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Clergy

The Rev. Dr. Andrew MacBeth, Rector

The Rev. Bonnie Malone, Outreach, Pastoral Care, & Rhodes College Ministry

The Rev. George S. Yandell, Education, Young Adults, and Staff Supervisor

The Rev. Deacon Audrey Gonzalez, Assisting Clergy

The Rev. Deacon Mimsy Jones, Assisting Clergy

 

The Rev. Dr. Andrew MacBeth

RectorAndy MacBeth

Andy has been Rector of Calvary Church since February 2004. His job is to hold out a vision for the parish about how we live out our calling to make God’s love visible in downtown Memphis. He coaches the staff and parish leadership for this work; leads in worship, preaching, and teaching; and shares with the other clergy in providing pastoral care for parishioners.

Ordained in 1975, he has served churches in Naples, Florida, Shaker Heights and Painesville, Ohio, and Virginia. At the time of his move to Memphis, he was Rector of the historic Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, a large parish known for its education, youth programs, and outreach.

   

Andy is especially interested in the hopes and questions people bring with them today when they explore a possible relationship with the Church. Look for a chance to attend Calvary’s Practicing the Faith class with him to learn about how twenty-first century Episcopalians live their faith.

    

Andy is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College, the Episcopal Divinity School (Cambridge, Massachusetts), and Virginia Theological Seminary, where he earned a Doctor of Ministry degree in 2000.

    

Andy and his wife Sybil have two adult sons. He is the author of Dearly Beloved, a book to help couples plan a wedding in the Episcopal Church.

E-mail Andy.

 

The Rev. Bonnie Malone

Associate Rector

Outreach, Pastoral Care, & Rhodes College Ministry Bonnie Malone

Bonnie loves to “pray the Eucharist.” She says, “When I say the prayers for Holy Communion, I have a profound sense of the presence of God with us and the abundance of God’s love for us.” She has special interests in inter-religious dialogue, mystic spirituality and social justice. Bonnie also loves Bible study and preaching. “I believe that our scriptures are relevant today. To understand the Bible we have to enter into dialogue with the scripture and the people of faith who have gone before us…and be a little creative.”

    

Bonnie coordinates the outreach and pastoral care ministries at Calvary with the help of many, many Calvary parishioners and community members who are committed to serving Christ in all persons.

Bonnie is also the priest to the students of CORE (Community of Rhodes Episcopalians) and oversees a growing partnership of ministry between Calvary parishioners and these Rhodes College students.

E-mail Bonnie.

 

The Rev. George S. Yandell

Associate Rector

Education, Young Adult Ministry, & Staff Supervisor

George YandellGeorge served Calvary as Interim Associate to the Rector starting in the summer of 2002. Beginning in April of 2004, he became part of the permanent staff serving as Associate to Rector Andy MacBeth. In addition to serving as clergy liaison to the Faith Formation Ministry Group, he offers clergy support to the Adult Christian Education Committee and the Director of Youth and Family Ministry. As clergy chaplain for the Young Adult Ministry (YAMs), George helps coordinate young adults’ activities. With the other clergy, he helps makes pastoral care visits to the sick, shut-in, and those in need of support in life transitions. Because of his concerns for God’s justice in the wider community, he serves on the board of the RISE Foundation, combating economic exploitation and predation in Shelby County. He shares with his Calvary clergy colleagues in preaching, teaching, pastoral care and other ministries of the parish.

   

An avid reader of fiction, psychology and myth, George always has a book in his briefcase. His passions include the study of the historical Jesus and historical Paul.

          

George is married to Susan, and has two daughters, Abby and Cory.

E-mail George.

  Audrey Gonzalez

The Rev. Deacon Audrey Gonzalez

Assisting Clergy

Audrey Gonzalez is a native Memphian who was ordained deacon in the Anglican Church in Uruguay. Her focus is on working with juvenile delinquents and children in detention. She is a volunteer probation officer, a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for children) volunteer and the chaplain of Reconation Academy, the girl's prison. Among other things, she is working toward a Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry.

E-mail Audrey.

  

The Rev. Deacon Mimsy Jones

Assisting Clergy Mimsy Jones

Since being ordained a deacon in 1994, Mimsy has served at Calvary Church, Church of the Holy Communion, St. Thomas, Somerville, and St. James, Bolivar. She enjoys a strong affiliation with the Diocese of West Tennessee, serving as Secretary of the Diocese at Convention and at Bishop and Council.

 

In her ministry, she seeks above all a wise balance between activity and contemplation. Having been immersed in outreach ministry for years, both before and after ordination, she recently has concentrated on the interior life. She was deeply affected by the training she received with the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, finding peace and joy in the presence of children experiencing Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd.

   

Mimsy believes in the value of silence and stillness and has had the delight of working with the Calvary ECW in planning weekend retreats, and with other Calvary women in forming St. Clare Retreats, monthly silent retreats for women. Mimsy says, "I also have become absorbed in studying and interpreting Holy Scripture, and continue to be inspired by the privilege of 'teaching' women in Bible study."

E-mail Mimsy.