EPISCOPAL START
The Diocese provides transitional/interim ministry training for clergy who serve in interim positions or who have recently moved to a new cure. This support is offered to both clergy who transition into the diocese and those who transition within the diocese.
Episcopal Start takes place 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month from October through June. Some gatherings are on Zoom, others at various locations. The day is facilitated by the canons, and lunch is provided. Attendance for full-time clergy is required, and part-time clergy are also encouraged to attend.
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott oversees the transitional program within the diocese. Please contact her if you are unable to attend a session.
CONTACT
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
Tranisition Ministry Officer
919-600-5319
EMAIL
A native of South Carolina, Marion earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Music degree from the University of South Carolina. She worked as a collaborative pianist with regional opera and theater companies prior to pursuing a call to ordained ministry.
She answered that call, graduating from The School of Theology at the University of the South, Sewanee, in 2019. Following her ordination that same year, she served as associate rector at St. Martin’s, Charlotte. From there, Marion became the second vicar of Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill, before becoming its first rector when the Advocate moved from mission to parish status at the diocese’s 208th Annual Convention in November 2023.
Marion is married to the Rev. Sara Arnette, who is the associate rector at Emmanuel Church in Southern Pines, where the two make their home with a boisterous Labrador named Abraham.
