by Andrew Morehead | Jun 6, 2025 | Featured Article, News
In December of 2024, three East Tennessee seminarians, Reverends Mark Colbert, Ryan Lockwood, and Rebecca Paluzzi were ordained to the diaconate as part of their ongoing discernment and formation as priests. The Rev. Mark Colbert, originally from St. Peter’s Episcopal...
by Andrew Morehead | May 30, 2025 | News
Beginning June 1, Bishop Brian Cole will go on a long-deserved sabbatical and will be out of office, resting, relaxing, and renewing before returning in the fall. While away, the diocesan staff will be busy with the next phases of our visioning process. Should you...
by Andrew Morehead | May 23, 2025 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop, News
After a year of discernment, exploration, analysis, and conversation, a vision and mission statement for the Diocese of East Tennessee has been published. After months of engaging the work of diocesan convention, clergy, and parish leadership, the visioning team,...
by Andrew Morehead | May 2, 2025 | News
The 2025 annual diocesan convention saw the retirement of two essential convention leaders: Canon Beverly Hurley Hill, the convention project planner, and the Rev. Christopher Hogin, the convention secretary. Bishop Brian Cole has invited two new persons to step into...
by Andrew Morehead | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop, News
Dear friends in the Diocese of East Tennessee, I write to update you on a matter involving clergy discipline in our Diocese. On February 10 of this year, we received a complaint through one of our Intake Officers against Brad Whitaker, the former Rector of St. Paul’s...
by Andrew Morehead | Mar 27, 2025 | News
by Georgiana Vines Bridge Refugee Services, which helps resettle refugees with protected status in Knoxville and Chattanooga, is grateful for a $15,000 pledge of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, says Noah McBrayer Jones, Bridge’s Director of...
