Bishop’s Journal

September/October 2024

September 2024

11 → Call with Clergyperson

12 → Finance Committee Meeting
12 → St. Philip’s Church, Jackson (CNM – the Rev Les Hegwood)—Preached
13 → Meeting with Staff Members; Meeting with Clergyperson; Meeting with Community Foundation of Jackson
15 → No Sunday Visitation Scheduled
16 → Bishop’s Sabbath
17 → Staff Meeting; Meeting with Staff Members
18 → Meeting re: Diocesan Young Adults; Meeting with Clergyperson
19 → Call with Clergyperson; Funeral of Staff Member’s Father; Meeting with Clergyperson; Meeting with Postulant
20 → Meeting with Staff Member; Meeting with Clergyperson; Meeting re: Title IV Matter
22 → St. Elizabeth’s, Collins—Preached, confirmed 8
23 → Bishop’s Sabbath
24 → Staff Meeting; Presiding Bishop’s Zoom on Sacred Ground; Meeting with Communicant re: Diocesan Task Force on Safety and Gun Violence; Meeting with Staff Members
25 → Church of the Good Shepherd, Terry—Spoke
26 → Executive Committee Meeting
27 → Meeting with Creation Care team; Meeting with Staff Members; Meeting with Clergyperson; Commission on Ministry meeting (Zoom)
28 → Capital City Pride; Cursillo (Camp Bratton-Green)
29 → St. James, Port Gibson—Preached, confirmed 2
29 → Church of the Holy Trinity, Vicksburg
30 → Travel to University of the South

October 2024

1-4 → University of the South: St. Luke’s Lectures and Trustees Meeting
1 → Staff Meeting (via Zoom)
1 → Title IV meeting (via Zoom)
5 → St. Paul’s Church, Corinth—meeting with clergyperson
6 → Church of the Resurrection, Starkville—Preached, confirmed 17, received 3
6 → Meeting with aspirant; Meeting with clergyperson
6 → Church of the Good Shepherd, Columbus—Spoke
7 → St. Paul’s Church, Columbus (meeting with Rector and Vestry)—Spoke
7 → Travel to Jackson
8 → Staff Meeting; Meetings with Staff Members; Meeting with aspirant; Spiritual Direction
9 → Meeting with Clergyperson
13 → St. Paul’s Church, Meridian—Preached, confirmed 11, baptized 5, reaffirmed 2
13 → Travel to Biloxi
14 → Bishop’s Sabbath
15 → Staff Meeting (remote); Meeting with Staff Members (remote)
16 → Meeting with Clergyperson; Meeting with Warden re: Transition; Meeting with Clergyperson
17 → Coast Episcopal School – chapel—Spoke
17 → Meeting with clergyperson; Meeting with postulant
17 → St. Pierre’s Church, Gautier (Celebration of New Ministry, Chris Schaefer)—Preached
18 → Travel to Jackson
19 → Commission on Ministry meeting
20 → Calvary Church, Cleveland—Preached, baptized 1, reaffirmed 1, received 2
20 → Grace Church, Rosedale—meeting with communicants
21-23 → Clergy Conference, All Saints Church, Tupelo—Preached twice, Spoke twice
24 → Diocese of MS Trustees Meeting
25 → Meeting with staff member; 2 meetings with clergypersons; Phone conversation with clergyperson
27 → Trinity Church, Natchez—Preached
27 → Christ Church, Church Hill—Preached
28 → Bishop’s Sabbath
29 → Staff Meeting; Meetings with staff members