by Andrew Morehead | Jun 20, 2019 | News
St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Knoxville, Tenn. John 6:37-40 Go west. Make space. Lose nothing. Even before he was ordained as a deacon, Jim Parry did a rather rare thing. And he did it three times. He went west and helped start a new Episcopal parish church. Now...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 20, 2019 | News
Dear friends in East Tennessee, When I retired from serving as your bishop, so many of you were so kind and gracious to give me a monetary gift. I initially told some folks I thought Kammy and I would take a trip to the island of Iona in Scotland – a holy place that’s...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 18, 2019 | News
Bishop Brian is pleased to announce that Mary Embler will be joining our diocesan staff as Diocesan Administrator when Kirby Purjet retires in August. But you’ll be seeing Mary at the Diocesan House before then as she and Kirby will be working together as August...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 12, 2019 | News
“…Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs.” ~Matthew 19:14 (NRSV) This past Saturday evening, Susan and I attended a Vespers service at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Knoxville. We...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 7, 2019 | News
On May 22nd, I stood along with about 20 other Episcopal deacons and priests near the banks of the Savannah River in the center of Savannah, Georgia. There was an embankment in front of us, and we were standing in front of four archways, which led into four unlit...
by Andrew Morehead | Jun 2, 2019 | News
Sermon Given at Church of the Ascension, Knoxville Seventh Sunday of Easter | June 2, 2019 Acts 16:16-34 John 17:20-26 This morning, quite deep into the season of Easter, we hear again a lesson from the Acts of Apostles. From the first day of Easter until the day of...