The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

al@stmichaelschurch.net

As Rector, my biggest task is keeping this big ship going in the direction of our vision and mission.  That includes being a preacher, pastor, sheep-herder, cheerleader, mediator, planter, harvester and visionary.

Who is Al Zadig?

The Rev. Alfred “Al” T.K. Zadig, Jr. has been Rector of St. Michael’s Church since September, 2007.  Previously Al served as Rector of All Saints Church in Chevy Chase, Maryland in the Diocese of Washington, DC. Before that he served right here at St. Michael’s as an Assistant to the Rector for 5 ½ years.

Born in Connecticut, the Rev. Al Zadig holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and the Seminary at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.  He also attended the University of Glasgow on exchange, in Glasgow Scotland.

Before seminary, he interned at the British Broadcasting Company in Britain, then worked for a CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach South Carolina as a sports reporter/anchor.

After Myrtle Beach, Al came to Charleston and worked for an NBC affiliate producing the 6:00 pm news.  From Charleston, Al went to the School of Theology at Sewanee.

Al’s wife Elizabeth (Libby) is a South Carolina native from St. Matthews and is a specialist in the field of Hearing-Impaired Education.  Al and Libby have three children, Wimberly (11 years old), Christian (9 years old) and Hudson (4 years old). Al is an avid runner and skier!

Al would very much like to meet and get to know you! Please call his assistant, Jeanine Branham at 843-723-0603 or email jeanine@stmichaelschurch.net to set up an appointment.

Favorite Books: Oh so many! Celebration of Discipline (Richard Foster) Making Choices (Peter Kreeft) Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God (Tony Campolo) Lincoln on Leadership (Donald T. Phillips) Men at Work, The Craft of Baseball (George Will) Faithful, Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (Stewart O’Nan)

Favorite Movies: That’s Easy! Braveheart

Likes Best About the Lowcountry: What’s Not to Like? The beauty of Charleston, both in our wonderful people and the physical beauty of what I call this urban mini-Boston in which we live.

Most Interesting Assignment: Hmm… Having the Archbishop of Canterbury serve on my staff in my previous Church in Washington, DC.  The Most Rev. George Carey and his wife Eileen were and are wonderful friends, and taught Elizabeth and me a great deal about ministry and leadership.

Recent articles in the Messenger Newsletter

• GIC: It’s here!

  WHAT is the Global Impact Celebration (GIC)?  Why are we making such a big deal out of it?  Through the GIC we as a church are trying to reverse the 20-80 Church rule.  You remember that rule, where in typical churches 20% are doing 80% of the missi...

• GIC Schedule

  Sunday, February 12 8:00    am    NO Holy Communion 8:45    am    NO Family Communion Service 9:20    am     GIC Missionary Plenary with Nate Harper (Church) 9:20    am    ABC’s Class (202) 9:20    am    Sunday Scho...

• GIC Missionaries

  Hungering World Nate Harper (to Arabs)  Tuesday 7:30 am Service Claire Mozley (Ghana) Tuesday Ladies Luncheon Pastor Peter Chernyvaskyy (Ukraine) Friday Canterbury House Bishop Dutta (India) Wednesday Men’s Luncheon at St. Philip’s, F...

• New Baby for the Culmers!

  Many of you remember Libby Culmer who preceded Swain Marion as our Action Team Director (Director of Missions).  This past week, Libby and Gavin celebrated the birth of their first child, Finlay.  Please keep the Culmers in your prayers!

• Men's Ministry Kick-Off Dinner

  It was organic, a night where the clergy team truly took a back seat. The men’s dinner was completely put together by lay-men with a passion to reach for Christ every man of this church.   I have to admit, when I walked into the Kinloch room shortl...

Archived articles

• A Must Read from David Causey

  As a priest, life in ministry can be so in-tangible, even frustratingly intangible at times. In fact there are moments to be honest when I ask myself, are we making progress?  Is the ministry in word and deed making any traction?  Are we seeing fruit...

• St. Francis Day: Wow!

