studio in Sevierville, found a new home for her summer camp at her church St. Joseph s on Hardin Lane. It was such a blessing to have an indoor space large enough to handle more youth, she said. In addition, she worked with other teachers and volunteers from the church. We had an awesome camp with 24 youth ages 9 to 16, she said. That experience created enthusiasm for two more camps a musical theater camp and an art camp. St. Joseph s rector, the Rev. Paige Buchholz, told Jones about the Opportunity Fund. Jones consulted with the Two Coyotes board, obtained the church vestry s permission, and made a successful application for the grant. We will create our own stories to show in drama camp and experience Broadway s greatest hit songs in Musical Theater Camp, Jones said. Plus our art camp will bring in art teachers to teach the joys of sculpture, journal making, artist trading cards, mask making, weaving on hula hoops, art journaling and scrap booking, and a splash of painting and drawing. about outside the box: creative camps for imaginative X youth Drama Camp - June a.m. to 3 p.m. THEME: I VE GOT TO TELL THIS STORY! For ages 9 through 16 Musical Theater Camp - July a.m. to 3 p.m. THEME: BROADWAY S GREATEST HITS For ages 9 through 16 Art Camp - August a.m. to 3 p.m. THEME: A 3D WORLD, WITH A SPLASH OF PAINTING For ages 9 through 14 There will also be a Young Artist session for 6- to-9 year-olds that runs in the mornings only. Cost of each camp is $135. Partial scholarships available. Paid internships are available for 16 to 18-year-olds. For more information, contact Jones of Two Coyotes Studio, X DioET Connections JUNE-JULY

4 DioET Connections JAN-FEB 2016 Living Local: Joining God

5 GOD S PEOPLE CALLED TO PRACTICE THEIR WAY INTO A NEW KIND OF BELIEVING Abraham struggled with his cultural identity so God called him out of Ur into the unknown to build a new covenant and identity The Hebrew people struggled and labored under a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, so God inspired Shiphrah and Puah to take a big risk leading to liberation. The Kingdom of Judah s very existence and uniqueness was being crushed by the Babylonian super power, so God traveled with the chosen into exile and into a new hard earned identity. Israel contemplated insurrection as they were crushed under Roman oppression, so God came among us as Jesus calling his followers into redeeming relationships that subverted old ways of thinking God did these things to build a relationship that pushes the beloved into a new spiritual reality. In every instance God s people were called to practice their way into a new kind of believing. Do we believe that God is doing that with us, in this fractured and continuous time; as churches seem more interested in competing for members than in building Godly relationships? How do you listen to the new thing God is calling us into? Do we the church believe that God is still doing this work of building new identities and new relationships? On Saturday, May 7 over a hundred gathered from faith communities across the Diocese to imagine what it might look like to take on some simple practices designed to transform how we understand the relationship between our faith communities and our local communities. These groups were then invited to consider entering into a time of experimenting with these practices to see if they are right for their communities of faith. The Living Local: Joining God initiative sets out five practices of listening, discerning, experimenting, reflecting, and reengaging that allow a group of lay people to become inspired by what God is up to in their surroundings. These practices are based in the belief that God is doing something and wants us to participate in that. Parishes are invited to partner with teams from across the Diocese for mutual learning. The diocesan staff will provide resources including coaches that will help lead teams through proven practices of having holy conversations, engaging neighbors, and building community relationships. If you are interested in learning more about this, Robert Hartmans is excited about visiting your parish home and discussing what this might mean for you. Schedule a time with him online at or contact him at rhartmas@dioet.org. Dwelling in the Word The text that informs the practice described above is Luke 10:1-12. Below find a simple technique that you are encouraged to take advantage of. The practice is of Dwelling in God s Word so that we might continue to know what God is doing with us. Dwelling in the Word: Luke 10:1-12 In a group read the whole text out loud twice, preferably read once by a woman and once by a man. Take a short pause in between the readings. After the second reading, have the group pair off in twos. Inform the pairs that each member will be invited to share with the larger group what their partner said. Have the pairs discuss these questions together: 1. As the text was read, where did you stop? 2. What insight or sense of God did you gain? 3. What question do you want to ask about the text? After several minutes, bring the group back together. Invite individuals to share what their partner had to say without commentary. DioET Connections JUNE-JULY

