Welcome Randy Shirley In a search that lasted nearly six months, we welcome Randy Shirley to the staff of St. Michael’s. Randy has been called as an assistant to the rector to serve in a capacity similar to a chief of staff with a special emphasis in the area of stewardship. After interviewing three other candidates, Randy was recommended by Bishop Lawrence…
The summer is always an exciting time for mission, as many mission trips are launched from churches all over the country to all parts of the world. St Michael’s and St Michaelites are involved in three such mission trips this summer. Dave and Linda Soutter will be leading a healing prayer team to Burundi June 9th-21st. Mid-simmer, July 6th-22nd, some of our…
We are currently beginning a search process for a new director of mission. The search committee is being headed up by Johnnie and Jean Corbett. Please keep this group in your prayers and pray that God will raise up the right person for St Michael’s for this season of ministry. The Financial Advisory Board, the…
By David Booman and the Prayer Ministry Team March 26-29 Ginny Good and Harriet Harris led a team of 14 from St. Michael’s Advanced Healing and Deliverance class on a retreat hosted by Presbyterian Reformed Ministries International (PRMI), a renewal ministry located in Black Mountain, N.C. It was an exceptional experience. Below are a few…
By Alex Dickson On Good Friday, Jane and I left early to walk down to White Point Garden. I had on my purple cassock and straw hat; I also carried my shepherd’s staff. A lady saw us and asked us, “Why are people gathering here?” I told her we joined with people from several churches to walk the Stations of the Cross…
By Rev. Mark Avera As I write, I am now three services (Ash Wednesday and the two Sundays following) and one Bible study into life at Church of the Resurrection, and it just feels right. I am blessed to serve a congregation of committed disciples who are hungry for more of Jesus and eager to follow both His leading and His appointed…
By Rev. Mark Avera It is hard to believe that it has been over a month since we concluded this year’s Global Impact Celebration. This year, we were blessed to hear from Peter Rothermel, Jonathan Ziman, and Rob Rienow about the significance of the family in God’s mission to the world, and we were challenged…
By Mark Avera On March 1, I begin as the Vicar of the Church of the Resurrection in North Charleston. March 1 is Ash Wednesday. Somehow, there is a wondrous suggestion of a great hope in the juxtaposition of ashes and Resurrection. “Out of the ashes, we rise …” From death and loss to unconquerable…
A month to remember By Peter C. Moore Our Third Anglican Leadership Institute is now history. Sixteen marvelous Anglican leaders have now rejoined their families and resumed their ministries. And what a great group they were. They spanned the full Anglican spectrum: from the rector of a comfortable downtown parish in a mid-sized Australian…
During the trial of Dylan Roof, St. Michael’s Church was fully engaged in four different ways. First, the connection center on Broad Street was turned into a respite center for officers covering the trial. We called it our LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) hospitality room. Second, we hosted lunches nearly everyday for the families of Mother Emanuel. St. Michael’s staff and volunteers came…