M&M Conference This Week!

DIOCESE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

VOL. 51 NO. 2 JUNE 2010 M&M Conference this week!

econciliation: A Path for the Decades Ahead is the theme of Mars Hill, N.C., who has the Episcopal Diocese of WNC's annual Ministry and Mis- taught classes in Judaism, Rsion Conference to be held Saturday June 5, at the First early Christian history, Bib- Baptist Church in Asheville. lical Hebrew and compara- The keynote speaker, the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, bishop tive religion. He regularly teaches Elderhostel courses of the Diocese of Maryland, is a frequent leader of retreats and in and out of state. He is a conferences on spirituality and prayer. Formerly the Canon Pastor survivor of the Holocaust in of Washington National Cathedral and director of the Center for Czechoslovakia. Prayer and Pilgrimage, Bp. Sutton has served as a college chap- Linn Maxwell, interna- lain, parish priest and professor in homiletics and liturgy at Van- tionally known mezzo- derbilt University Divinity School. soprano, will present the The conference starts with registration at 9 a.m. and ends at 3:45 songs of Hildegard of Bin- p.m. Coffee and pastries will be available be available during regis- gen. Ms. Maxwell has tration. The first plenary session will be at 10 a.m. Following that will be both morning and afternoon workshops on a variety of for- appeared with over 50 major mation subjects. orchestras and oratorio soci- Free parking is available in the church lot and registration will eties, including symphonies be on the side of the church opposite the large dome. of Chicago, Seattle, Denver, A book store will be available during the conference, Toronto, Ottawa, Cleveland (Helmuth Rilling conducting), Kansas Special guests include Dr. Walter Ziffer, adjunct professor in City (Leonard Bernstein conducting), San Antonio, Fort Worth, Bishop Sutton the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Mars Hill College in Mexico City, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Sofia and Beijing. Board chair ‘optimistic’ Lake Logan debt plan ‘achievable’ — Murray

“Yes, I am optimistic” about the future department that deals exclusively with of Lake Logan Episcopal Center, said Dick commercial property, and that should bene- Murray, chairman of the board. fit the potential land sale. “We have a better and more achievable 2 - Lake Logan is continuing to have opportunity to get this debt under control” talks with potential compatible partners than at any time in his previous five years who might be interested in buying into on the board, Murray added. Lake Logan as a permanent home. Talks Murray pointed to a hard-working have begun with one potential partner and board, an enthusiastic and committed bish- other candidate partners are also being pur - op and a multi-pronged plan to attack the sued, Murray said. camp and conference center's lingering $3.2 3 - The Lake Logan Board plans to meet million debt as positive initiatives. with the Episcopal Foundation of Western In previous years, Murray said, Lake North Carolina in early summer to ask for Florida Keys vacation is top ‘Retreats’ prize: Story on Page 3 Logan was unable to work on a break-even “a considerable grant” to apply toward basis. This year, he noted, the budget is in Lake Logan's long-term debt. balance through the end of April and “that's Fiscal Ministries Chair, the Rev. Cyndi Non-profit org. HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN US postage PAID a major step” in “proper stewardship.” Banks, noted that all of these avenues are Morganton, NC P.O. Box 2878 Permit 73 The board, Murray said, is working in being pursued in light of the whole dioce- Morganton, N.C. 28680-2878 close coordination with the diocese on three san picture financially. Banks continued, fronts simultaneously: “Our understanding of our funds and how 1 - Continued offering for sale of several their use impacts other aspects of our finan- parcels of land that do not impact the oper- cial health is as clear as it has ever been. I ation of Lake Logan Episcopal Center. am grateful to everyone on Fiscal Min- Targeted land has been on the market for istries for the work they have done to gain two years (not the most optimum time to this clarity and provide the information we buy/sell real estate). The Lake Logan all need as we move forward.” Board has now become more aggressive, Murray credited Bishop G. Porter Tay- Murray said, in that land prices have been lor for his support and involvement in adjusted downward to better reflect market resolving the Lake Logan financial prob- reality, and a new broker has been hired. lems, noting that the bishop has canceled The new firm, Beverly-Hanks & Associ- ates, Realtors, of Asheville, also has a Continued on Page Three PAGE 2 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 A Word from the Bishop Walk in the Way; Widen the Walls; Wake up the World

mid the turbulence of this economy, there is a gift although the corollary Apain and suffering make that gift hard to see or even appreciate. The gift is the need for vision. When we have abundant resources, then we don't have to prioritize quite as careful- ly as we do with limits. Instead of fifty tasks, we can only do one. Then we have to ask, “What's the one thing worth doing above all others?” The diocese has had to cut its budget in 2009 and 2010, it is clear that we will have to make some major cuts in 2011. As a result, I have been thinking a good deal about vision. Where do we need to focus our resources and our time? Our Strategic Plan has given us our priorities as a diocese but even with that work, we need to be + G. PORTER TAYLOR more clear about our overall Bishop, Diocese of Western N.C. purpose amid these times. Bishop ordains four Since I have been bishop, I have repeated that our calling is tri-fold: the journey inward, the journey together, and the journey outward. One early morning Diocese of Western North Carolina Bishop G. Porter Taylor ordained after my prayers, I was drinking coffee and staring into the dawning light, and four newly graduated seminarians to the transitional diaconate Sunday, some words came to me that begin to encompass that calling: Walk in The Way; May 23 at the Cathedral of All Souls. All four are on track to be Widen the Walls; Wake up the World. I offer them not as a completed statement but as a catalyst for our common thoughts around where we are and where we ordained to the priesthood within a year. The four are Alice Rutland, need to go. from Grace, Asheville, who was graduated from the School of Theology Walk in The Way. The Way is, of course, the name for the early Jesus move- at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. She received the ment. The early Christians knew that salvation is an ongoing movement. We George Thomas Shettle Prize for excellence in Liturgical Reading and grow into Christ as we learn the faith, as we practice the fundamental Christian the St. George’s College Jerusalem Award, which allows her to take a disciplines, and as we increase our sense of connectedness to God through prayer. two-week course, “the Palestine of Jesus” there. Following Sunday’s We are always on this journey home. Therefore, Christianity is not a set package of ideas for us to ponder, but is a pilgrimage for us to walk together. I think our service, she left for Napa, Calif., where she will begin work July 1 at St. Church has been plagued by being a talking Church instead of a walking one. To Mary’s, Napa in the Diocese of California. Also newly graduated from walk in The Way is to catch a vision of The New Jerusalem and walk towards it Sewanee May 14 was Sara Ardrey-Graves, from Holy Cross, Tryon, who together right now and to stop fixating on how the campsites needs to look along was also ordained Sunday. Anne McClearen, a parishioner of the the journey. Finally, it's THE Way and not OUR way. Christianity is a journey of Cathedral of All Souls and who recently graduated from General Theo- a lifetime of surrender. We let go of our will again and again and again. Widen the Walls. I remember at UNC-Chapel Hill there was a “University logical Seminary in New York, N.Y. May 19, will become the new rector Without Walls,” but you can't have a wall less Church. If you affirm everything, at St. George’s, Asheville. And, Thomas Murphy, also from the Cathe- you don't affirm anything. We need a container; we need a foundation upon dral of All Souls, who attended Harvard University and finished his which to build. However, we are called to hold onto the essentials and then make Anglican Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., is the tent bigger than any Ringling Brothers owns. Our vision of the Church is already working at the cathdral and as a chaplain at the University of always Pentecost. On that day, everyone present was showered with the Holy North Carolina at Asheville. The Very Rev. Todd Donatelli, dean of the Spirit. People spoke their own language and yet understood one another. To Widen the Walls is to expand our sense of Church which includes expanding our cathedral, preacher at the service. The ordinands are pictured above numbers. There is no “typical Episcopalian.” The Episcopal Church covers 14 with Bishop Taylor, (from left) Rutland, Murphy, McClearen and Ardrey- countries and four languages. We are not the country club Church; we are the Graves. Church with a table big enough for everyone. We just need bigger walls to make room for them. Widening the walls also means widening our liturgical expressions. Not every 25 year old is interested in singing the Wesley brothers' hymns. We cannot just reach out and then tell newcomers, “We're glad you came, now be just like us.” Highland Episcopalian As the Body of Christ grows, our worship grows-not overnight, but it must grow. Wake up the World. Christianity is a transformational movement. We are in print five times this year not baptized merely to become part of the Body of Christ; we are baptized to be empowered to do Christ's work in the world. Remember our promises: “Will you If you thought maybe you have been missing your monthly Highland Episcopalian th i s strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every year, you were right. But you're not alone; so has everyone else. This is only the second human being?” “Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neigh- (of five) printed edition of your diocesan newspaper that you'll receive this year. bor as yourself?” To wake up the world is to remind our brothers and sisters that The cutback from 10 issues to five for 2010 is a financial one; as a diocese we can no there is another way to live. We “wake” people up because we don't bring the longer afford to print, label, bundle and mail more than 8,000 copies of the H i g h l a n d truth to people; we remind people of the Truth and the Way and the Life. We Episcopalian every month. remind them who they intrinsically are and for what purposes they are born. We So you're now receiving a printed edition once a quarter (March, June, September and hold up the promise of the New Jerusalem---the city of peace, justice, and mercy December) plus an extra edition in November that also serves as the Diocesan Convention — so that others catch the vision of another way to live. edition. Perhaps these are not the right words. Perhaps my addiction to “W's” has made Please remember our diocesan website — www.diocesewnc.org — contains a consid- the vision inexact. However, I am certain about these principles: we need a clear- erable amount of timely news on the home page, posted daily, and we send out a weekly er vision that is dynamic and flexible and engaging. We need to grow inward, digital newsletter, emailed to you directly. To subscribe to the online newsletter, contact outward, and together. We need to be clear with ourselves and others about who Alice Keenan at [email protected], and continue sending your news stories and we are and why we are here. The world needs the Good News and the Church. information to the editor at [email protected]. Let us be about our calling. HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 — PAGE 3 ‘Retreats for Retreat 2’ to benefit Lake Logan

