In April, Elizabeth Jameson ('97) began a terminal sabbatical after having served for seven years at Seabury.  She is delighted to have some space and time to herself and her family.  In August, she begins a one year position as the Priest-in-Charge of St. Elisabeth's, Glencoe, a wonderful local area parish while their rector (alum Daphne Cody) will be in France with her family.  It is a great community--healthy, vibrant and loving--and she's eager to get back to parish ministry.   Elizabeth is also enjoying her role as a CREDO faculty member developing the leadership component for the new CREDO conference designed for recently ordained clergy.  She, Jim, Wallace and Abbott are excited about their move to Glencoe and the year of adventure.  Elizabeth is shown below preaching at the Chapel of St. John the Divine in Evanston at Seabury's leave taking before moving to its new location at 8765 W. Higgins Road in Chicago.

The Rev. Kay Houck ('09) was ordained to the priesthood on March 28 at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in Syracuse, NY by the Rt. Rev. Gladstone B. Adams III, the Bishop of Central New York.  Kay is shown below with Bishop Adams.  (Raymond Axelson photo)

The Very Rev. Joyce Beaulieu ('06) has been elected to the board of directors of National Episcopal Health Ministries and was just installed as Dean of the Rockford Deanery of the Diocese of Chicago.  She is the Rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Belvidere.

  The Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting ('72) was named Assistant Bishop of Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the 174th Convention of the Diocese, which was held in Lombard. Bishop Jeff Lee told those assembed, "With Bishop Scantlebury's retirement it was clear that one bishop was really not enough at the least to keep an adequate schedule of visits to congregations and so I began to think and pray about how that need might be met. 

I had several conversations with bishops around the country who might have some interest in helping us out, but I am delighted that the bishop I most wanted to talk to about it was willing to talk with me too, and that with the approval of the Standing Committee he has accepted my invitation to come to Chicago on a part time basis as assisting bishop, beginning in January."

Bishop Epting is the retired Bishop of Iowa and served for eight years as the Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Church.