  It was a true St. Francis day, perhaps not unlike what life would have looked like in the 13th century when Friar St. Francis lived in Assisi!  This year we scheduled the service at 6pm and tweaked our normal service at that hour to accommodate our fu...

• I Love My Life Group!

  I really do. We have a wonderful group of men whom I look forward to seeing Thursday by Thursday. I love the group for many reasons, mostly because they are just normal “guys - guys” going through life trying to grow their faith in the midst of bus...

• Living the Sacramental Life

  I love the way Bishop Alex Dickson defines a sacrament. He writes in his Anglican Essentials course that living the Sacramental life is simply a way to live physically with Jesus. Another has defined it this way, “We cannot begin to talk about the sa...

• Letter to the Rector

  Hi there Rev. Zadig, Just wanted to say thank you for letting me work on the historic St. Michael’s clock. I am Daniel Jeffries of Dee’ s Clock Works in Covington, GA and I have been dealing with Rob for about the last year on the St. Michael’...

• Letter to the Rector

  Rev. Zadig, My husband and I were privileged to be able to attend St. Michael’s last Sunday while on our honeymoon.  Your message was timely and the service very moving.  We will continue to listen to future messages via the website. The choi...

• Advent: That No Homebound Would Go Untouched

  Be Shepherds of the Church of God which He bought with his own blood…    Acts 20:28 It is our goal through this Advent Season that every homebound member be visited by one of the clergy and or lay Eucharistic ministers. The Bishop has approved ...

• Rob Kunes Ordination: “God is Not Safe, But He Is Good…”

  So were the words of the Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D. preaching at the Ordination to the Priesthood of our own Rob Kunes at the Church of the Holy Communion on Monday night, December 6.  It was great seeing so many St. Michaelites make their vows for Ro...

• Reflections on Baptism & Confirmation

  It began as a confirmation class out of the Alpha course.  However, it became so much more!  This past Sunday, we baptized two adults and confirmed, received and reaffirmed 17 others.  It was an amazing day!  Normally we have baptisms on the 3rd Su...

• Letter to the Rector

  While spending a few days in Charleston on Holiday, my wife and I were visitors to your 10:30 service on Sunday.  We were warmly greeted, seated promptly, and made welcome by all who we came in contact with. The service was very nice and the sermon on...

• Christmas Cards and the Wall of Glory

  One of the ways the Zadig family celebrates Christmas is displaying all the Christmas cards we receive up and through Christmas. We call it the wall of glory. When cards come in the mail, we tape them up to the wall which gives us a wonderful opportuni...

• The Annual Staff Christmas Photo and Party

  Why the White Hair? If you have seen the St. Michael’s Homepage and the Christmas greeting from the staff, you may wonder why I have white hair in the picture. Well, the long answer is that each year at our staff party, in addition to gift giving an...

• Altar, Wedding and Flower Guild

  Pictured here is Emma Litzenburg surrounded by her bridesmaids and their Christmas wedding bouquets. Emma and Thad Ball were married here the week before Christmas. This year  St. Michael’s nearly set a record for weddings. Yet every wedding require...

• Light into Our World

  Talk about a case of Matthew 5 and being light in the world. This past Friday night, Christian and I were jogging and came home to the Rectory only to see police lights in front of the house. Upon getting closer we realized why. A truck backed into ...

• Two Very Special People

  During Advent, the clergy team set out to see every homebound member of  St. Michael’s, many living in Bishop Gadsden, Canterbury House, other retirement communities and of course those living in their homes.  While some are more mobile than others...

• Tyler Prescott Ordination as Deacon January 3, 2011

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• Vision Sunday!

  Where there is no Vision, the people perish….  Proverbs 29 The Rev. Michael Breen kicked off Vision Sunday and had a very thought provoking sermon on what he called the Four T’s. In this sermon based on Luke 10, Michael challenged us to think a...

• Over 100 Volunteers Every Single Sunday!

