Interim Rector Announced
The vestry is delighted to announce that the Reverend Pam Fahrner has accepted our call to serve as St. Mark’s interim rector on a part-time basis, meeting our parish needs in the areas of worship, pastoral care and parish administration. Your first opportunity to meet her will be at the annual parish meeting on January 26 and her first Sunday service will be February 2.
Pam and husband Jeff are thrilled to join our parish! They are currently enjoying her brief “retirement” from All Saints on Hilton Head with several weeks of reading, getting a head start on ministry here and savoring time with their two dogs, Bello and Sophie. Married for decades and parents of two sons, they have four grandchildren and live in Bluffton.
She came to ordination late in life after 20 years as a registered dental hygienist in California and Virginia. She and Jeff concurrently owned an art gallery in Virginia. Pam’s call became clear as her health career concluded, and God provided the time and opportunity to focus her ministry on the path to ordination. She was ordained a deacon in 2008 and a priest in 2009 in the diocese of Maryland. She served yoked parishes in Garrett County, Maryland until she was welcomed into All Saints Hilton Head in 2012, remaining there in an ever-growing active role as Senior Associate Rector before retiring on December 31, 2024.
Throughout her tenure in the Lowcountry, she has served our diocese in a variety of ways, notably as a member of the finance committee, diocesan council co-chair, and the standing committee in the absence of a bishop. Closest to her heart are pastoral care ministries and preaching. She brings a light-hearted, down-to-earth approachable style and cannot wait to meet you!
Vestry announces Search Committee
The Vestry is delighted to announce that a Search Committee for our upcoming transition has been formed and will be formally commissioned on Sun., May 26. The following parishioners joyfully and enthusiastically accepted our call to serve: Sallie Stone (Chairperson), Beth Campbell, Shannon Duffy, Liz Esch, Scott Peters, Woody Rutter and Jim Turk (Vestry). Please join us in thanking them for their stewardship and keep them in your prayers. We’ll be hearing more about the search process and their efforts in the coming weeks and months.
--Cheri Thayer, Senior Warden
Father Roy Announces his Retirement Plans
ANNUAL MEETING REPORT