purred on by the success of last year's not have to be present to win the grand fund-raiser to benefit Lake Logan prize. SEpiscopal Center, the Lake Logan Additional information about the Silent Board of Director is again sponsoring Auction and other details about Retreats for “Retreats for a Retreat 2” celebration and a Retreat will be posted on the Lake Logan drawing Sunday, Aug. 29. website, www.lakelogan.org as soon as they are known. The grand prizewinner will receive a weeklong stay for eight at a four-bedroom oceanfront home in Islamaorada, Fla., in Lake Logan debt plan the Florida Keys, and a $500 travel allowance. cause for optimism Tickets this year cost $75 each and will admit one to a party to be held Sunday, Continued From Page One Aug. 29 at Packs Tavern in downtown Asheville, from 4-6 p.m. Satellite parties his Sabbatical this year in order to devote several months to personal fund raising. Prize oceanfront house is Islamorada, Fla. will take place concurrently in Blowing In addition, Murray pointed out that Rock and in Shelby. Lake Logan's business plan includes In addition, a number of other donated increased occupancy this year (following 89th Annual Diocesan Convention items will be available in a Silent Auction. an industry-wide slow-down in 2009 due to To purchase tickets, email Cheryl Smith, the shaky U.S. economy), building new Nov. 11-13 — Kanuga Conference Center director of development at Lake Logan, at business through a consultant who has con- [email protected], or telephone siderable convention-booking experience, onvention packets will be mailed to parishes in July. All of the follow- her at 828-646-0095. A ticket-holder does and other practical measures. ing information is due by October 15. Details for each will be inside the Cparish packet you will receive. For questions, please contact Alice St. James, Hendersonville Keenan at 828-225-6656. · Certificate of Election Form - return to: Alice Keenan (Diocesan Office) New Federal Ministries · Convention Registration Form - return to: Alice Keenan (Diocesan Office) · Kanuga Conference Center Registration Form - return to: Kanuga Con- ference Center bishop hails from WNC · Convention Resolutions: send to: [email protected] and high- [email protected]

he Rev. Dr. James "Jay" Magness, He joined the U.S. Navy in the mid- · Nominations for Bishop's Appointments: send to: who grew up in this diocese and still 1960s and later attended Asheville Bun- [email protected] Tconsiders Hendersonville his home, combe-Tech. He then studied sociology, was elected the sixth Bishop Suffragan for psychology and anthropology at Western · Nominations for Distinguished Communicants: send to: bishop@dioce- Federal Ministries March 24 during a meet- Carolina University. sewnc.org ing of the House of Bishops at Camp Allen, After receiving his seminary training at Texas. Seminary of the Southwest, in Austin, · Offices to be Elected for publication in the Highland Episcopalian: send Formerly the Texas, he returned to Western North Car- to: [email protected] (After Oct. 15th send to: bishop@dioce - canon for mission olina and was ordained a deacon at Trinity, sewnc.org) and diocesan Asheville, in 1977 and a priest the follow- administration in ing year at St. Paul's, Edneyville. the Diocese of He served both St. Paul's and at St. John Southern Virginia, in the Wilderness, Flat Rock, as director of Magness, who is religious education/youth, and joined the 64, began work in Naval Reserve as a chaplain the federal min- In 1980, Magness went back on active istries' Washing- duty with the Navy as a Chaplain Corps ton, D.C., office officer, but kept his residence here in this on May 17. His diocese until 2004 when he moved to consecration is Louisville to become the Canon to the scheduled for Ordinary for the Diocese of Kentucky. June 19, at 10 a.m. Bp. Magness From 2007-2009 he served a parish in at Washington Virginia Beach, Va., and in 2009 became National Cathedral, with Presiding Bishop the Canon for Mission in the Diocese of Katharine Jefferts Schori presiding. Southern Virginia. Chosen out of a field of eight nominees, In 1981 he completed a clinical pastoral Magness will supervise all Episcopal clergy education residency year at Walter Reed who're serving in the U.S. Dept. of Army Medical Center. Later on he spent Defense, the Veterans Administration and two years in an exchange program with the in the Bureau of Federal Prisons. British Royal Navy, working as a chaplain He serves directly under the Presiding and priest for the Church of England. In Bishop. 1999, he earned a doctor of ministry degree The Rt. Rev. Idris Jones, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, and past “It seems as if I've been preparing for Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and his wife Alison will be this (new ministry) since I was a young with a concentration in Christian leadership from Gordon Conwell Theological Semi- visiting in the diocese June 7-16 at the invitation of Bishop and Mrs. sailor returning from Vietnam,” Magness Porter Taylor. Bp. Jones will be preach at the Cathedral of All Souls told the Highland Episcopalian. nary. He was born in Florida, but grew up in Magness' wife is the former Carolyn at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services on Sunday, June 13. He will also Hendersonville when his parents moved to Hall of Mills River. They have two daugh- speak at St. Luke's, Boone, on June 8. His visit also includes lunch North Carolina the year after he was born. with the Asheville Deanery, and meetings at Calvary, Fletcher; Valle ters, both of whom live in Virginia. The Crucis Conference Center; and Province IV conferences at Kanuga. He grew up at St. James, Hendersonville, couple also maintains a home in Hender- and was graduated from Hendersonville Bp. Jones is pictured here with Bp. and Mrs. Taylor during last year's High School. sonville. They visit in the diocese often. General Convention in Anaheim, Calif. PAGE 4 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 New health care chapel at Deerfield dedicated