  Most of us at St. Michael’s don’t realize that in addition to the clergy, our four worship services on Sunday requires the ministry of over 100 lay people!  Take a moment and think about all the people who make this place a bastion for the Holy Sp...

• Letter to the Rector

  Dear Al- I wanted to let you know how much being a part of the St. Michael’s community has meant to me during 2010. I started coming to the Tuesday morning service in November 2009. In September 2010 your encouragement at the Sunday evening service...

• Why So Many Clergy at St. Michael’s?

  I have heard some folks ask this question as of late and it is a great question!  While it appears we have a large number of clergy on the team, only 2.5 are full time.  With a congregation of nearly 2,000 members that’s not a lot, in fact it keeps...

• Snowy But Moving in Boston!

  Thank you for all your prayers during our time of travel in New England.  We flew in just ahead of a significant snow storm, that in itself was a miracle.  It was a wonderful mix of play and work. Family: In addition to spending time with my mother...

• Parish Weekend Away at Kanuga

  You will hear a great deal over the next several weeks about the beautiful experience of our Parish Weekend away.  There is simply no substitute for getting away and getting to know others with our feet up over a warm fireplace.  Yes, this year the d...

• Reflections on Kanuga

  I must admit I was a bit skeptical about the programs being offered at Kanuga this year.  An acting troupe?  Our family had attended Kanuga two years ago and the memories of Bishop Lawrence and his story of coming to Christ was still emblazoned on my...

• The Crisis in Egypt: Part One

  A Report from CAIRO by Anglican Archbishop Bishop Mouneer H. Anis February 3, 2011 “Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 62:6 Dear Friends, Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ...

• The Crisis in Egypt: Part Three

  Tyson and Samia Nettles Reflect on their Recent Trip too Egypt Some weeks before the unrest, our own parishioners Samia and Tyson Nettles were in Egypt.  Samia’s father is from that region and they were visiting family over Christmas.  Here is T...

• The Crisis in Egypt: Part Four

  Michael Nazir-Ali and the Importance of Christian Islam Relations The big elephant in the middle of the room in many Mideast nations like Egypt, Tunisia, and Yeman is the tension of the Islamic question.  Will all the instability result in the ever d...

• 15 Years of Doing Alpha at St. Michael’s

  Its been nearly 15 years since the leadership of St. Michael’s Church brought in the Alpha ministry.  Hard to believe isn’t it!  It was 1996 when The Rev. Rick and Annie Belser, Tommy and Trish Kirkland, Johnnie and Jean Corbett travelled to New ...

• Words of Encouragement!

  I felt compelled to send you this e-mail particularly after hearing Mark and Jo’s testimony during last Sunday’s service about Alpha and about their experience joining St. Michael’s Church. Of course, you already know how I feel about Alpha and t...

• The Least, Last and Lost

  January 23, 2011 marks 38 years of legal abortion in our country, so as we consider the millions of innocent children aborted before birth, Focus on the Family suggests we learn more about all the people groups whose lives hang by a slim thread:  the...

• Saying Goodbye to a Real Tigger

  Beginning and ending well, a very simple concept that can be applied to jobs, family life and of course our life and our death.  We think here of Revelation 21 where the Apostle John quotes God in his vision saying: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the b...

• Sermon Feedback

  Dear Ann, We were so inspired by Peter Moore’s sermon in worship today.  I know the office is closed tomorrow, Monday, but could you help me get 5 CD copies of the sermon, so I can distribute them to some of our Staff and Board leaders at THE MISS...

• Running Free in London

  What happened in London?  Senior Warden Ann Hester Willis, Capers Barr, IV and I were up to several key things in this most amazing city. Attended a Leadership Summit attended by Bishops and Clergy leaders as well as some of the most successful CE...

• The 2011 Leadership Summit

  I elected to devote my 2011 continuing education time and resource to this topic of both leadership and the art of surrounding oneself with great leadership as well as producing great leaders.  The 2011 Leadership Summit answered that call and more! ...

• Could London Be Experiencing the Beginning of a Mass Spiritual Awakening?