6 DioET Connections JAN-FEB 2016 Photo courtesy St. James Episcopal Church Pictured above, left to right, are Liz Wiggers, Michaelangelo Martin, William Morris and the Rev. RJ Powell at St. James Episcopal Church in Knoxville. What Take One Means to Me William Morris Take One really means more to me that I m ever going to be able to explain, but I am going to try. I ve never really had a family or anyone that I could ever call a real friend. I have never been able to trust myself or anyone else, but that all started to change April of last year. I thought it was just another lie the state was telling us, but I signed up, longing for what the flyer said it had to offer. The St. James folks came to see me in prison and the time they spend with me was life-changing. Jesus is my hope, but I believe He put them in my life to show me His love that He shows through them. The warm welcome I got every time I saw them, the encouragement it is just so amazing. I consider them my family. They all accept me for who I am and not for what I have done. The time they all give me is so precious. Something I have never had before. I don t want any money or anything material. The time is the most valuable thing to me and they are willing and do give me plenty of it. They invite me into their church, their homes and into their lives and I really feel at home at St. James. The church holds a special place in my heart. They have been the most loyal people I have ever met and have helped me build confidence in myself. The Father s Will is truly being done through St. James and I thank God every day for such a blessing. 6

7 DioET Connections JAN-FEB 2016 TAKE ONE PRISON MINISTRY - A TRUE GIFT! imagine by liz wiggers I am a person who loves clarity! I pray for it, look for it and hope for it. Life is so complicated and nuanced, I yearn for God to speak to me in a loud booming voice, or in a burning bush or any of those ways that defies misunderstanding or personal rationalizations. I must share that I have been touched by such clarity in the past year. My parish, St. James in Knoxville has a wonderful history of prison work. Pioneers like Jim Muir, with the support of the whole of St. James, were known for work for many decades with men and women in prison and recently released. When (now) Deacon Lee Ragsdale mentioned a new program that was forming in East Tennessee supported by the Tennessee Department of Corrections, I knew at my core that I wanted to be a part of it. The central focus of the program is that each parish, congregation, collective or other group commit to take one person who is due to be released soon from a Tennessee prison. The crux of this program is that a ministry team of two or three folks will visit an incarcerated person and form a relatiownship of support, encouragement, and accountability while the person is in prison and continue the relationship when they are released. From the first time our team visited William, our returning citizen, I knew with blessed clarity that this is what Jesus meant when he said, I was in prison and you came to visit me... I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. (Matthew 25:36,40) I was amazed at the willingness of William to share his life with complete and total strangers. I was amazed at his capacity to know and love God in a way that I had never experienced. I was grateful for Prison Chaplain Jeff who greeted me at every visit with a hug and a smile. (We agreed not to discuss infant baptism.) I was especially moved by the other inmates and their gratitude that we were visiting William. William prayed for people on our St. James prayer list and we prayed for and with William. We visited William every 3 weeks while he was in prison; we talked about books, bible study, dreams, and navigating the intensity of prison life. We went to volunteer gatherings, a few court hearings on old matters, and even attended his parole hearing which is one of the most anxiety producing things I have ever done. When the time came for William to be released, he had all his plans ordered for his transitional housing and for his employment. We had been checking in with him all along, though truth be told, William did not need much direction on that front as he is/was super motivated to begin again. We were so excited to have him start his new life with the love and support of St. James! We even got to go pick him up on his release day; it was truly a movieworthy moment! William has been out of prison since St. James Episcopal Church in Knoxville has a praying angel above the door welcoming all who enter. Photo by Vikki Myers October 28, 2015; he has a good job and is making new friends. I know that my life is richer for knowing him and thank God every day for the opportunity to see God in someone who I no longer think of as the other. If you would like more information about the Take One Program, please do not hesitate to contact Liz Wiggers at elizabethwiggers@gmail. com or call her at home DioET Connections JUNE-JULY

