Sunday Worship
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
Recovery Morning Prayer 8-8:45 a.m
8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
6:00 p.m. BreakingBread@6
Weekday Worship
8:15 a.m. Morning Prayer
12:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist
John Crawford Bauerschmidt was elected the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee on October 28, 2006, and was consecrated on January 27, 2007. In addition to his service as Diocesan and as a member of the House of Bishops, Bishop Bauerschmidt serves as Episcopal co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue in the United States. He has served since 2007 on the House of Bishops’ Theology Committee.
Bishop Bauerschmidt was born in 1959, and was brought up and attended school in Columbia, South Carolina. He received an A.B. degree from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1981, and then attended the General Theological Seminary in New York, from which he graduated in 1984 as Master of Divinity.
In 1986 Bishop Bauerschmidt married Caroline Barnard Pearce of New York, New York. They have three children: William, born in 1991; Henry, born in 1994; and Caroline, born in 1997.
In 1987 Bishop Bauerschmidt matriculated at Oxford University, England, from which he received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996. While a doctoral student, Bishop Bauerschmidt was also a Priest Librarian of Pusey House, an Anglican chaplaincy to the University community.
In 1992 he was called as rector of Christ Church, Albemarle, in the Diocese of North Carolina. During his time in North Carolina, he also served on the Ecumenical Commission of the diocese, for several years as chair. In 1997 he was called as rector of Christ Church, Covington, in the Diocese of Louisiana. While there he served on the board of trustees of Christ Episcopal School, the parish’s parochial school, and also on the board of directors of Christwood, an affiliated continuing care retirement community. From 2003 to 2005 he was president of the Christwood board. He served on the executive board of the Diocese of Louisiana, and for two years was the president of the Standing Committee of the diocese. Bishop Bauerschmidt also taught in the Diocesan School for Ministry and was a clerical deputy to the 2006 General Convention.
Bishop Bauerschmidt has a professional interest in theology and an amateur love of history, in particular the history of ideas. In addition to these, he reads widely, especially fiction, reportage, and travel literature. He has written a number of articles and book reviews. He is a dedicated scale modeler.
Vicki Tucker Burgess grew up in Tulsa, Salt Lake City, the Chicago area, New Orleans, Birmingham, and Memphis before her parents and younger sisters moved back to the Chicago area. She grew up in the Episcopal Church, so through all those moves, the Church was her home.
After 7 years at the University of Tennessee, she worked as a freelance technical writer, a writing instructor at a Community College, as President of Northwest Safeline serving eight counties in Northwest Tennessee with three safe houses, and as director of non-profit agencies that serve the poor and dispossessed in East and in West Tennessee. “Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?” Those words and meeting Jesus in so many of the people she served gripped Vicki in a call to ordained ministry she could not dissuade God from no matter how hard she tried.
She graduated from the University of the South School of Theology in 2003. Beginning in seminary and afterward, she was The Rev. Dr. Christopher Bryan’s writing assistant and is acknowledged in three of Chris’ books: And God Spoke, 2002; Render to Caesar, 2005; and The Resurrection of the Messiah, 2011.
She served as Rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee, for 12 ½ years. Prior to her call to St. Philip’s, Vicki served as the first Associate Rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, Brentwood, Tennessee.
She serves the Diocese as an Examining Chaplain, on the Disciplinary Board, the Diocesan Pension Fund committee, and the Commission on Ministry. She served the Diocese as Secretary for eight years, two past terms as president of the Standing Committee, chair of the General Convention Deputies of the Diocese of Tennessee for the 2009, ’12, ’15, and ’18 General Conventions, and on the Standing Committee to Elect the Presiding Bishop from Province IV. She returns as a GC Deputy for the 2024 Convention. She was elected to the Board of Trustees for the University of the South, Sewanee, in 2019.
She’s married to Tom; their adult children Benjamin; Nicholas and daughter-in-law, Catherine; and Sally all live nearby. Tom and Vicki love to head to national and state parks in their camping trailer and they raise backyard chickens who lay beautiful eggs.