  There are many today who believe that if a revival were to break out, it would break out in the cities and from there flow into the countryside.  The Rev. Tim Keller, the Rev. Peter Moore and Bishop Mark Lawrence have all written or spoken of this rea...

• The Latest With our Missionary Doug Born and a Miracle…

  Our time with Doug Born featured what I would call a miracle, more on that in a moment.  We travelled to see Doug on Saturday, February 12 and had a wonderful lunch and afternoon with him.  Doug is helping the Rev. Frog Orr-Ewing start a church near ...

• Reflection on London by Ann Hester Willis, Senior Warden

  When I first heard that Al was praying about going to a leadership conference at Holy Trinity Brompton (“HTB”) in London (the church that created the Alpha course, the Marriage Course, the Marriage Prep Course and St. Paul’s Theological Centre, a...

• The London Leadership Summit by Capers Barr IV

  Traveling to London for the Leadership Conference at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) with Al Zadig and Ann Hester Willis was truly enjoyable and inspirational. I am honored to have been given the opportunity to take the trip. There are many humorous and...

• 220th Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina

  The 220th convention of the Diocese of South Carolina was held in Beaufort on Saturday February 18, 2011.   Ann Willis, Bill Lyles, John Sosnowski, and Bob Kunes attended as St. Michael’s Lay Delegates while Al, Hamilton, Peter, and Ted attended as...

• Life Groups in Action: VA Hospital

  March 2, 2011 was a very special Veterans’ Day.  Before Christmas, our Life Group decided to contact the VA Hospital to learn how we might do something special for the veterans in the nursing home.  That evolved into a “House Warming” for their...

• Life Groups in Action: Crisis Ministries

  On Thursday March 31, a team of about 20 headed to Crisis Ministries with The Gate to cook and serve dinner to the men at the shelter. The team (special thanks to Jason and Catherine Regan for planning the event) prepared and plated an enormous amount ...

• Life Groups in Action: Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy

  A group of eight women, who live east of the Cooper River, make up the Hobcaw Bible Study.  Our main purpose is to study the word of God, and to grow spiritually as we discern His purpose for our lives and to rearrange our priorities accordingly.  We...

• 8th Session of Alpha in the Workplace

  It’s hard to believe that last week marked the end of our 8th Session of Alpha in the Workplace at the Yacht Club.  There are many stories of transformed lives.  The next Alpha in the Workplace course begins in August and I would love for you to th...

• Update on Brother Andrew

  Many of you have asked me why my brother Andrew is no longer on the prayer list. Thanks be to God, he is stabilized and leading a pretty normal life! It is an amazing thing when people pray!

• From the Rector - Maundy Thursday Service and the Value of Being Family Friendly

  Well, we ran out of food almost before it started! We decided to add this year some family friendly elements to Holy Week. When I say family friendly I don’t just mean child friendly. When I say family friendly I mean an event that will bless the ent...

• From the Rector - Good Friday

  As I write this, it’s now dark out on Good Friday night. I’m at my desk a bit too wired from the day to go directly home, instead relishing the opportunity in my quiet office to reflect on the day just been. I have to wonder what the disciples and ...

• Palm Sunday Reflection

  Al, what a great service today! The transition from celebration to a somber mood in one service is very powerful. I especially liked the congregational participation in the reading of The Passion. As Christians I think we see ourselves as observers in ...

• Are You Desperate for God?

  A few weeks ago, we had the privilege of hosting here at St. Michael’s two very hungry men for God: Onesphore Manirakiza and the Rev. Richard Jones.  Onesphore, a native of Burundi, Africa, trained as a lawyer before laying it all down in pursuit of...

• Alpha Produces Another Wedding: Life Group in Attendance!

  As we approach our 16th year of doing Alpha at St. Michaels, we have yet another wedding to show for it!  It would be fascinating to look and see how many weddings Alpha has produced here at St. Michael’s.  This past week, I officiated the marriage...

