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Stewardship

Project Resource is a program being used in dioceses around The Episcopal Church to encourage and empower churches to grow and be transformed through joyful giving. The project offers extensive resources for stewardship, including year-round stewardship and pledge campaigns, asking for major gifts and planned giving. We are excited by the possibilities this opens up for us as a diocese to support our congregations in this essential area of ministry, and we see this as a vital tool for years to come.

Project Resource is a journey, and ours continues as we go deeper into the materials, work out how they apply to our congregations and train teams of people to lead workshops and assist congregations locally. Our vision is to share resources helpful for all congregations and to make the program fully available within the next couple of years.

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The Rev. Earnest Graham
Regional Canon
919-834-7474, ext. 5405 
The Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French
Canon for East Regional Ministry and Collaborative Innovation
The Rev. Daniel Dario Robayo Hidalgo
Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries
919-834-7474, ext. 5414 
The Rev. Kathy Walker
Missioner for Black Ministries
919-834-7474, ext. 5413; 786-417-3261 

The Rev. Earnest Graham

Regional Canon
919-834-7474, ext. 5405 |

Canon Graham serves as a regional canon located in the Greensboro and Winston-Salem convocations.

Prior to attending seminary, Canon Graham worked as a graphic artist in advertising as well as an illustrator. He comes to the Diocese from the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia where he served as interim rector of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church in Toano, Virginia, and rector of St. Matthew's in Chesterfield, Virginia.

Ordained in 2001, Canon Graham’s service to the church began long before he entered Virginia Theological Seminary. While a lay member at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Casper, Wyoming, he chaired committees and directed ministries, he led youth programs and served as a vestry member, acolyte, LEM and hospital visitor. His call deepened, leading him to VTS in 1998; he remained in Virginia following his ordination.

In his free time, Canon Graham continues to practice art, creating comic book translations of the Bible; he is currently at work on selections of the Psalms.

The Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French

Canon for East Regional Ministry and Collaborative Innovation

The Rev. Dr. Sally French serves as the canon for east regional ministry and collaborative innovation for the Diocese of North Carolina. In her role as regional canon, she is part of a team of missioners and canons dedicated to increasing the vitality and impact of congregational development initiatives at the local, regional and diocesan levels. Sally’s work focuses on the Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount convocations of the Diocese.

Originally ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada, Sally has served congregations in Edmonton, New York, Central New York and North Carolina. She has served internationally in Jerusalem (St. George’s College) and West Africa (Diocese of Guinea). Her B.A. (economics and history) and M.Div. are both from Trinity College in the University of Toronto and her D.Min. is from Virginia Theological Seminary. Prior to joining the bishop’s staff, Sally served on the Standing Committee of the Diocese, including a term as president. She is married to Clarke French, the rector of Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill, and they have two children, Jack (15) and Elizabeth (10).
Sally’s interests include pilgrimage and leadership development. She is the author of “Hearts Set on Pilgrimage: A Guide for Individuals and Groups” (Church Publishing, Inc, forthcoming October 2021) and is interested in the ways that formation and spiritual practices can inform and enhance clergy and lay leadership. She has advanced level certification in interim ministry and has served to support transition in congregations and in a previous diocese, as a diocesan consultant for transition. Sally brings skills in change management, project development and congregational support and looks forward to connecting with lay members and clergy in the communities of the East Region.

The Rev. Daniel Dario Robayo Hidalgo

Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries
919-834-7474, ext. 5414 |

Robayo served as the rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia for nine years before joining diocesan staff. A priest for 30 years who has served in a wide variety of parish settings and diocesan leadership roles, Robayo has great gifts in formation and congregational development. He understands his vocation as “empowering the ministry of the baptized in the church as well as in the world.” His passion is to “give people the tools to reflect theologically about their Christian identity and their place in the world so that in their daily lives they may represent Christ to the world.”

A native of Venezuela who has spent most of his adult life as an Episcopalian in the United State, Robayo seeks to walk with the worship communities of the diocese through the opportunities and challenges of being a multilingual, intercultural Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement.

Robayo is married to Nancy Urrecheaga-Robayo, an educator with many years of experience as a classroom teacher, principal and Godly Play instructor. Between them, they have 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

The Rev. Kathy Walker

Missioner for Black Ministries
919-834-7474, ext. 5413; 786-417-3261 |

The Rev. Kathy Walker previously served as the associate rector for pastoral care and parish life at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tallahassee, Florida, though her call to church leadership and ministry is one she has answered her entire life. Prior to becoming a member of the clergy, over her lifetime she has served as a licensed lay reader, a lay Eucharistic minister, vestry member and church officer. She was instrumental in the founding of the David Henry Brooks chapter of Union of Black Episcopalians in the Diocese of Florida, and while serving as its president organized multiple forums about the future of Black churches.

Kathy believes strongly in the honoring and continuity of Black churches and hopes in her new role to help as many as possible not only survive, but flourish. She also wants to work with congregations to deepen their churches’ roots in the communities they already serve so well, and build leadership opportunities in the Church for future generations.

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