Everliving Father, watchful and caring, our source and our end: All that we are and all that we have is yours. Accept us now, as we dedicate this place to which we come to praise your Name, to ask your forgive - ness, to know your healing power, to hear your Word, and to be nour - ished by the Body and Blood of your Son. Be present always to guide and to judge, to illuminate and to bless your people.

ith these words, the Rt. It covers some 1,700 square Rev. G. Porter Taylor feet (about the size as the sanctu- Wdedicated and consecrat- ary at St. Giles Chapel) and is all ed the new Health Care Chapel at open space, without pews. This St. Giles, Deerfield, April 15, as a allows chairs to be placed wherev- place of worship, care and learn- er they are needed and for clergy ing for residents in wheelchairs, and staff to move freely among rolling beds, motorized chairs and worshippers who are in wheel- other special needs. chairs or rolling daybeds. The $1.1 million chapel, part The chapel is equipped with a of Deerfield Community's current state-of-the-art sound system, an expansion program, began in electronic organ and a projector 2004 during conversations about system for visual activities. Even how St. Giles could minister more the lectern is right-sized for read- effectively to the residents of ing from a wheel chair. Deerfield's assisted living and In the planning stages, the skilled care residents. Chapel Committee read Elizabeth Connected to the Skilled Nurs- Brawley's book, “Designing for designed to function also as a forms of dementia. His study was spiritual feelings and religious ing Facility, the new chapel Alzheimer's Disease.” At the same multipurpose facility to serve the published as part of an integrative memories. allows residents to worship with- time, the Rev. Morgan Gardner, special needs of persons with study project for the Gerontologi- The newly dedicated chapel is out having to leave the residential Deerfield Chaplain, undertook a Alzheimer's Disease and other cal Pastoral Care Institute in 2006. designed as a safe, accommodat- facility. study of how a chapel might be When a capital fund drive for ing and comfortable community the proposed multipurpose health center - a “home for the soul” care chapel began in 2008, the where residents can enjoy the Deerfield Community responded experiences of worship as well as to the appeal enthusiastically, rais- all sorts of other activities. ing $1.1 million in gifts and “As always, our residents and pledges over a period of about six staff alike are discovering new weeks. ways of celebrating life in all its “We're aware that this is a new dimensions,” Gardner said, “and concept, one with great potential witnessing the beauty and power to reshape the way health care of God's love, manifested among professionals think about the us.” importance of spirituality in The overall expansion includes addressing the needs of seniors,” 83 independent living apartments Gardner said. in Tuton Hall, a new mid-rise He pointed out that recent building connected to Timson research has demonstrated some- Hall, 20 assisted living suites and thing truly remarkable about peo- 14 skilled nursing residences. ple with Alzheimer's disease and Other additions are new and other forms of dementia: the spiri- expanded common spaces in both tually-receptive parts of the mind the Community Center and the are among the last to fail. Thus Health and Wellness Center, people who have forgotten nearly including the Riverwalk, an open, everything else are often still able spacious gathering area with a to sing favorite hymns, recite prayers and respond to familiar café/ deli, comfortable tables and parts of the liturgy. As the cogni- cozy nooks. Above, work is finishing up on the Deerfield expansion and new units tive capacities of the brain dimin- The new apartments will be ish, people remain attuned to their available for occupancy this sum- ... Top photo, Bishop Taylor dedicates new Health Care Chapel April 15 mer. THE DIOCESE IN ACTION

he 2010 Diocesan Picnic , originally Sherer's project was “How the theology He spent his entire 26 years as a priest in days and all start at 3 p.m. scheduled for June 26 at Lake Logan and praxis of Christian marriage have been the Diocese of Western North Carolina, • June 6 - There will be a concert by the TEpiscopal Center, has been canceled shaped by Scripture, tradition, and experi- serving previously for eight years as Canon Signature Winds woodwind quintet based to the Ordinary and Canon to Small Parish- this year due to limited response to tent ence and how that informs the church's cur- in Cullowhee. This will be part of the First rentals and reservations. rent response to non-traditional marriage.” es, and before that, as rector at Epiphany, In the past the picnic has attracted as Newton. Sunday Classical Chamber Music Series. many as 1,000 participants. Next year's date • June 13 - The Asheville Jazz Orchestra will be selected earlier so that parishes will > > will perform. This will be part of the Sec- have clearer advance notice about the The Rev. William H. (Bill) Whisen- In Cu r s i l l o news, the Secretariat is looking to update its database in the diocese. ond Sunday Jazz Series. timetable for tent rentals and other reserva- hunt, rector of Trinity, Asheville, ended his • June 20 - The 40-plus-piece Land of tions. 10-and-a-half-year tenure March 14, with a Stay informed (weekends, Ultreyas, palanca “packed house” retirement reception. He parties, Servant Community opportunities, Sky Symphonic Band will perform. > was presented an engraved bowl, and vari- etc.) by signing up for the Cursillo newslet- • June 27 - David Starkey, Sr. will pre- ous gifts aimed at fostering relaxation ter via email at sent a recital of art songs and arias. The Rev. Valori Mulvey Sherer, rector (beach chairs, beach umbrella, etc.). [email protected], or phone A free-will offering will be taken for the of the Church of the Redeemer in Shelby, Whisenhunt and his wife Nancy are spend- Dick Smith at 828-687-9532. restoration of the 100-year-old historic received her Doctor of Ministry degree ing some time in Charleston, S.C., but the > church, located just off South Charlotte from the School of Theology at the Univer- family will continue to call Asheville home. Four concerts are scheduled during June Street at Max Street on the hill across from sity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., at their Whisenhunt suffered a stroke some nine at St. Matthias, Asheville. All are on Sun- the Asheville Public Works Building (1 graduation exercises May 14. months ago and is continuing to recuperate. Dundee St.). HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 — PAGE 5 Christ Church, Sparta, calls Walton as new rector

hrist Church, Sparta, has called the Rev. Richard here in North Carolina. as interim director of the Anglican Theological Institute Lindsley (Lin) Walton, Jr., a former missionary in In his first year at and as a lecturer in ethics at the University of Belize. CBelize, as their new rector. Walton, who began work Duke, Walton realized By this time, it was his turn to follow his wife's career. May 2, will be officially welcomed in a Celebration of a through a professor who She needed to return to the United States and serve the New Ministry service Sunday, July 25, at 4 p.m. was an Episcopalian that Methodist Church. Nancy was called as senior pastor of For Walton and his wife Nancy, this new call will be “a his quest for ethical Gray Memorial United Methodist Church in Tallahassee recapturing of what originally brought us together - a call- answers might be a call to and Walton began a Ph.D. program in England, while ing to rural ministry,” Walton said. the priesthood. This led residing in Florida. He also served as priest-in-charge of It will also be a different way of life for the couple, who to a discernment process youth, mission and outreach at St. John's, Tallahassee, and met while they were theological students together at Duke back in his Falls Church most recently, as assisting priest at the Church of the University. Initially in their new home in Allegheny Coun - parish. Advent there. ty, Nancy, who is a minister in the United Methodist When he finished his Additionally, Walton has had some interesting overseas Church, will be taking a year's leave of absence. Master of Theological experiences: He worked with a non-governmental organi- A cradle Episcopalian, Walton was born in the District Studies degree at Duke, zation, offering food, tents and clothing to Afghan refugees of Columbia where his father was an economist for the fed- his bishop, the Rt. Rev. during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1989. In 1993, Peter Lee of Virginia, Walton he worked at a Roman Catholic orphanage for children eral government. He grew up in Falls Church, Va., where pointed him to Virginia who had lost their parents to AIDS in Moshi, Tanzania, and he and his family were active in Falls Church Episcopal Theological Seminary in Arlington where he earned his in Arua, Uganda, he worked with Sudanese seminarians Church, then a mid-size family church that later grew dra- M.Div. degree in 1999. from Bishop Allison Theological College who were forced matically to a congregation of several thousand. His first charge, after ordination, was as assistant rector to flee their during the civil war of 2007. He attended Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., north at St. Peter's, in Salisbury, Md., in the Diocese of Easton. In Sparta, Walton said he and his family are looking for- of Boston, earning a B.A. degree in English and psycholo- While there, he led a mission trip to Honduras and later, ward to living a life of “creation care,” closer to the land - gy. His first job out of college was as a research assistant to a mission team in Belize, in Central America. As it hap- horseback riding, raising a litter of goats and vegetable gar- a Harvard University professor who was studying drug pened, that group stayed in the bishop's home in Belize dening. abuse in HIV patients. From that experience, working on City, and at the end of their trip, Walton was asked to come The Waltons have a daughter, Sophia, who is 10, and a and work there full time. the front lines of a major social issue, Walton sought to son, Jeremiah, 7. The family will join Walton in Sparta expand and understand his interest in counseling and social From 2002-2006, Walton and his young family served work by seeking an advanced degree at Duke University, as missionaries in the Diocese of Belize, where he worked when school is out, this month.

