Duke Fellows and Visiting Seminarians
Carol Long, Coordinator
Director, Christian Formation
clong@saint-peters.net
(850) 701-0664, ext. 21
For the ninth year, we get to enjoy a reciprocal relationship with Duke Divinity School’s Teaching Congregations Program. St. Peter’s serves as a teaching parish for students from Duke University Divinity School. The student is placed with us in the summer for ten weeks and participates in the life and ministry of St. Peter’s. Working under the supervision St. Peter’s clergy and Carol Long, the Duke Fellow is able to experience parish ministry in its fullness so as to be better able to discern his or her calling.
2009 Duke Fellow
Matthew Lewis
Undergraduate degree from the University of West Georgia
(2007, BA, Philosophy and Religion)
Matthew spent most of his childhood growing up in Pensacola, Florida until he moved to Louisville, Georgia at the beginning of high school. Matthew attended the University of West Georgia where he studied philosophy with a concentration in religious studies. Out of college he worked as a youth minister at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Summerville, South Carolina. After that, during the summer of 2008, he moved to San Buenaventura, Honduras to work at a children's home with the LAMB Institute. Matthew returned to the United States in August of last year, about a week before he began the Masters of Divinity program at Duke Divinity School. Matthew enjoys being outdoors and playing sports like ultimate frisbee and golf. Favorite hobbies include playing guitar and djembe, reading philosophy, and running. A couple of his favorite books are “The Great Divorce” by C. S. Lewis and “Works of Love” by Soren Kierkegaard.
Addresses by Matthew Lewis:
07/29/09 - We Are To Serve, 7:07
07/22/09 - Everything Has Become New, 9:01
07/12/09 - We Are Sent, 13:36
07/08/09 - Christianity is Not Convenient, 5:46
06/24/09 - Recapturing the Excitement of the Good News, 5:28
|
|
|
2008 Duke Fellow
Kevin Johnson
Undergraduate degree from Indiana Wesleyan University (2007, BA, Youth Ministries and Vocal Music)
Kevin Johnson comes to us after his first year at Duke Divinity School in the Masters of Divinity program. He is a native of Wheaton, IL, and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in April 2007. While at IWU, he double-majored in Youth Ministries and Vocal Music. Kevin’s passion is one for ministry, and along with the responsibility of preaching, he longs to see the 20-30 year old generation restored in the Church. Kevin sings in the Duke Chapel Vespers Choir, and also sang in the Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale. He is a huge Chicago Cubs fan and enjoys playing golf. He is excited to be serving alongside St. Peters this summer, and looks forward to all that God has to teach him in this dynamic church environment.
Listen to homilies and performances given by Kevin
08/03/08 - Nothing Can Separate Us, 20:36
07/30/08 - Loving Others On God's Terms, 07:50
07/20/08 - The King of Love My Shepherd Is, 04:32
07/06/08 - Beyond the Struggle: Glimpses of Resurrection, 19:29
06/29/08 - Beck's It Is Well With My Soul, 04:15
06/18/08 - Let Us Be Hated For Our Love, 09:24
05/28/08 - Joining God's Blessing-Song, 06:31
|
|
|
2007 Duke Fellows
Carey Sims
MBA from Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, 2004
Undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA (1995, BA, Spanish and International Studies)
Raised in Onancock on Virginia's Eastern Shore until the age of 10 when her father's business skill took the family to Fargo, ND where she lived from the age of 10 to 17 and where Carey became very handy with a tennis racket. The family moved back to the Eastern Shore just in time for Carey's senior year in high school, so she followed in her mother and grandmother's footsteps and completed her education at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, NC and where her tennis team won 3rd in the State. 1995 Graduate of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA with a BA in Spanish and International Studies. Studied at the University of Salamanca and the University of Barcelona, which included an internship with the Youth Olympics in Andorra (north of Spain) as a part of her undergraduate language training. Moved to the Washington, DC area in 1995 where her family relocated to start Upscale Resale, the area's largest consignment furniture business. Worked as an advertising Account Executive for Telemundo from 1995-1997 and as the Personnel and Marketing manager for Upscale Resale from 1997-2006. Served as a youth volunteer at Downtown Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA from 1999-2001; served on the launch team for National Community Church in Arlington, VA from 2003-2005 and as coordinator of the healing prayer ministry for Kairos at The Falls Church from 2004-2006. Received an MBA from Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2004. Trained in Healing Prayer through the programs coordinated by Leanne Payne at Wheaton College (IL), John Sanford's Elijah House and Francis McNutt's Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, FL.
