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Wednesday, February 3rd will be the inauguration of a new era in the life of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church, when Bishop Charles von Rosenberg, of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, institutes The Rev. Leyla K. King as the new Rector of this long established parish.
After being without a permanent rector (pastor) for over two years, the leadership of the congregation chose a young, fresh-from-seminary candidate to take the helm of the 105 year old parish.
The Rev. Leyla K. King is a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, and completed her undergraduate work at Dartmouth College. She is married to The Rev. Dr. Ben King, professor of Church history at Sewanee, School of Theology, The University of the South.
The Celebration of a New Ministry, as the service of installation is called, will be held at 7 pm, Wednesday, February 3rd at Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church. Thankful is located at the corner of Thankful Place and Alabama Ave. in the historic St. Elmo neighborhood, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The public is cordially invited to attend. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall.
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For More information, please contact
Wallace Braud
Sr. Warden, Thankfu Memorial Episcopal Church
423.400.4177
wallace@wbraud.com
What a wonderful thing to have happen to an established church with a fine tradition.
Perhaps the new leaders will be interested in establishing a Lego design club. The reason I mention this is that often pastors trained in the Boston area are familiar with the MIT artificial intelligence lab and their use of Lego as a tool for AI research.
Youth scholarships are awarded each year in the Lego design area, and churches have been active in promoting this activity as a clean, constructive way of encouraging youth to exercise creativity and mingle with each other in a wholesome happy way.
For example, ten scholarships in the amount of $4,000 are offered by ToysPeriod, my favorite hobby shop. Designs need to be submitted by June 1 of each year, and the scholarships are designed in a following four year college career.
I am not a ToysPeriod employee just to be clear. I just purchase from them and have never been disappointed with the clean vintage Lego sets they provide as well as the expert consultation service in the area of layouts of all kinds, from Lego to Model trains they provide. They can coach youth (young and older) in designing the simplest to the most complex Lego or model train layouts. Nothing seems beyond their expertise.
Anyway, Lego designs and model railroad layouts or not, congratulations both to Rev Leyla King and Memorial Episcopal Church.
Beth
ToysPeriod is a leading online shop specializing in lego sets and model railroad equipment.
very nice sharing, I liked that, specially the scholar ship initiative is a good step, it will strengthen the cause. Thanks for sharing the article.
Congratulations on the new leader. Hopefully it can be just the fresh start you guys need for this day and age.