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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
SPORTS
Photo courtesy Rev. Glenda Curry
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Rev. Glenda Curry, left, won’t fully become the diocese’s bishop until January 2021; until then, she’ll share the role with the current bishop, the Rt. Rev. John McKee “Kee” Sloan, right.
Answering the Call
Get The Jump on
Summer Camp
Photo courtesy Baylor School
Find details on camps near and far in the 2020 edition of OTMJ’s Summer Camp Guide. Plus, a Vestavia Hills couple’s home atop Shades Mountain serves a free summer camp experience for lowincome children. Camp guide begins on page 20.
All Saints Rector Preparing to Fill Role as the First Female Episcopal Bishop By Sam Prickett
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n January, the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama elected the Rev. Glenda Curry as the state’s first female Episcopal bishop. It was a landmark vote, but for Curry, a Homewood resident and rector at All Saints Episcopal Church, it was more about her qualifications than anything else. “In my mind, what was more important was that I wanted to be qualified for what I would be facing,” she said. “I knew I had a lot of experience to bring to it.” Curry’s experience in the Episcopal church started in her late teens; she grew up “basically unchurched” before being baptized in a Baptist church at age 16. While in college at the University of South Carolina, she started attending Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia and was transfixed, in particular by one Christmas Eve service. “I saw the music and the liturgy, the Eucharist, and I was transported at that point – captured by the worship,” she said. “From then on, I went to the Episcopal church.” Eventually, she moved to Montgomery, becoming president of Troy University’s campus there. See CURRY page 6
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