Summary

The Roanoke Times – Trinity Episcopal Church welcomes new rector, celebrates inclusion – Rev. Gail Goldsmith is one of only 99 women ordained as a priest under the age of 35 in the Episcopal Church…

Centralijersy – Chef representing St. Peter’s wins judge’s choice in county cooking contest – A local chef representing St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Spotswood won the judge’s choice award in a cooking contest…

Nelson County Times – Rev. Caudill finds calling in not one, but two churches – The Rev. Allison Caudill described her decision to pursue ministry as a moment of certainty she has felt only a handful of times in her life. Now priest-in-charge for both St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Amherst County and Grace Episcopal Church in Nelson County…

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Trinity Episcopal Church welcomes new rector, celebrates inclusion

The Roanoke Times – Lynchburg, VA

The mood inside the small church was buoyant, and the institution of its new rector Thursday seemed to pull a synchronous sigh of a relief from the congregation — that a yearlong search was concluded and Trinity Episcopal Church was in good hands.

In many ways, the Rev. Gail Goldsmith is an outlier. At 31 years old, she is one of only 99 women ordained as a priest under the age of 35 in the Episcopal Church, according to a recent Church Pension Group report. On Thursday, she officially was installed as rector at Trinity Episcopal, just off Boonsboro Road. […]

 Chef representing St. Peter’s wins judge’s choice in county cooking contest

Centralijersy – Spotswood, NJ

A local chef representing St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Spotswood won the judge’s choice award in a cooking contest.

Chefs prepared recipes on a budget during Middlesex County’s Dine Below The Line, which held its first virtual event on June 3.

Hosted by Sharon Gordon, guests included chairman of Feeding Middlesex County’s board, Kevin Hoagland; New Brunswick’s Keith Jones, II; and 1450 WCTC-AM’s radio anchor Racquel Williams. […]

Rev. Caudill finds calling in not one, but two churches

Nelson County Times – Nelson County, VA

The Rev. Allison Caudill described her decision to pursue ministry as a moment of certainty she has felt only a handful of times in her life.

Now priest-in-charge for both St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Amherst County and Grace Episcopal Church in Nelson County, the Kentucky native said her moment came when she was just 15 years old, although she had grown up in the Episcopal church.

Caudill said she had gone to a youth weekend with a friend and attended a service at the end of that weekend led by a young woman. […]