![]() ![]() 2020 COFFEE HOUR / FELLOWSHIP - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! For the 1st Sunday of each month Volunteers are needed to sponsor and present the Repast after service Please see Robin Blunt or contact her at (843) 813-3754 The JOY/Crafts group will meet from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Tuesdays during the shortened daylight period. NEW HOURS FOR THE GATHERERS The Gatherers Around The Table will meet from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm on the FIRST Tuesday of each month ![]() A crafts and knitting group (formerly known as the JOY Group) that meets at historic Calvary
Episcopal Church in Charleston is celebrating the achievements of its
members and the fellowship that their weekly meetings have fostered. The
group gathered in December for an informal Christmas party and to view
an array of handcrafts that their members entered for judging at the
recent Coastal Carolina Fair. Led by Veronica Sheppard and Pat Williams, who offer instruction to the group, Calvary members earned 22 ribbons at the annual fair. The members also are taking on new projects to benefit others. Calvary's Priest-in-Charge, the Rev. Matt McCormick, has connected the group with the Medical University of South Carolina to create special blankets to be used for the burial of infants. The group meets every Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm at Calvary, and is always looking for new students and members. They recently welcomed a new member from nearby St. Mark's Episcopal. For information contact group member Andrea Lawrence at redhatladyandrea@icloud.com. ![]() House of Deputies Medal Awarded to Lonnie Hamilton
On July 10, 2018, the House of Deputies Medal was awarded to Lonnie Hamilton
III, a lay deputy for South Carolina. House of Deputies President Gay
Clark Jennings presented the award, honoring Lonnie's leadership and
witness in serving the Church through a time of division and the ongoing
reorganization in our diocese. Our deputation and Bishop Adams
accompanied him to the stage as he received a standing ovation from more
than 800 people present in the House of Deputies. Watch the video here - the presentation begins at about 17:00 minutes.
Here is the text of President Jennings' presentation:
Now, back in 2012, we had a little excitement at General Convention. ... At that convention, held in the great diocese of Indianapolis, some of those gathered among us decided to leave the convention and, ultimately, to leave the Episcopal Church. Just one loyal Episcopalian from the former Diocese of South Carolina remained, and he is a gifted educator, a civil rights advocate, and an astonishing jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who has also been a faithful member of our church for more than 60 years. And through it all, he has never stopped working and praying and hoping that the people of his former diocese will find a way to come back together so that we all may be one." Deputy Lonnie Hamilton of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina has been a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Charleston for 57 years and served on the vestry, as choirmaster, and in many other leadership roles. He has served on the Standing Committee and the Diocesan Council in South Carolina, and this is his sixth General Convention as a deputy or alternate. He is a retired administrator with the Charleston County School District and served his community as a member of Charleston County Council for more than 20 years. He was the first African American to serve on that body and was twice elected as its chairman. The House of Deputies is not, as you can imagine, the first organization to honor Lonnie’s faithful ministry. When he received the Dean’s Cross Award from Virginia Theological Seminary last year, the citation noted that Lonnie has “a reputation not only as a gifted educator but also as a charismatic figure who was popular with students and who could help ease tensions at Bonds-Wilson and other North Charleston area schools resulting from the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision. In the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, he led the diocesan Community Housing Development Organization, which has converted dozens of properties into affordable housing units.” As if all this weren’t enough, Lonnie toured with the Jenkins Orphanage Bands in the mid-1940s and played with his own band, Lonnie Hamilton and the Diplomats, which was the signature jazz band in Charleston for decades. For his distinguished service to the Episcopal Church and to the community we serve in Charleston, South Carolina, I am honored to award the House of Deputies medal to Deputy Lonnie Hamilton. ~~~~~~~~ ![]() Our own Mr. Lonnie Hamilton III has been awarded the prestigious DEAN'S CROSS award by the Virginia Theological Seminary.
Established in November 2008, the Dean’s Cross award recognizes
outstanding leaders who embody their baptismal vows to “strive for
justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every
human being.” Selected annually by the Seminary Dean in consultation
with the Chair of the Board, the Honorees receive a handmade silver
cross, modeled after the Seminary Chapel cross, and a certificate. “Our work here at Virginia Seminary is formation,” said the Very Rev. Ian Markham, dean and president of Virginia Seminary, “and this award celebrates the well-formed life, which involves living out the values of the baptismal covenant and making a difference in society.” Past Recipients of the award include: December 7, 2014
December 6, 2015
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