Friday, August 5, 2011

New rector at St. Francis Episcopal


Congratulations Vanessa (Novato is just north o San Francisco)-

On August 15 the Rev. Vanessa Glass begins her tenure as rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church. She comes to Novato from Grace Cathedral, where she served as senior associate pastor the past five years.

Sponsored in her call to the priesthood by St. John’s Ross, Glass was ordained in 2001 after graduating from Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

In addition to her work at Grace Cathedral, Glass has worked in several smaller parishes: as an intern at St. James San Francisco and as an associate at St. Paul’s San Rafael.

She cur-rently serves as co-chair for the Diocese of California’s deputation to general convention. In addition, she is a member and the secretary of the House of Deputies Study Committee on Church Governance and Polity, and she is a Mutual Ministry Review Facilitator. A strong advocate of women’s ministries, Glass is co-founder and former convener of the Women’s Clericus.

More here-

http://marinscope.com/articles/2011/08/04/novato_advance/news/community/doc4e39dd04779f5772745872.txt

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