• Getting Ready for the Rapture

  It all happened so fast!  All of a sudden every media outlet and human being I came into contact with seemed in near hysteria about May 21 being the end of time.  I was even asked to interview with Channel 2 news about the event (or lack thereof).  ...

• Festival of Faith Reflections

  See Pictures It was a blessing for me to be a part of the prayer team during our worship service at Festival of Faith Sunday.  My prayer partner and I were blessed to have had the opportunity to pray for many people, and to witness the power of the...

• Quote of the Month

  By now most of you know that last month a team of St. Michaelites drove a bus purchased by St. Michael’s to an inner city church (Christ the King) in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The bus will be used by the church to pick up people of all ages for chur...

• The Summer That Wasn’t

  More than any other summer I can remember, it seems that this summer…wasn’t. Have you ever felt this way?  I remember as a child the summers lasting forever, days that wouldn’t end, and the month of July that felt like many months all in one. Bu...

• Walking Down Memory Lane: Being Good Stewards of our Lives by Looking Back

  During the month of July, while Wimberly was in summer camp, Elizabeth, Christian, Hudson and I made a quick trip to Massachusetts for my 25th High School Reunion. I attended Gloucester High School (yes, our mascot was the Gorton’s Fisherman). In a c...

• Marriage Conference: Marriage behind closed doors…

  There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed… There is nothing hidden that will not be made known.. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight And what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms Will be proclaimed...

• The “3” Night Tri-Fecta: Baseball and Christianity

  It was the Tri-Fecta…  One of the goals I have with my sons is that by the time they graduate from college, we will have been to a game in every major league baseball park in the United States. My 25th High School reunion near Boston was a perfec...

• The Rev. Rob Dewey Offers Prayers: A First for Boeing

  The Rev. Rob Dewey, Senior Chaplain with the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy was asked to offer a prayer during the Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the new Boeing plant, in North Charleston, June 10. Dewey was told that in the history of Boeing this was the firs...

• Letters to the Rector

  Father Al, I attended the 8 AM service today. I'm the United Methodist pastor who was getting a chance to not be in the lead. Thanks for the kindness and grace of you and the St. Michael's congregation. I received what I needed. I especially app...

• 08-21-11 "The Pain of Feeling Disconnected" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• 08-28-11 "How to Gain Wind in our Sails of Faith" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• Staying Rooted in a New Season

  My morning prayer and study time has changed. Making a long story short, I used to pray using my Anglican Fellowship of Prayer Journal, and then read the word.  I would do all of this in the early morning from my bedroom. But in February, while ...

• What? Mission working in Reverse? St. John’s Chapel to Children’s Hospital in Boston

  Okay, be honest; when you hear the word “mission” you think of a dozen or so great people going on the road to help others come to Christ.  Certainly that’s one definition, but what we have found at St. Michael’s, specifically through our Hurt...

• Connections Sunday (Kick Off Sunday) Unveils New Communication Tools!

  In bright vibrant color, you can now look at our welcome centers and take away with you a brochure on every ministry at St. Michael’s!  With clarity and beauty, these brochures give a great description of our ministries and who to contact.  In addi...

• Parishioners Caught Red Handed Transforming Hearts Through Jesus Christ

  C. S. Lewis turned the words Surprised By Joy into a household phrase.  It was the title of his 1955 book that serves as his partial autobiography describing his conversion to Jesus Christ.  Lately I’ve been living that phrase as I’ve seen parish...

• Renovation of the Dependency Underway!

  If you walk by the Rectory, there is a construction sign on the gate, no the Rectory is not being renovated, but the back house is!  For years we have all been watching the slow deterioration of the brick building behind the rectory, affectionately kn...

• Bishop Mark Lawrence Calls the Rev. Doug Peterson

  The Rev. Doug Peterson who is currently a volunteer priest at St. Michael’s has been called by Bishop Lawrence to help out at Old St. Andrews Parish in West Ashley.  Doug spends a third of the year each in Charleston, Florida and Maine, and is norma...