EYC Spring Conference at Valle Crucis

“Climb The Mountain” was the theme journeys. that being popular and/or successful are not to the Candy Barrel at the Mast General for the EYC Spring Conference held at Cates led an interactive presentation on the only important aspects of being valued. Store, dancing to the Nintendo Wii J u s t Valle Crucis Conference Center March 5-7. four essential tools for continuing your She also was able to use music and sto- D a n c e video game, and playing capture- The weekend was planned and led by mem- journey. She talked about the importance of ries to convey the key emotions, struggles, the-youth-council game, “Need 4 Beads.” bers of the Diocesan Youth Council along setting goals, developing affirmations, visu- and joys in her own personal journeys. On Saturday night we enjoyed our Mar- with guest speakers the Rev. Augusta alizing your success clearly, acknowledging Most importantly, Augusta expressed that di Gras Party where most everyone came Anderson and Adair Cates, Spanish teacher what you are grateful for, and focusing on “climbing the mountain” doesn't end when dressed in their best masquerade costumes! at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, feeling good now so that you will feel the you get to the top; you end up climbing who also is a motivational coach, inspira- way you want when you achieve your multiple mountains on your journey, and Eucharist concluded the weekend on Sun- tional speaker, and author. goals. learn valuable lessons along the way to help day as Bishop Taylor and Anderson With 108 total participants, the youth Anderson led multiple discussions on you on your lifelong journey. presided, and the seniors in our diocese discussed issues and pressures surrounding how spirituality plays a role in your contin- In addition, we also spent time singing, were recognized and blessed as they enter how to prepare and make sure they are ued journey. She talked about how life is playing games outside and in the Apple into the next chapters of their journeys. ready for the next adventure in their lives not all about you, and that it's essential to Barn, eating lots of food, hiking, making — Osondu McPeters while they continue their spiritual and life have a supportive community, as well as stained glass for Valle Crucis, taking visits Canon for Youth & Collge Ministries PAGE 6 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 Dain & Constance Perry kick off effort Diocese begins reconciliation process

ain and Constance Perry visited the diocese the week of March 13-20 to shepherd parishes into the Dtruth and reconciliation process called for by the passage of A-123 and in preparation for the Service of Rec- onciliation planned for April 9, 2011. Thirty-six parishes participated by sending 120 members to the workshops held at St. James, Black Mountain and Trinity, Asheville. Of those attending, there were 26 priests, six deacons, 88 lay persons as well as three members representing other organizations. Additionally, the Perrys conducted workshops at St. Mary's in the Hills, Blowing Rock and UNC-Asheville. The Commission to Dismantle Racism invited the Per- rys who opened their arms and their hearts to participants - all who came with the intention of furthering the deep inner work necessary for healing and transformation. After viewing the film, “Traces of the Trade,” which chronicles the DeWolf family's involvement in the slave trade in Rhode Island, participants were invited to enter into honest dialogue, sharing stories and truth telling, beginning a new and different approach to reconciling with the Episcopal Church's complicity in racial discrimination. In an environment free of blame and shame, those in attendance deeply listened and honored the experience of others and that produced subtle but remarkable shifts in awareness of the pain experienced by people on both sides of the racial divide. The Rev. Jim Abbott, rector of St. Matthias, Asheville, reflected on the Perry events in this way: Seated, Constance/Dain Perry; the Rev. Jim Abbot standing during Black Mountain meeting “This workshop and the way the Perrys helped us reflect laughter so important to the healing process. workshops at the Mission and Ministry conference, June 5. on this whole issue moved the conversation from our heads Enthusiasm for the Perrys' work was evident. Several Hal Keiner of All Souls will offer a workshop designed to to our hearts and it put it squarely in the context of our parish priests and the dean at the Cathedral of All Souls help congregations retrieve the data they need to compile Christian faith. Many people came with fear that we were expressed interest in having the Perrys return for further their local histories. Rita Van Zant of Holy Family, Mills just going to stir up guilt and deal with this issue on a work. Todd Donatelli said, “Those present from our parish River, will offer a second workshop on how to collect oral superficial level and discovered that it moved the conversa- were deeply moved by the presentation and continue to talk histories. tion deeper and helped people get in touch with each other's about how it speaks to them personally and to us congrega- To make this process work, the fruits of the Perrys' visit stories and became a healing, liberating experience.” tionally. They are hoping we will invite the Perrys for a must be shared in individual parish communities by con- That was due in no small measure to the safety, sanctity, future visit.” tinuing the dialogue. Glenda McDowell, St. Matthias, and loving environments of the church sites where the After the film showing and discussion at UNC-A, one responded to the workshops by saying that although there is workshops were held. Though the dialogue sometimes student asked if he could bring the entire basketball team to still a great deal of work yet to be done, she was glad to be meandered into painful, emotional territory, the Perrys the next workshop. a part of “the beginning of powerful needed healing.” were able to punctuate the intensity with moments of The Repairing the Breach Committee will offer two —Molly Walling St. John’s, Sylva, plants vegetables for hungry

Last March, St. John's, Sylva, received to ensure that St. John's members will grow permission from First Citizen's Bank to use the produce these agencies most need. their land that lies directly behind St. John's To help finance this project, St. John's as a vegetable garden. On this small plot of turned to the diocese’s Human Hurt and land, which is unusable by the bank, St. Hope Fund. In April the HHH Fund recom- John's has placed 12 raised beds in which mended and the Executive Council they will grow vegetables to supplement approved a grant in the amount of $2,200. the work of two agencies in their communi- This has enabled St. John's to purchase the ty: United Christian Ministries and The raised beds, quality soil and compost need- Community Table. ed to begin the project. The Community Table feeds an average As with any garden, the expense is 130 people each of the four nights per week incurred in the construction phase. Once they serve dinner. By February of this year, built, the annual expense of maintaining the they had emptied their pantry of the pro- garden will be minimal, but the fruits of the duce they had preserved from their own labors of the parishioners of St. John's will be immense. Parishioners and local garden last year. providers have donated most of the seeds United Christian Ministries currently and seedlings used for this year's crop. provides 192 families with non-perishable The children in St. John's Sunday foods, household goods, furniture and limit- School are participating by having a raised ed financial assistance. Fresh produce bed of their own. Sharing the bed with would be most welcome to the families them will be the children and parents of the who look to them for help. Community Early Learning Group that The Rev. Pattie Curtis, St. John's rector, meets in St. John's parish hall each week. The Rev. Pattie Curtis and parishioners at blessing of garden has been in conversation with both agencies HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010— PAGE 7 Hayesville breaks ground for parish hall expansion