8 A GOD WHO Moves by the rev. canon patricia (pat) grace The theology that is foundation to the missional approach is just that a way to talk about how God acts or work with a mission in mind. That s one of the first things to notice about this way of being God s church. We stop talking about our parish s mission statement, our strategic plans, our goals and objectives. We turn our faces, hearts and minds to God, in order to discern God s mission and our part in it. This is a shift in focus from what we commonly do. That shift moves from my church has a mission to God s mission has a church. From the earliest days of the Christian tradition, theologians talked about the mission of God, or missio Dei, in Latin. Rather than describing a statement of objectives, those early church mothers and fathers were talking about the nature of God. They were talking about the tendency of God to move. Missio Dei referred to the tendency of God to constantly and consistently move toward relationship. Within the Trinity, those early church leaders understood that the Father moved in love toward the Son and Spirit; the Son, moved to the Spirit and the Father; and the Spirit, to the Father and the Son. This triune God also moves toward relationship with all of creation. This God makes human kind in God s image in order to be in relationship, for love s sake, and no other reason. This God offers to walk with Abraham and all of his offspring, as numerous as the stars. I will be your God and you will be my people, God announces one 8 day. All about relationship. This God will go so far as to take on human flesh and human life, in all its joys and sorrows, to demonstrate just how far this God will go to live in love with us. Every seminarian and master s level theology student has been taught the Greek word for all this movement perichoresis. Literally, this translates as dancing around. But the people who originally coined the term, those early theologians, would have recognized it as a colloquial expression used by everyday people. The word they found to describe this relationship-seeking God meant to them the action of walking around the neighborhood. a god who goes walkabout... a god who just likes to hang out... walking around the neneighborhood with So, from the start, the God who created us, who died and rose for us, who comforts and challenges us still, is a God who goes walkabout. Like the fictional Crocodile Dundee, God moves around everyday spaces to see and hear and experience who and what is out there beyond the confines of individual daily life. We follow a God whose very nature is to move toward relationship in the living, working and playing spaces where God s people find themselves. We worship a God who just likes to hang out. So at the heart of the missional way is motion; that is, an outward focused movement toward others where they are most completely themselves at home, at work, at play. We ve spent a lot of time and energy, money, too, preparing beautiful buildings, attractive programs and inspiring liturgies. All, very worthy and right to do. All good and great things! But we ve relied on cultural norms, peer pressure, and the resilience of seekers to find us and cross our often somewhat daunting thresholds. We ve relied on the cultural value of church to enable folks to work their way through our policies, procedures and customaries; our beloved social structures. The missional way suggests that its time for a change a change in direction. From a church that expects folks to move toward us, to a people who move like the God they believe in toward real relationship. This way is harder. This way is new for us. This way is scary. This way is something that cannot be done in an hour on Sunday mornings. But this way is closer to God s way than some others we have tried. And this way can start with just the slightest movement forward a few steps outside the church walls to see and hear and experience who and what is out there. We serve a God who moves. And therefore, so should we. Photo by 2@graficallyminded, POND5

9 Participants, led by team members from the Diocese of East Carolina, participate in Dorky Dancing, a fun and silly icebreaker. Anna Ervin, St. Michaels, Cookeville, Reagan Mast and Peter Brabson, Ascension, Knoxville, perform a skit following one of the talks. Graham and Jennifer Monroe, Ascension, Knoxville, enjoy some sunshine during free time on Saturday, while Graham strums his ukulele. Jack Wiggers, St. James, Knoxville, talks to participants about the many ways to be involved in the home parish. It s not just acolyting and youth group! The team and participants of East Tennessee New Beginnings #1. Special thanks to the Diocese of East Carolina for sending a few folks to help us get this program launched! Hearts, symbols of Christ s love that we are charged with carrying to the world, sit on the altar before the closing Eucharist. 5 Photos by Alex Haralson DioET Connections JUNE-JULY