Listen to her sermons given at St. Peters:
08/05/07 - Receive the Sufficiency of Christ, 17:04, 5.0 MB
06/13/07 - Become Pure Vessels, 6:22, 1.9 MB
Gannon Sims
Undergraduate degree from Baylor University, (1999, BA, Major: Speech Communication, Minor: Music)
Native of Conroe, Texas (in the piney woods 40 miles North of Houston) where his parents are active members of First Baptist Church. 1999 Graduate of Baylor University where he served two years as Student Body President (BA Major: Speech Communication/Minor: Music). Lived in the Washington, DC area from 1999-2006; served as a Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate and as a public affairs officer for the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Served as a worship leader for the Kairos Community at The Falls Church in Falls Church, VA from 2002-2006, a youth Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA from 1999-2005, and a National Prayer Breakfast Volunteer from 2002- 2005. Sang four seasons with the Master Chorale of Washington. At Duke Divinity, Gannon assists with worship planning in the office of the Chaplain. In Durham, Carey and Gannon attend All Saints Church (AMIA).
Listen to his sermons and performances given at St. Peters
08/05/07 - Be Unto Your Name, 3:00, 3.6 MB
08/01/07 - Look Forward to the Kingdom of God, 10:09, 3.0 MB
07/29/07 - More Precious Than Silver, 1:38, 2.0 MB
07/29/07 - Beck's Offertory, 3:07, 3.7 MB
07/22/07 - Holy Expectations, 15:42, 4.6 MB
06/24/07 - Give Me Jesus, 3:47, 4.5 MB
06/20/07 - Lay Down Your Lives, 10:49, 3.2 MB
|
|
|
2006 Duke Fellow and Visiting Seminarian
Andrew Rowell
St. Peter's Duke Fellow, Summer 2006
Undergraduate degree from Duke University, Political Science and Creative Writing
Prior to entering into seminary, Andrew received his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Creative Writing from Duke University. He then worked in Washington D.C. as a speechwriter for the Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration. He completed law school at The University of Virginia and was employed as a tax attorney in a large D.C. law firm. Andrew attended The Falls Church in the Washington area, where he helped with their college and young adult ministries. He returned to his alma mater, Duke, to enter their Divinity School and graduated in 2008. In the summer of 2006, he was the Duke Fellow for St. Peter’s in the Teaching Parishes Program. Fr. Andrew joined us as the Associate Rector for Youth and Families, on September 2, 2008 and was ordained into the priesthood at St. Peter's on May 8, 2009.
Listen to his St. Peter's sermons, given as undergraduate of Duke Divinity School. (For future sermons, given as a member of St. Peter's Clergy, please visit the Sermons and Teachings page):
06/01/08 - Removing the Saw Horses, 22:11
04/01/07 - The Story That Shapes Our Lives, 20:22, 6.0 MB
10/29/06 - Maturing in Christ, 19:17, 5.6 MB
07/30/06 - Prisoners of Christ, 25:18, 7.2 MB
07/09/06 - Prophetic Living, 19:37, 5.6MB
Ian McCarthy
St. Peter's Visiting Seminarian, Summer 2006
Ian McCarthy was an active part of the St. Peter’s community during the summer of 2006, while doing his Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) requirement at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Ian was a Trinity School for Ministry Seminary student.
On Thursday May 22, 2008, Ian was ordained as a priest at St. Anne's Anglican Church in Oceanside California. He was ordained by the Right Reverend Francis R. Lyons of the Diocese of Bolivia. Fr. Ian is the son of the Reverend Patrina and S. Melville McCarthy of All Saints Anglican Church Tallahassee, Florida, and serves as the Associate Rector for Youth at St. Anne's.
Listen to his sermon:
07/02/06 - Be Generous, 11:51, 3.5 MB
|
|
|