embers and friends of Good Shep- multiple purposes, including meeting and herd Episcopal Church, class rooms, a nursery and handicap acces- MHayesville, gathered Sunday, sible restrooms. April 18, to break ground for major expan- Out of necessity, because of construc- sion that includes replacing and tripling the tion, the Country Fare will not take place at size of its parish house. The ceremony was Good Shepherd this year; nor will voting the culmination of more than seven years during elections. Because of the Fare's of planning. cancellation, Good Shepherd will continue It was an historic event in the life of the to support local organizations in other ways community-oriented Hayesville church, through its various ministries. bringing together three members who The contractor for the project is Cantrell exemplify its legacy of spanning genera- Construction of Cleveland, GA; the archi- tions. Representing the “older” generation tect is George Hvlenka. were Ben Holt and Eleanor Wilson, In closing the groundbreaking ceremo- founders and longtime church leaders. The ny, the Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor, bishop of “younger” generation was represented by the diocese, sought God's blessing on the Jared Edwards, great-grandson of Heyward undertaking: Wilson, another longtime church member. The ceremony was “symbolic of the “O Lord, you give birth to the rain, and growth that we have been experiencing your waters break forth in the desert. May over the last five years,” said the Rev. John Your gracious blessing descend like dew Rice, rector. “To run out of space for meet- from heaven upon all those who will gather ings and active ministries, as well as a gath- in this place for food and fellowship. May ering place for parish events, is a good Your blessings of joy and laughter, love problem for us to have. The expansion of and tenderness fill us to overflowing so that our facilities will meet the majority of our we might become your blessing to one space needs.” another.” This project is the first major construction undertaken at Good Shepherd in 20 Pictured below are, from left, George years. Construction will take place in phas- Hlavenka, Doug Stuart, Ron Cantrell, New Ministry celebrated es. The first will be renovation of the infra- Mary Stewart King, the Rev. John Rice, structure, converting the private well and Barbara Lanwermeyer, David Smucker, The Rev. David McNair, new rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, septic tank to a municipal water and sewer Jared Edwards, the Rt. Rev. Porter Tay- Mars Hill, in Madison County, was officially welcomed Sunday, April system. Next, the parish hall and kitchen lor, Ben Holt, Sam Oliver, Eleanor Wil- 25, with a Celebration of New Ministry service, at which the bishop, area will be replaced by facilities triple its son, and the Rev. Dn. Turner Guidry. the Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor, presided. The bishop is pictured here present size. This space will then serve (Photo by Harry Baughn) with McNair, his wife Lynn, and their children, Sadie and Simon.

To keep up with what’s happening throughout your diocese, visit the diocesan website: www.diocesewnc.org PAGE 8 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 Diocese adopts new gambling policy

he diocese's Executive Council, meeting April 8, vot- floor in their undercroft ed to revise its current policy on gambling to include — Approved changing the bishop's housing allowance Traffles in a list of practices that parishioners should from $37,000 to $43,000 avoid. —Granted the bishop authorization to sell securities in a The new policy, however, does not preclude offering small bequest (1/6 of $19,000) in the name of the diocese. small, randomly awarded prizes in a fund drive. Here's the new policy: The Rev. Beth Turner appeared before the council to Gambling discuss the Young Adult Vocation Project, which is seek- “The moral implications of taking a person's money and ing grant funding from The Episcopal Church. The project not giving them full value in proposes to foster connection and communication with return must be taken serious- young adults, assist in discernment and vocational educa- ly, and parishes, worship- Executive tion, and offer internships, the first of which will be this ping communities, or other summer. Episcopal entities must not Council The Venerable Eugenia Dowdeswell, archdeacon of the routinely engage in practices diocese, and the Rev. Dn. Bill Jamieson, co-chairs of the such as bingo, games of chance, raffles, et. If persons are new Justice and Outreach Ministries, reported on enthusi- asked to contribute to a specific drive for funds, it is not asm and cooperation among deaneries seeking to engage inappropriate to offer small prizes on a random or chosen and support parishes involved in outreach ministries. by lot basis.” They proposed $22,217 in Human Hurt and Hope Fund In other business, the council grants, which the council approved. The grants are • Approved the appointment of the Rev. Bruce Walker • $5,000 to St. Andrew's, Canton for the second year of (rector of Grace, Morganton) to fill out the unexpired term its Community Kitchen project that offers some 1,500 of the Rev. Beth Lilly as the clergy representative from the meals a month; Recently the diocese's Human Hurt and Foothills Deanery on Executive Council • $5,000 for Calvary, Fletcher for the second year of its Hope Fund recommended St. Andrew's, Can- • Heard from newly appointed Center(s) for Christian Food Pantry that offers non-perishable food and household ton, for a $5,000 dollar grant to help mem- Studies Executive Director Robin Whittington, who items to need families in South Buncombe and Henderson pledged to “offer programs and resources that transcend counties; bers in their outreach efforts with the Canton and feed the hungry places in us.” • $5,000 to St. James, Black Mountain, for the Welcome Community Kitchen. Executive Council • Elected the Rev. Toby Summerour, assistant rector at Table food program; approved the grant at its meeting April 8. The Good Shepherd, Cashiers, to the Lake Logan Episcopal • $5,000 to the Backpack ministry at St. John in the kitchen serves those in need seven days a Center Board. (Summerour has been working as a volun- Wilderness, Flat Rock, which provides weekend food in a week; it supplied more than 1,700 meals in teer to help clarify finances at Lake Logan.) backpack to school children so they and their families will 2009 and gave out over 500 food boxes. “We're trying to find a way to reduce the $3.8 million in have food over the weekend; Each year the agency has been in operation capital debt and the Lake Logan debt to $1 million by the $2,217 to St. John's, Sylva, to build 10 raised beds for the demand for services has increased. This end of the year,” Bishop Porter Taylor told the council. growing food that will be offered to the needy in the com- is the second year St. Andrew's has received Summerour, speaking through a conference call, told the munity. a HHH Fund grant. Pictured here are, from council that the Lake Logan board is working on several Council additionally approved a transaction proposed by left, Juanita Dixon, board member and initiatives to reduce the debt. These include 1) looking at a the diocesan chancellor, Roy W. Davis, for Holy Cross, parishioner at St. Andrew's; Millie Hershen- potential partnership (partial buy-in) with another entity, 2) Tryon, to sell seven small parcels of “raw” land for $3,001. son, executive director of Canton Communi- working with the operating budget to bring it to a break- And, Bp. Taylor announced he has appointed members even position, 3) fund raising, which may include seeking a to the Task Force on Funding, authorized by last fall's ty Kitchen; and the Tim McRee, rector grant from the Episcopal Foundation of WNC, and 4) con- Diocesan Convention to study the diocese's mission and tinuing to market several parcels of land. how it is funded. Hoecker (Brevard, clergy), Bill Mance (St. Matthias, lay), On recommendations from Fiscal Ministries, the council The Funding appointees are: George Sweet (Saluda, the Rev. Pattie Mouer (St. Luke's, clergy), the Rev. Toby — Gave approval to Good Shepherd, Hayesville, to pro- lay), the Rev. Michael Doty (Tryon, clergy), Jeff Konz (All Summerour (Cashiers, clergy), the Rev. Karla Woggan ceed with a parish hall expansion project, also approving an Souls, lay), the Rev. Scott Oxford (Black Mountain, cler- (Hickory, clergy) Rosemary Fisher (Hickory, lay), Jane interest-free $25,000 loan from the Restoration and Mainte- gy), the Rev. Tim McRee (Canton, clergy), James Hogan Schronce (Lincolnton, lay), the Rev. Shawn Griffith (Gas- nance Fund, and permission to seek a $25,000 grant from (Lenoir, lay), the Rev. Ron Taylor (Denver, clergy), the tonia, clergy) and Karen Walker (Spruce Pine. The Rev. the Foundation Rev. Cn. Pam Bright (Shelby, clergy), and Joann Collins Jim Pritchett, Canon to the Ordinary, will serve as an ex — Approved an interest-free $18,000 loan for St. (Burnsville, lay). officio member. Andrew's, Canton, to remove asbestos and install a new The Function Task Force appointees are: the Rev. Maria — Gene Willard, Editor CONFIRMATIONS