Read Rev. Vicki’s letter to the congregation here.
William Joseph Mostert was elected the second bishop of the Diocese of Christ the King, a Diocese which forms part of the greater Johannesburg area within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, on September 24, 2016.
In addition to his service in the Diocese and member of the House of Bishops, he also served as the liaison Bishop of the Bible Society of South Africa and the United Bible Society. Other portfolios held are serving on USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel). On the local level, Bishop William is also a member of the College Council (Training for Clergy) and Discernment Teams.
Bishop William was born and raised in Kimberley, South Africa. He attended St. Paul’s Theological College in Grahamstown and was ordained in 1985. He has served in various Dioceses around the Province, including Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and the Metropolitical See of ACSA. While in the Diocese of Cape Town, William formed the Diocese of Table Bay, the Diocese of False Bay, and the Diocese of Saldanha Bay. He served in the Diocese of False Bay until 2009, when he was called to be Dean and Rector of St. Dunstan’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Highveld. In 2013, he was appointed as Provincial Executive Officer of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa until his election as Bishop.
Bishop William has had various experiences serving church life in the United States starting with two sabbaticals in 2001 and 2003, in the Diocese of North Carolina followed by serving as Priest in Residence in 2005. In 2015, a sabbatical brought him to Christ Church Cathedral.
Bishop William is married to Ursula, they have two adult children and five grandchildren. He is an avid sports fan having played soccer, rugby, tennis, and cricket.
Anna Russell is a Nashville native who grew up attending Christ Church Cathedral. She spent seven years as the Associate Rector in charge of Christian Formation and Pastoral Care at All Saints Episcopal Church in Homewood, Alabama. Before serving at All Saints, she was the Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Carlowville, Alabama, and also served as a full-time chaplain resident at the Tuskegee and Montgomery, Alabama V.A. Hospitals. During her time in the Diocese of Alabama, Anna Russell served as a member of the diocesan Disciplinary Board.
Anna Russell received her B.A. in Studio Art from Lake Forest College, her M. Div. from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and her Diploma of Anglican Studies from the University of the South. She and her husband, Christopher, are the parents of three boys, Knox, Cole, and Will.
Melissa (Lissa) Smith, a Nashville native, received a B.A. in American Studies from Trinity College, Hartford, CT; an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York; and a Certificate of Anglican Studies from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA. Ordained from the Diocese of North Carolina, she served as curate at Christ Church, New Haven, CT (2008-2010) before becoming Assistant to the Chaplain at St. Augustine’s Chapel, Nashville, TN.
Lissa joined Christ Church Cathedral as Associate for Pastoral Care and Cathedral Life in 2017. She and her husband, Dr. Edwin Williamson, are the parents of three boys, Ted, Van, and Gilbert.
Associate Rector for Liturgy and Christian Formation
Madeleine Rebouché is from Shreveport, LA and grew up in the Episcopal Church. She graduated with a B.A. in Religion and Writing from Texas Christian University before moving to Colorado where she lived and worked in an intentional living community with incarcerated teenagers. It was during these two years that Madeleine began to discern a call to full-time ministry. Madeleine then graduated with her M.Div. in 2019 from Duke Divinity School, where she worked as a chaplain in a women’s prison, studied theology and the arts, and began the discernment process for ordination to the Priesthood with the Diocese of Western Louisiana.
After her M.Div., Madeleine completed a chaplain residency through the Clinical Pastoral Education department at Duke University Hospital. There, Madeleine served as the Chaplain to the Neonatal and Pediatric floors, specializing in Pediatric Palliative Care. Madeleine moved to Nashville in 2020 to continue her theological studies in the Th.M. Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School and graduated in December 2021. She was ordained to the Priesthood in Western Louisiana in January 2021 and began serving at Christ Church Cathedral.