• Local Churches Remember 9-11

  Where were you when that fateful day of September 11, 2001, a day we call 9-11?  I was dedicating a basketball court in memory of Dr. Bob Nelson at the Charleston Day School.  I got in my car to come back to St. Michael’s when I got the news.  Ric...

• 09-11-11 "Living as an Ambassador: A 1st Century Disciple in a 21st Century World" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• What sets your heart ABLAZE?

  It could be a big Gamecock or Tiger victory, a beautiful day at the beach, time spent with family, or losing oneself in glorious worship.  One of the things that sets my heart ablaze is when I wake up on a Saturday morning and with no pressure to be a...

• Vestry Testimonies of Tithing by Faith

  Ann Hester Willis There was a time when I gave money to the church as I felt inclined.  Based upon how generous I was feeling at the moment, how much money I seemed to have “left over,” and what fit comfortably in my budget without displacing a...

• Tithing/Stewardship Ministry Goal: 70%!

  Currently 58% of all St. Michaelites give/tithe to St. Michael’s.  We are so very grateful to each of you who support and give to what I call this life saving ministry. Our goal for 2011?  That we could increase that percentage to 70% of all St....

• St. Michael’s and Area Churches Observe 10th Anniversary of 9-11 in Washington Park

  There was no coffee hour, no milling about on Meeting Street after church on September 11th.  No, all St. Michaelites on this day processed out of the 10:30 am service to that beautiful hymn O Beautiful For Spacious Skies…led by the crucifer and Ame...

• Urgent Message from the Bishop of South Carolina

  Read the message from the Bishop of SC A Response to the reported Title IVdisciplinary process begun against Bishop Mark Lawrence Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of South Carolina Meet to Discuss “Serious Charges” Made Against Bishop Lawrence

• Michaelmas Lowcountry Day Away Reflection

  A Day To Connect The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body, so it is with Christ…Now the body [of Christ] is not made up one part but of many.  1 Corinthians 12:12-14 It was a b...

• Tithing: Is the Church an Emergency Room or Rehab Center?

  As you think about your tithe, we realize inherently that the tithe is a symbol of what Jesus Christ has done for us, but we also give because we believe that our mission is discipleship.  Therefore we realize we have a need to give as an expression o...

• Beautiful New Green Hangings!

  You may have noticed that a new set of hangings now adorn the sanctuary.  This is part of a plan to replace certain sets of seasonal hangings that have done their faithful service.  The green hangings are the most often used of all the colors and nee...

• Parishioners Caught Red Handed Transforming Hearts Through Jesus Christ

  Dale Finkbine - As a dentist, Dale worked with other dentists to serve 2,000-2,500 people in need in the Florence area.  The Florence Civic Center was filled with dentists doing procedures ranging from fillings and root canals to extractions…all for...

• Received from a Seeker

  I recently took a new job that will require my wife and me to relocate to San Francisco, we move in  three weeks!  I am writing this in case I don’t have a chance to speak with you before we leave.  I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoy...

• 10-09-11 "Defeating Emergency Room Discouragement" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• Can I Count my Giving to the United Way or Water Missions as my Tithe?

  I get this question all the time and the essential answer is no. Let me introduce to you the concept of the tithe and the offering. The tithe is the Biblical standard of giving, a word that means “tenth.”  Tithing essentially means giving back ...

• Parish Meeting Held to Discuss Charges Against Bishop Lawrence

  On Sunday October 16, nearly 300 of you filled the sanctuary of St. Michael’s to hear the latest news regarding the charges against our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence.    As you may know, On September 29 the Bishop received communication from ...

• 10-30-11 "From Go-Getter to Go-Giver" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• 50 Years of Ordained Life: 80 Years of Living

  Peter Moore and my father (Al Sr.) both share the same gift of celebrating their 50th Anniversaries to the Priesthood this year. After we celebrated with Peter and Sandra over the weekend of October 29th, all of the Zadig’s boarded a plane for Boston...