The following were recently confirmed Annika Marie Brock (from Grace, Bethany Dawn Nelson Riley Henry or received into The Episcopal Church in Asheville) Candy Nichole Wood Carolyn Macfie the Diocese of Western North Carolina: Jennifer Aubra Wychock Danielle Mitchener Redeemer, Shelby Neal Paul Wychock Robert Mitchener Transfiguration, Bat Cave March 14, 2010 Jamie A. Tremble Ashley Melton January 17, 2010 Austin Crenshaw Smith Jimmie Minchey Rey Miller Herbert Marshall Thorton Catherine Anne Bartley Lovelace Marily O'Donnell Minchey Katherine Elizabeth Nelson Diane Edna Barber Steven Anthony Windisch Jocelyn Reese Catherine Ann Ross St.t John in the Wilderness, Sarah Margaret Christy Jamaica Reese-Julien Cathy Looper Rhodes Flat Rock Sam Henry Collins Margo Ragano John Samuel Rhodes April 11, 2010 Brenda Parker McClure Jennifer Shelley William T. Bowers Noah Bainer Young Sandra Stamey All Saints, Franklin Paula Campbell Linda K. Thorton Caryn Stouer February 14, 2010 Karina C. Kinney David George McEntire Mark Stouer August Samuel Gagliardo Agnes Daly Llewlyn Preston Tyler McEntire Victoria Thompson Barbara Pattillo Gagliardo Kathleen L. Newbold Fred Clayton Martin, III Julia Vaughan Marsha Culpcobb Carol Ann Rector Jesse David Aram Tracy Yarbro Barton Wells Cobb Wendell Hayes Rector Allen Worth Kathleen Mary Lynch Jeremiah Jackson Thorn Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville Aaron Fairbanks James Wyatt Armfield May 9, 2010 Heidi Fairbanks Henrietta Haithcock Good Shepherd, Hayesville Mike Barton Mary Elizabeth Haithcock April 18, 2010 Perry Brown St. Andrews, Canton Hattie Sheehy Eric Doescher May 12, 2010 St. Matthias, Asheville Benita Esposito Leah Donatelli Janet Louise Denton February 21, 2010 Patricia Douglas Edward Oliver Marth Jennifer Mae Clark St. James, Black Mountain Jill Goldie Barbara Ann Monaghan Jonathan Tairon Jones May 2, 2010 Deon Grinnell David Bransford Rose HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 — PAGE 9

Bishop Taylor, left, and his wife, Jo, spend time with the Kids4Peace youngsters during the 2009 camp here in the diocese. Kids4Peace returning to Camp Henry in July

ho is ready for a dose of HOPE? Anyone familiar through a series of activities sponsored and hosted by the gram, the youth will also be building friendship through, with the situation in Israel and Palestine, knows Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. They explore each other's whitewater rafting and being involved in other camp activi- Wthe importance of HOPE. With God's Grace, the realities, traditions, languages and dreams. ties as a part of the incredible Camp Henry experience solution is right in our back yard. For the past two sum- In the United States, they join 12 American youth ages being held at the same time. mers, children from Palestine and Israel have been coming 11-12 in the safe and conducive atmosphere of Kids4Peace, For more information about Kids4Peace, visit to western North Carolina to experience one another in a where they enjoy a distance from the tensions of the con- www.kids4peaceusa.org. camp setting. This summer Kids4Peace for children 11-12 flict and receive the gift of care and friendship from their If you know a child who is interested, please get an will be at Camp Henry from July 12-25. new American Peace Pals. For the American Kids4Peace, application at www.incarnationwnc.org/Kids4PeaceNC or Since its founding in 2002, Kids4Peace groups from the experience is one in which their world is broadened and contact the North Carolina director, the Rev. Brian Sulli- Jerusalem and the Galilee have traveled to Houston, they learn of the common heritage they share with other van, at 828-200-9236, or email him at: rector@incarnation- Atlanta, Toronto, Vermont, and North Carolina. “Children of Abraham.” wnc.org. Kids4Peace participants from Israel and Palestine are 11 This year Kids4Peace 2010 will spend 14 days at Camp If you or your church would like to help support and 12 year old boys and girls of three faiths and two Henry. The youngsters will visit a mosque, a synagogue, Kids4Peace, you may send checks made payable to “Incar- nations, divided in a common land but united as voices for and church and learning about one another's faith. While nation for Kids4Peace,” to Church of the Incarnation P.O. peace. They get to know each other before the journey learning about one another's faith is the crux of the pro- Box 729 Highlands, N.C. 28741.

Holy Cross, Valle Crucis installs new pipe organ

he Church of the Holy Cross in Valle Crucis welcomed their new pipe organ Sunday, March 7, an 11-stop, 13-rank T mechanical action instrument, originally commissioned for St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minn., in 1977. Built by Jan van Daalen, a Dutch organ builder, the organ was used for several years as an interim organ at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn. According to Elaine Kallestad, organist/choir director, Holy Cross purchased the instrument in 2005. North Carolina pipe organ builder J. Allen Farmer of Winston-Salem then refurbished and rebuilt the organ and modified it to fit Holy Cross' size and 1920s neo-Gothic/Celtic architecture. This is the first pipe organ not only for Holy Cross Church, but also for the entire community of Valle Crucis. PAGE 10 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 Looking expectantly to w a r d Camp Henry

Dear campers, staff, and friends of Camp Henry,

After a long hard winter I am looking expectantly to a summer with long days of sunshine, filled with beautiful flowers, warmth, and a whole lot of fun. This summer we will be exploring Paul's journey on the Damascus Road and how he comes to be such an integral part of the early church's formation. We will take a look at our own lives and the journey that we are on, what transformations are happening, and how we are in relationship with each other and God. Another horizon I have my sights set on for this summer is to extend the invitation for newcomers to attend camp. As many of you know already, one taste of Camp Hen- ry tends to make a person a die-hard convert for life. Oftentimes camp is the first experience young people have with the Holy Spirit. It becomes a palpable entity, exist- ing along side campers and staff as they join in communion together. So this year I am issuing a challenge to all friends of Camp Henry: Bring a friend…or two… or three… Wesley Duffee-Braun, Osondu McPeters and Caroline Oxford repre- or four to camp. sented the Diocese of Western North Carolina at the annual Vocare We will continue our time honored traditions of field games, swimming, arts & International Conference April 15-18 at Camp Mikell in Toccoa, Ga. crafts, programs, morning and evening prayer, hikes, and many more activities such as our legendary and much venerated “Trash Can Lid.” An amazing line up of priests and medical personnel are sure to make the summer spectacular. And of course, how could Vocare encourages we possible pull off such an amazing summer without an incredible Camp Henry staff? Get your registrations in ASAP and come join us on the spiritual discernment journey this summer…as always, it promises to be a “mountain top” experience. And remember that we have added an additional Senior High Session July 25th - 31st in case you he next wave of the Episcopal how they see themselves as Christians. Church - its young adults - got They also talked about Christ's call, voca- got knocked out of the first session due to snow days. Can't Ttogether to explore their vocations in tions of lay, ordained, singlehood, and mar- wait to see you there! life at the diocesan Vocare conference ried ministries, the importance of commu- +God' Peace March 19-21 at Valle Crucis Conference nity and spiritual empowerment, as well as Elizabeth Tester Center how each person can continue his or her The 25 young adults from the diocese spiritual journey to live in this world as Camp Henry, Director took part in this renewal weekend to Christians. explore their spiritual discernment. Bill and Diane Mance, from St. Vocare (which means “to call” in Latin) Matthias, Asheville, serve as the married was planned and led by 17 young adult couple for the weekend. Throughout the staff members, including spiritual directors, retreat they shared their input on the the Rev. Danae Ashley, from St. Peter-by- rewards and struggles of marriage and how the-Lake in Denver and the Rev. Beth they minister the love of God through their Turner, Diocesan Young Adult Vocation relationship. Coordinator. Wesley Duffee-Brain served In addition to the presentations and as the musician. group discussions, participants also played Participants attended the retreat from games, took part in community-building Asheville, Boone, and Lenoir in North Car- activities, sang songs, prayed, walked a olina; Jefferson City, Tenn.; and Maryland. labyrinth, and took part in a reconciliation During the weekend participants were service. given opportunities for spiritual renewal The last night of the retreat participants and discovery through personal talks, group conversation, and reflection. In addition to took part in an Agape Feast “love-feast,” looking into each's individual spiritual call- followed by a karaoke session and ending ing, the participants also discussed their with a campfire. Sunday, Ashley and Turn- identity, how they view themselves, and er led the concluding Eucharist.

