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Mary Carson: Second Generation Bexley Alum

When Mary Carson was growing up, she never entertained the idea of going to seminary or becoming a priest.

"In fact, as a teenager, that was the only thing I said I never would do," said the Rev. Mary Carson, a 1992 Master of Divinity graduate of Bexley. "One of the critical things to know is that my father was an ordained minister and went to Bexley (he received his master of divinity from Bexley Hall in Gambier), but that was not the reason I chose Bexley or the ministry."

It was a love of music, and eventually church music, that led her to Bexley Hall in Rochester, New York, when the seminary started a new program with the Eastman School of Music. Carson's father, the Rev. John G. Carson, who died in 2007, served as a priest in the Diocese of Southern Ohio for over 50 years.

"My time spent at Bexley was a great time of life," said Carson, who for two years has served as interim rector at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Lorain, Ohio. "I loved the community in the seminary and especially appreciated the ecumenical nature of Bexley, which was even more ecumenical then.

Peter Rollins on February 19

p-rollins-web On Sunday, February 19 from 3-5 pm at Bexley Hall, Peter Rollins, author of The Orthodox Heretic, How (Not) to Speak of God, and Insurrection, will give a free workshop titled "Pyrotheology and the Faith Collective: Challenges and Opportunities for the Denominational Church." A reception follows. Spread the word and bring your friends!

Sharon Daloz Parks

Cleveland on March 14

Today's c SharonDalozParks1 hurch and world require leaders who can facilitate adaptive change and inspire people to cultivate new consciousness, conscience and competence. This workshop, led by prominent leadership author and consultant Sharon Daloz Parks, will draw on the insights of adaptive leadership guru Ronald Heifetz and others to consider how we form the inner lives of leaders, what it means to practice authority, and how we cultivate the arts of leadership on the edge.

Whether you are an emerging or established leader, lay or ordained, working in the institutional church or beyond--this workshop will inspire you to reassess and re-imagine the good that can come from your leadership and the change you want to create.

This event is sponsored by the Bexley Hall and Seabury Partnership for Lifelong Learning. Read an interview with Daloz Parks, and learn more and register for the Cleveland event at St. Paul's Episcopal in Cleveland Heights and the Chicago event at Park Ridge Community Church.

Bishop Griswold's Sermon at Dean Ferguson's Installation

On November 3, 2011, the Most Rev'd Frank T. Griswold, 25th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, preached at Dean Ferguson's installation. The service was a solemn evensong on the Feast of Richard Hooker.