TME | November 2024

On the cover: Theo Williams, St. Alban’s, Bovina; Rebecca Kubler, St. Peter’s, Brandon; Ray Hume, Holy Trinity, Vicksburg; and Bernard Hulin, St. Francis, Philadelphia, represent Mississippi’s Beloved Community at 2024 Diocesan Council in February.

Letter from the editor

Thanks once again, readers, for your continued patience as we continue to plot a new course forward for The Mississippi Episcopalian. Your positive comments on the redesign, the new online presence, and the new editorial direction have been most appreciated.

Scheduling and budgeting have been perhaps the biggest challenges we’ve faced with the new TME, and I’m happy to report that progress is being made. While some decisions will require waiting for the diocesan budget to be finalized at Council, we’ve been hard at work, under the advisement of Bishop Wells, solidifying our publication schedule for 2025 and are aiming to put new issues out into the world earlier in the month. This will require further revisions to our submission deadlines—the easiest way to know when to send in materials is to check the back of the print (or PDF) edition (you can find that on page 14 of this issue) or on the website at msepiscopalian.com/submissions.

I welcome your questions and feedback any time at msepiscopalian@dioms.org.

Thank you so much for your continued support,

Wil Oakes, Editor and Art Director