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 at St. Paul's, Winston-Salem. 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.

Canon Catherine Massey oversees the transitional program within the diocese. Please contact her if you are unable to attend a session.

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Canon Catherine Massey

Canon to the Bishop

919-600-5307

Canon Catherine Massey

Canon to the Bishop
919-600-5307 |

Canon Massey graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Mass Communications and has over 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and association management. Prior to working at Diocesan House, she served as parish life coordinator for St. John's, Wake Forest.

Canon Massey works with the congregational development team and the office of transition ministry, and she supports congregations and clergy in transition. She also helps support our diocesan staff, the Safe Church program, and the work of the Commission on Ministry, the Pastoral Response Team and the Disciplinary Board.

Canon Massey enjoys learning how people and organizations work together and says it is an honor and a privilege to serve the clergy and churches in our diocese.

Canon Massey is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and has lived in North Carolina with her family for 20 years. She and her husband, Robert, have three young adult daughters and two Scottish terriers. The Masseys live in Wake Forest and are members of Christ Church, Raleigh.

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Wednesday, 3/29 at 9:00 AM

Lenten Clergy Quiet Day & Renewal of Vows

Thursday, 4/6 at 10:00 AM

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Lenten Clergy Quiet Day & Renewal of Vows

Wednesday, March 29, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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The program, titled "Receivers and Transmitters," will be facilitated by the Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor.

In her book, The Spiritual Life, Evelyn Underhill wrote, “The Church is in the world to save the world. It is a tool of God for that purpose. We are transmitters as well as receivers.”

Our time together will focus on the two movements of receiving and transmitting. This
is important not only because of the consequences of COVID-19 but also because for
many people the Church is becoming more and more irrelevant. While there are many
useful evangelism methods, we can’t give away what we do not have. Without a deep
connection to the source, we risk being a clanging gong. Karl Rahner reminds us that
“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he [she, they] will not exist at all.” In our
time together, we will explore why deepening our connection to God is important
and how we can increase our openness to this holy life.

As for transmission, in a time of COVID-19 and of increasing secularism, how can we, as clergy, be transmitters of the Good News of the Gospel by being living examples?
What does it mean to focus on the priestly promise to “nourish Christ’s people from the riches of God’s grace?” If our callings are to go deep, to go out, to go together, how
can we insure that we prioritize the inward journey as much as the outward or
communal, and what would that look like? After all, we are preparing for Holy Week:
We must let somethings die and open up to resurrection to be equipped to spread
the Good News into the world.

The format will be presentation, time for reflection, and plenary.

Taylor is the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina and recently was a Visiting Bishop in the Diocese of Virginia. He earned an M.Div. from the School of Theology at the University of the South and a Ph.D. in literature and theology from Emory University. Previously, he served as the rector of St. Gregory the Great in Athens, Georgia. Taylor has published three books: To Dream as God Dreams: Sermons of Community, Conversion and Hope; From Anger To Zion: An Alphabet of Faith, and most recently Are You Persuaded? In and Out of being a Bishop. He is happily married to Jo Taylor and deeply grateful for his two children, Arthur and Marie. Jo and Porter live in Asheville.

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Thursday, April 6, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Thursday, May 4, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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