The Rev. George D. Young, III, was elected on Saturday, Feb. 12 as fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.
Young, 55, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Fernandina Beach, Florida, was elected on the eighth ballot out of a field of five nominees. He received 107 votes of 142 cast in the lay order and 59 of 84 cast in the clergy order. An election on that ballot required 95 in the lay order and 56 in the clergy order.
Young asked the the Rt. Rev. Charles G. vonRosenberg to convey his excitement about the future and said that he is looking forward to being with us the in our future ministry in East Tennessee.
From the diocesan website.
Blessings and congratulations to the new bishop-elect!
Here's the link to the biography of the new bishop-elect. Scroll down to page 14 to begin reading.
What would you want your legacy to be?
I have recently been reading a book titled “Integrity,” and the author (Henry Cloud) uses the concept of “the wake,” describing the image seen from the aft deck of a ship traveling across the ocean. As one moves through the life of an organization, one leaves behind a wake, which has two sides – the task and the relationships. What did we accomplish as we moved through this life, and were we successful? And what was the quality of the relationships? How did we treat people, and how were they able to grow because we moved through their life?
A "Scattin' Preacher Man" as bishop? What's not to like? Well, I'm a native New Orleanian, you know, so I am prejudiced.