10 DioET Connections JAN-FEB 2016 Bishop Search Committee Formed! The Standing Committee announces the appointment of members of the Search Committee and the chair of the Transition Committee for the 5th bishop of the Diocese of East Tennessee. The members of the Standing Committee thank everyone who stepped forward with a willingness to serve and ask your continued prayers as we all discern a call to our next bishop. Below are the members of our newly-formed Bishop Search Committee as well as the chair of the Transition Committee: Mr. John Bellamy, St. Paul, Kingsport The Rev. Robert Childers, Good Shepherd, Lookout Mountain Ms. Jennifer Dunn, Good Samaritan, Knoxville The Rev. Kim Hobby, Christ Church, South Pittsburg The Rev. Kathy Johnston, St. Timothy, Kingsport The Rev. Claire Keene, retired, Chaplain The Rev. Ron Morton, St. Thomas, Knoxville The Rev. RJ Powell, St. James, Knoxville Mr. Walter Puckett, Thankful Memorial, Chattanooga Ms. Tammy Randolph, St. Luke, Cleveland Ms. Kim Smith, Southside Abbey, Chattanooga Ms. Marjorie Thigpen-Carter, Good Shepherd, Knoxville Mr. John Thomas, St. Thomas, Elizabethton Mr. Joseph Vrba, Ascension, Knoxville, Search Committee Chair The Rev. Brad Whitaker, St. Paul, Chattanooga The Rev. Maggie Zeller, St. Christopher, Kingsport Ms. Linda Graydon, Nativity, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, Transition Committee Chair We ve had folks express interest in having information about clergy changes and transitions in DioET Connections. So, we re going back to just before the beginning of the year through mid-june to give you a complete recap of clergy who have come into the diocese, changed churches, started working after being ordained a deacon or priest, or decided it s time to retire and also letting you know about those who have died. The list below is in order by date, and, folks who are Licensed or Officiate or Licensed to Serve here have the diocese to which they are connected listed next to their name. We ll let you know about changes going forward in future editions of DioET Connections. The Rev. Timothy Holder began serving as extended supply priest at St. Thomas, Elizabethton, beginning Nov. 29. The Rev. April Berends began her service as vicar at Christ Church, Chattanooga, on Jan. 1. The Rev. Brad Whitaker began serving as priest-in-charge at St. Paul, Chattanooga, on Jan. 1. The Rev. Thomas (Tom) Schneider began his service as 10 The Standing Committee and Transition Committee Chair Linda Graydon will be consulting about selecting other members of the Transition Committee in due time. The Search Committee will hold its initial meeting on June 24 with our search consultant, the Rev. Dr. Diane Vie. A first task for the committee will be the development of a profile of this diocese. You ll be hearing from them soon as they ll be seeking your input to the profile! Later, the committee will share how the name of a potential nominee may be submitted. Be sure to look for regular communications and updates from the Search Committee as it goes about its work. A Prayer for the Search Committee and our Diocese Holy Spirit, who broods over the world, fill the hearts and minds of your servants on the Bishop Search Committee for the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee with wisdom, clarity and courage. Work in them as they examine and recommend candidates to serve as the 5th bishop of East Tennessee. Help them propose candidates who will effectively proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ, to challenge our diocese to seek and serve Christ in all persons loving our neighbors as ourselves and to be a blazing light for the kind of justice and peace that leads to all people respecting the dignity of every human being. Be with our diocese that we all may be open to the challenges that this process will bring to us and help the whole church to discern your will for our future. In the name of Jesus Christ our Mediator, on whose life this Church was founded. Amen. (adapted from TREC The Episcopal Church s Taskforce on Reimagining the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Southeast Florida) Clergy Changes and Transitions in Our Diocese rector of St. Raphael, Crossville, on Jan. 14. The parish joined in and celebrated his ordination to the priesthood at St. Raphael on Jan. 27. The Rev. Jerry Askew began serving as deacon at St. Luke, Knoxville, in Feb. The Rev. Lee Ragsdale started serving as deacon at Resurrection, Loudon, in Feb. The Rev. Richard Schackleford served as extended supply priest at St. Timothy, Kingsport, leaving in Feb. The Rev. Sarai Wender began serving as deacon at Ascension, Knoxville, in Feb. The Rev. Christopher Hogin began serving as assistant rector at Ascension, Knoxville, on Feb. 7. The Rev. Kenneth Ritter began his service as interim rector at Grace Church, Chattanooga, on Feb. 14. The Rev. Dr. Harry Shaefer began serving at St. Timothy, Kingsport, in March. The Rev. Lori Fehr began her service as interim rector at Nativity, Ft. Oglethorpe, beginning March 1.