When she’s not at church, you may find her and her yellow lab, Olive, on a paddle board on the lake or see Madeleine scooting around town on her red moped.
Associate Rector for Evangelism and Parish Life
Reverend Richard Wineland grew up in the Allegheny Mountains of Central Pennsylvania, near the railroad city of Altoona. He studied at Penn State University and Goshen College in Indiana, graduating with honors with a bachelor’s degree in Music. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Mennonite Theological Seminary in Indiana in 1993 and is celebrating 26 years in ordained ministry this year. Richard served as a Mennonite and Lutheran pastor for 10 years prior to becoming an Episcopal priest, leading Mennonite and Lutheran congregations in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Tennessee, he has also served Episcopal parishes in Indiana and Tennessee. He was the founding Executive Director of the Community Music School of Goshen College, in Indiana, in 2000. Reverend Wineland is canonically resident in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana. Richard currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Peace and Justice Center, on the Executive Committee of NAACP Nashville, and on the Boards of two church-wide organizations: Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Reverend Wineland also oversees the recovery ministry at St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt University.
Richard is an accomplished singer and musician, a published composer, has performed at the Grand Ole Opry House, and on national television. He has been a member of the Nashville Symphony Chorus for several seasons. Richard has also had success as a writer, with a number of articles published in both academic journals and denomination-wide publications over the course of his ministry.
Richard is married to Lee Armstrong, a musician, poet, and registered nurse at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Together they have seven adult children, scattered from Texas to Indiana. The Winelands live in southeast Nashville.
Roger Saterstrom was ordained vocational deacon at Christ Church Cathedral in June 2016. He came to the Episcopal Church from a Roman Catholic upbringing, including three years of living and studying at St. Martin’s Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, and four years with the Jesuits of Marquette University, where he was trained and certified as a classroom teacher.
Roger and his wife Anna moved to Nashville from Connecticut in 2009 to be near their children and grandchildren. Since then, they have been active at St. George’s Episcopal Church and St. Augustine’s Chapel on the Vanderbilt campus. As associates of Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York, and oblates of the Community of St. Mary’s, Sewanee, Tennessee—both Episcopal Benedictine monastic orders—Anna and Roger have an established prayer practice, which includes the Daily Office and contemplative prayer.
For more than 15 years, Roger’s secular work was in the tour and travel industry, developing group tour itineraries throughout the U.S. for Tauck World Discovery, a Connecticut-based leader in global travel. He scouted destinations, hotels, and attractions, and acted as the company’s buyer throughout the U.S.
Roger’s ministries of many years include clinical and home pastoral visits, Eucharistic ministry, healing prayer, and refugee resettlement. He is also certified nationally in disaster chaplaincy, participates in periodic disaster training events, and helps represent the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee at the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
Roger says, “As servants, deacons commit to a ministry of service and witness, uniting the needs and gifts of the world with the needs and gifts of the church. I believe our call to service is rooted in the threefold commission Jesus gave to the twelve apostles to go out into the world, to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is near, and to heal the sick (Matthew 10:6-8). Go. Proclaim. Heal. This has been at the heart of my ministries.”
He adds, “The accomplishments of the past and opportunities for future engagement make this an exciting time to discern new ways to ‘Go-Proclaim-Heal’, and to connect directly with the needs and hopes of those who suffer, those who are weak, and those who long for justice and peace.”
Mary has been a parishioner at Christ Church since 2011 and has lived in Nashville since 2008. She has been in the book business since her teenage years. Mary has worked at Cokesbury (which is a part of the United Methodist Publishing House, an agency of the United Methodist Church) since 2013 where she purchases books in addition to other religious goods (everything from candles to baptismal fonts).
Mary has been married to Peter King since 1996. They met while working in a bookstore in St. Louis and Pete now works at Parnassus Books. Mary and Pete have more than 30 nieces and nephews (and growing) that they are devoted to.
Elmarie Brice
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Will Fulcher
Senior Sexton
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Mark McQueen
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