Visit the diocese’s Sewanee Alumni Council website:

Members of the Alumni Council for the School of Theology at Sewa- nee recently met at the school in Sewanee, Tenn. Pictured here are the class stewards for five-year groups. They are, back row, from left, the Rev. Don Black, the Rev. Corky Carlisle, the Rev. Roger Allen and the Rev. Larry Britt; front row, from left, the Rev. Gene Manning and Allison Kennedy Owen. HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 — PAGE 11 New rector St. John’s, Marion, calls Peggy Walker

s Peggy Walker grew up at St. James Episcopal Church in AAlexandria, La., she literally “ran through the church” while her mother served as chair of the Altar Guild there for 27 years. That childhood experience, she now understands, gave her both a sense of com- fort and of reverence for the church which she hopes to share with parishioners in her new job as rector of St. John's in Marion. She began work in late May and her first Sunday there was Pentecost. The youngest of three children, Walker grew up immersed in the Episcopal Church. She was graduated from Louisiana State University and sold real estate. She loved N.C. bishops visit diocese going to school and earned an M.A. degree in sociology and a M.P.H. (master of public Walker Western North Carolina Bishop the Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor hosted health) at Tulane University. homes and also rented space in a nearby his fellow North Carolina bishops April 13 and 14 in Asheville for a It was while working as a paid Christian Education coordinator in a Covington, La., Baptist church. periodic gathering at which the bishops share ministry and mission Walker then began volunteering in the initiatives. They are, pictured here, from left, the Rt. Rev. A.C. “Chip” church that she became more and more drawn to serve God in a professional way soup kitchen of St. George's Episcopal Marble, retired Bishop of Mississippi and now Assisting Bishop of and decided on the path to ordination. Church in New Orleans' Garden District. It North Carolina; the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Bishop of North Carolina; “I was totally ignorant of the fact that was called the Dragon Café and grew from the Rev. Neff Powell, Bishop of Southwestern Virginia; the Rt. Rev. they (the Diocese of Louisiana) weren't serving first responders to engaging the Clifton “Dan” Daniel, Bishop of East Carolina; Bp. Taylor; and the Rt. ordaining women to the priesthood,” Walk- homeless. Walker accepted the job of man- Rev. Santosh Marray, Assisting Bishop of East Carolina. Bp. Marray er said. ager, and thanks to a grant targeted to keep- is the former bishop of Seychelles in the Province of the Indian In fact, at that time Louisiana was one of ing musicians in town, the Dragon Café only four dioceses in The Episcopal Church Ocean, who began his work in East Carolina last fall. hosted some of the best music available that didn't ordain women. anywhere on Friday and Saturday nights. But, Walker said, she is grateful to the Immigration law challenge bishop, the Rt. Rev. James Brown, who Walker then worked at a couple of inter- changed his mind, encouraged her and later im positions — at St. Mary's, Chalmette ordained her as the first woman to serve as and at the Chapel of the Holy Comforter in a priest in the Diocese of Louisiana. Lake View, both in Louisiana. Bishops to meet, witness After receiving her M.Div. degree at the Then when her husband was called to School of Theology at the University of the Morganton last year, she moved with him in Arizona in September South in Sewanee, Tenn., she was ordained into the Diocese of Western North Caroli- and served as assistant rector of a large na. She has been engaged in several pro- Episcopal News Service for court challenges to it. parish in New Orleans, St. Paul's. jects, but nothing felt quite so right as get- The meeting's agenda had already includ- “I loved them, and they loved me,” ting to know the people at St. John's, Mari- he Episcopal Church's House of ed time for the bishops to discuss immigra- Walker recalled. on. Bishops will meet Sept. 15-21 in tion, border issues, and evangelism, stew- And, she was given the opportunity to “I'm very happy,” Walker said. “I'm re- TPhoenix for its regular fall meeting ardship and congregational development work in a wide swath of pastoral duties at as planned, including an optional pre-meet- among Hispanic populations, Smith said. the church and school, eventually serving energized and ready to go.” ing trip to the U.S.-Mexican border, despite After the law's passage, the meeting was there six years. Her first week on the job she was greet- public outcry over Arizona's recent enact- expanded to include the optional border trip ed with notes from all the children welcom- ment of the nation's toughest immigration and the opportunity to hear from Arizoni- When she married her husband (the Rev. ing her to St. John's and numbers of people law and calls for a boycott. ans on both sides of the issue. T h e Francis King, rector of St. Mary's and St. "It's an opportunity to be educated, to be diocese also hopes to schedule a meeting Stephen's in Morganton) and accompanied stopping by to visit before they started on informed and to make a public statement with the Coalition of Episcopal Latinos, him to seminary, also at Sewanee, she some volunteer work around the church. about solidarity with people that are victims which will be meeting in nearby Scottsdale. served as interim at Trinity Church in Win- St. John's, she said, is the kind of place in this, and there are victims on both sides, Smith added that he hopes at the close chester, Tenn. where you can know everybody's name and which is important to emphasize," said Ari- of the meeting bishops will issue a public Moving back to New Orleans, she their dog's name, too, and she wants to help zona Bishop Kirk Smith in a telephone statement in solidarity with those most served a year at St. Paul's, and then worked bring in a sense of both purpose and fun, interview. affected by the law. at a church wellness institute for two years. sharing God's love with each other and the "We will accomplish a lot more by "We're not doing this because it's politi- She and King had served only one week being here, learning, hearing and respond- cally correct, we're doing it because it's the world. as chaplains at the Chapel of the Holy Spir- ing about it and standing in solidarity with Christian imperative," he said. "Do we real- Walker is a voracious reader, and enjoys people suffering instead of taking the easy ly want to get to the point where we say it on the campus of Tulane University when walking her dog (a pug) and cooking. She way out by saying 'Let's go meet someplace before I can give you a cup of cold water, I Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in else.'" want to see your papers? That seems to be 2005. The chapel, which served both the has a daughter, a writer who lives in The Arizona law aims to identify, prose- the direction we're headed and that's tragic. university and an adult community in the Dublin, Ireland. Although they have regu- cute and deport illegal immigrants. Smith We can do better as Christians and as a area, ended up standing in two feet of water lar video chats, Walker plans a person-to- has joined state ecumenical leaders in country. We can do this in a way that's and had to be completely re-done. The new protest of the law and has voiced support person visit