11 DioET Connections JAN-FEB 2016 Clergy Transitions (cont. from page 10) The Rev. Chris Starr began serving as interim rector at St. James, Greeneville, on March 7. The Rev. Rob Nichols served as interim rector, St. Peter, Chattanooga, leaving in April 24. The Rev. Taylor Dinsmore began her service as associate rector at St. Timothy, Signal Mountain, in May. The Rev. Zack Nyein will begin as assistant deacon at Grace Church, Chattanooga, in late June. The Rev. Ken Asel serving as interim rector at Good Shepherd, Knoxville, will be leaving in July. Caroline Vogel will return to Good Samaritan, Knoxville, to serve as full-time associate rector on July 1. The Rev. Sarah Cardwell will begin as assistant rector at Middleham and St. Peter s Parish, Lusby, Maryland, in July. The Rev. Dr. Bob Leopold will be leaving Southside Abbey for missional community work around the country in Sept.. The Rev. Boyd Evans and his wife Kathy, recipients of an Episcopal Evangelism Grant, are spending June and July in Palestine working with Episcopal clergy and people there. Boyd is in conversation with several parishes about service there. Retirements Begun, and Upcoming The Rev. Susan Butler began retirement Jan. 27. The Rev. Carolyn Isley began retirement Feb. 28. The Rev. Craig Kallio began retirement May 15. The Rev. Claire Keene began retirement June 1. The Rev. Joe Minarik will begin retirement effective July 31. The Rev. David Garrett will begin retirement effective Oct. 31. Licensed to Officiate (LTO) & Licensed to Serve (LTS) in DioET The Rev. Michael Spear-Jones, LTO, Southern Virginia The Rev. Horace Griffin, LTO, California The Rev. Chase Ackerman, LTS, Southwest Florida The Rev. Michael Robinson, LTO, Massachusetts The Rev. John (Ricki) Proffitt, LTO, Arkansas The Rev. Brad Whitaker, LTO, Michigan The Rev. John Bonner, LTO, East Carolina The Rev. Lori Fehr, LTO, Georgia The Rev. David Cobb, LTO, Chicago The Rev. Timothy Holder, LTO, New Jersey The Rev. Dr. Steve Damos, LTO, ELCA Rest in Peace The Rev. Claude Stewart The Very Rev. James Sanders The Rev. Allen Cooke The Rev. Anne LeCroy The Rev. Jack VanHooser A Prayer for All Christians in Their Vocation Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. GET TO THE POINT Grace Point Homecoming AUGUST 27, 2016 grace point camp and retreat center 300 Chamberlain Cove Road Kingston, TN DioET Connections JUNE-JULY

12 BISHOP S VISITATION AND PRAYER CALENDAR SUN., JUNE 19 ALL SAINTS, MORRISTOWN All Saints, Morristown All Saints Episcopal School, Morristown St. Elizabeth, Wakpala, SD St. Paul, Little Eagle, SD St. James, Mobridge, SD St. John, Bullhead, SD SUN., JUNE 26 ST. ANDREW, MARYVILLE St. Andrew, Maryville Blessed Redeemer, Howe Creek, SD Our Most Merciful Savior, Santee, SD St. Paul s, Vermillion, SD SUN., JULY 3 NO VISITATION For the Country (BCP, p. 820) Trinity, Gatlinburg St. Peter, Ft. Pierre, SD SUN., JULY 10 NO VISITATION For the Human Family (BCP, p. 815) For the Good Use of Leisure (BCP, p. 825) Diocese of Haiti Diocese of South Dakota Stewardship of Creation (BCP, p. 259) SUN,. JULY 17 NO VISITATION St. Columba, Bristol St. Thomas, Elizabethton Holy Innocents, Parmalee, SD Grace Church, Madison, SD Food for the Multitude, Elizabethton (Diocesan Jubilee Center) SUN,. JULY 24 NO VISITATION St. Clare, LaFollette St. Katharine, Martin, SD Gethsemane, Wamblee, SD Christ Church, Red Shirt Table, SD SUN., JULY 31 NO VISITATION Christ Church, Rugby Holy Comforter, Lower Brule, SD St. John the Baptist, Crow Creek, SD SUN., AUGUST 7 NO VISITATION Christ Church, South Pittsburg Calvary Church, Okreek, SD Trinity, Winner, SD SUN., AUGUST 14 NO VISITATION Diocese of Tennessee Diocese of West Tennessee Laymen of the three dioceses in Tennessee SUN., AUGUST 21 NO VISITATION St. Andrew, Harriman Mediator, Kyle, SD SUN., AUGUST 28 NO VISITATION St. Barnabas, Jefferson City For Social Justice (BCP, p. 260) For Young Persons (BCP, p. 829) If you send us a picture from the bishop s visit at your church, we ll share it on our Facebook page - or - maybe it will appear here. You take awesome photos and we look forward to sharing them! Send your photo to editor@dioet.org. This is Bishop George at Ascension, Knoxville, on Hat Sunday (that s the bishop in the mitre with the big orange T ). The amazing panora was taken by Andrew Morehead.