• Paintball Pounding: Ponderings by your Padre

  The Scripture mandate is clear. To win those in the world for Jesus Christ, we need to meet them where they are (1 Corinthians 9:21-22).  So, to spend time with the youth of St. Michael’s, I donned my paintball outfit and prepared for battle. It was...

• NEW YORK! NEW YORK!

  Ann & I traveled to New York City with Elizabeth & Al Zadig to attend a celebration by FOCUS of its 50th Anniversary to honor its founder, our very own Rev. Dr. Peter Moore. FOCUS, which stands for “Fellowship of Christians in Universities...

• Letter to the Rector

  Rev. Zadig, My husband and I would like to say “Thank you” for always making us feel welcome at St. Michael’s.  We have only visited twice, once on our honeymoon and again just a few Sunday’s ago while celebrating our first anniversary.  W...

• Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Christmas Pageant at St. Michael’s

  This season will be the 50th anniversary of our beloved Christmas Pageant. The first St. Michael’s Christmas Pageant was held at 5:00 pm on Christmas Eve, 1961, at the instigation of the new rector, the Rev. Richard Fell. He asked the volunteer Direc...

• Living Dependently in Advent

  One of the themes of Advent is simply dependency.  This is the whole point of the Advent wreath after all.  As each week goes by, and the advent wreath increases in light, heat and strength, our prayer is that light, heat and strength would completel...

• Darlington

  One of the most profound truths in our Christian journey is the simple fact that the most joy in life comes when we give... period.  Giving away forgiveness, love, resources, wisdom, time. At 5:00 am, on Sunday, December 4, Burwell Boykin, Capers B...

• Reindeer Run

  Over and over again during Alpha and “I Like Mike” (the newcomer course) we define the church using three words… Up-In-Out.   The UP is our worship, (that vertical relationship we have with Jesus Christ).  The IN is our relationship with each ...

• Bishop Gadsden Inspires with Re-Affirmands

  For several months throughout the fall, Bishop Alex Dickson taught the “essentials” of Anglicanism at the Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community.  With great gratitude to the Bishop, his bride Jane, and host Jan Beebe, we had an inspirational group!�...

• Coming in February: The GIC

  What is 750,000 miles long, reaches around the earth thirty times, and grows twenty miles longer each day?   Answer:  The line of people who are without Christ. As a church, what on earth can we do about that?  Further, imagine a St. Michael’s...

• From the Chairs of the GIC

  The Global Impact Celebration (GIC) is a celebration of St. Michael’s growing emphasis on responding to Christ’s Great Commission: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the n...

• Christmas Ignition

  The Rev. Doug Peterson preached on Christmas Day at St. Michael’s and quoted from the journal of that missionary Jim Elliott, who was martyred in 1956 in Ecuador: “He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable?  God deliver me from the...

• St. Nicholas/Santa Claus: He’s Real!

  It’s time that the church recaptures the true identity of Santa Claus. First, he’s real! He has many names, in Germany he’s called Kris Kringle…In Holland, Sinter Klaas, and when his reputation came to America, they accidentally mis-pronounc...

• 01-08-12 "See It, Say It, Show It" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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• Vision Sunday: Wow

  Sunday, January 8th was “Vision Sunday” a beautiful day where we all took part in the prayers of the people, reiterated our vision and watched a video at the announcements of the Global Impact Celebration coming in February… (Watch it today!)  H...

• The Most Powerful View of Charleston and Beyond

  The Rev. Dr. Ravi Zacharias and US Senate Chaplain Barry Black Coming to St. Michael’s One of my favorite things to do as Rector of St. Michael’s is to take my laptop and beach chair to the top of our 186 foot steeple and write.  Whether writing ...

• Not Skipping a Beat in Pastoral Care

  Shortly after Christmas, our Pastoral Care Assistant, announced she had taken her dream job at the University of Hartford, in Connecticut.  While we were all happy for Kimmy Strang, we also knew this left us with a big gap in pastoral care.  Adding t...

• 01-22-12 "Tell Them the Dream David" The Rev. Alfred T. K. Zadig, Jr.

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