in Ireland in September. humane and moral and less fearful." chaplains took to worshipping in people's PAGE 12 — HIGHLAND EPISCOPALIAN, JUNE 2010 CALENDARS Church pioneer pens June 1 - Fiscal Ministries meeting, 10 a.m. June 1 - Foundation Ministries meeting, 2 - 4 p.m. June 1 - Trustees meeting, 4 - 5:30 p.m. new book of memoirs June 3 - Executive Council meeting, 10 a.m. June 5 - Ministry & Mission Conference, First Baptist Church, Asheville, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. ix years ago, Eleanor Lambert (Ellie) June 6 - Task Force on Funding, 3 p.m. Wilson shared the journey of a “city June 12 - Lake Logan Board meeting, Lake Logan, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sgirl” moving to rural Western North June 12 - Diocesan Budget Hearing meeting, 10 a.m. Carolina in 1941 in her memoir, “My Jour- June 15 - Deans meeting, 1 p.m. ney to Appalachia.” June 27 - July 1 - Province IV Youth Event - Great Smoky Mountain National Park, She introduced her readers to the world Townsend, Tenn. of the John C. Campbell Folk School as seen through her eyes — those of a recent July 5 — Diocesan Office Closed Vassar graduate in a new place far from July 8-18 - N.C .Freedom Ride Pilgrimage, Wilmington - Greensboro, N.C. New York. July 10 - Service of New Ministry, St. Paul's, Wilkesboro, Scott Peterson, 4 p.m. “Farming and a bit of adventure July 24 - “Finding the More Excellent Way - Celebrating God's Gift's in One Anoth- appealed to me,” she said. er” - a retreat led by Bishop Porter Taylor for all spiritual seekers, Calvary, Fletcher, 10 Her one-year employment at the school a.m. - 4 p.m. July 25 - Service of New Ministry, Christ Church, Sparta, Lin Walton, 4 p.m. blossomed into a romance with her future July 29 - Standing Committee meeting, 1 p.m. husband and a lifelong passion for country life in this part of the state. Aug. 14 - Lake Logan Board meeting, Lake Logan, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. After that book was published, she was Aug. 14 - Diocesan Acolyte Festival asked repeatedly, "What happened next?" Aug. 17 - Fiscal Ministries Meeting, 10 a.m. “My Life in Brasstown” is the rest of the Aug. 17 - Foundation Ministries meeting, 2 - 4 p.m. story - a more detailed account of her life, Aug. 17 - Trustees meeting, 4 - 5:30 p.m. home, and community in Brasstown, North Aug. 19 - Executive Council meeting, 10 a.m. Carolina, through the 40 years following Aug. 19 - Architectural Review Committee, 6 p.m. 1942. Aug. 22 - Diocesan Youth Splash, Camp Rockmont, Black Mountain, N.C. E l e a n o r Lambert grew Bishop Taylor's Calendar up on Long herd.” Island and was She has served on the diocesan Execu- tive Council, on the Cathedral Study Com- June 1 - Fiscal Ministries, 10 a.m. graduated from June 1 - Foundation, 2 p.m. Vassar College mittee and is a recipient of the Distin- June 1 - Trustees, 4 p.m. in 1941. Her guished Communicant Award for her lay June 3 - Executive Council, 10 a.m. sense of adven- service to the diocese. June 5 - M&M Conference, First Baptist Church, Asheville ture led her to She divides her time between the farm in June 6 - All Saints, Linville, Visitation leave the con- Brasstown and her home in Kentucky. In June 6 - Task Force on Function & Funding, 3 p.m. ventional soci- her retirement, she has traveled abroad and June 12 - Diocesan Budget Hearing Meeting ety of her frequently visits her children and six grand- June 12 - Lake Logan Board Meeting, 10 a.m. youth to take a children. June 13 - St. David's, Cullowhee, Visitation Ellie Wilson job at the John Published by Bright Mountain Books, June 15 - Dean's meeting, 1 p.m. the paperback 136-page book costs $16 and June 24 - Deerfield Board meeting, 3 p.m. C. Campbell Folk School. Following World War II, Ellie is available at the gift shop at John C. June 27 - St. Luke's, Asheville, Visitation Campbell Folk School, Phillips & Lloyd June 29-30 - College for Bishops, Cleveland, Ohio married Monroe Wilson, with whom she had fallen in love at the Folk School, and in Bookstore in Hayesville, and The Curiosity July 4 - Messiah, Murphy Visitation 1949, the Wilsons bought a dairy farm in Shop in Murphy. It is also available in July 10 - Deacons In Process, 10 a.m., Cathedral of All Souls Brasstown. During their marriage of 50 many independent bookstores and at the July 10 - Service of New Ministry, St. Paul's, Wilkesboro, the Rev. Scott Peterson, 4 years, they raised four children. website www.brightmountainbooks.com p.m. Wilson honed her listening and writing July 11 - Resurrection, Little Switzerland skills while employed as a teacher, social July 18 - St. James, Lenoir Visitation worker, and psychiatric counselor. She July 22 - Deerfield Board meeting, 3 p.m. received a master's degree in non-school July 24 - “Finding the More Excellent Way- Celebrating God's Gift's in One Anoth- er,” Calvary, Fletcher, 10 a.m. counseling in 1979. Her spirit of advocacy July 25 - St. James, Black Mountain, Visitation led to her involvement in establishing sev- July 25 - Service of New Ministry, Christ Church, Sparta, the Rev. Lin Walton, 4 eral community service agencies. p.m. In 1955, she and Monroe were founding Newspaper of the Diocese July 29 - Standing Committee meeting, 1 p.m. members of the Church of the Good Shep- Of Western North Carolina herd in Hayesville, and she has written that August — The bishop is on vacation. story, too: “A Fiftieth Anniversary Story of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shep- P.O. Box 2878 Morganton, NC 28680-2878 TEL 828-432-5665 FAX 828-438-9600 Actress to perform ‘Deacon’s Wife’ play [email protected]

ctress Barbara Bates Smith, ers, church services, and lively parish discussions, often accompa- JUNE 2010 wife of Russell Smith, deacon at nied by hammered dulcimer musician Jeff Sebens. Barbara offers it ASt. Andrew's, Canton, will per- without charge for any programming in the Diocese of Western Bishop The Rt. G. Porter Taylor form her original monologue, “Confes- North Carolina. The 45-minute presentation is often followed by an Editor Eugene Willard sions of a Deacon's Wife," at the annu- informal discussion. al assembly of the North American The Highland Episcopalian is published five Noted for her Off-Broadway performance of “Ivy Rowe” from times a year — March, June, September, Association of the Diaconate in Chica- Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies, Smith tours extensively with November and December — by the Board of go on June 26. In this candid and her adaptation of Lee Smith's works. Another monologue, “The C- the Highland Episcopalian, authorized by the humorous spiritual journey, she ques- Word: Her Art-meets-Life Cancer Story,” and “Our Own Stories” Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of West- tions her husband, her priest, and her ern North Carolina. At other times, news and therapist, while quoting Thich Nhat workshops round out her touring repertoire. information is posted at the diocesan website: Hanh, Joseph Campbell, Bishop Porter A Southeastern Theatre “Best Actress” award winner, Smith www.diocesewnc.org. Members of the High- Taylor and Bishop John Shelby Spong. recently has played featured roles in regional productions of “Wit,” land Episcopalian Board are Frank Ballard, “Hamlet,” and “Doubt.” Jack Buchanan, Mary Ann Ransom, Jack The dramatic presentation has been Reak,Sandra White, & Pamela Doty, chair. the focus of diocesan retreats, fundrais- Smith Her website is www.barbarabatessmith.com.