Walking around the lobby I saw several old friends. The Rev’d Mark Goodman, former rector of Trinity Myrtle Beach, is here with his family. The Rev’d Kevin Martin and his wife, Sharon, are here. Kevin was one the key staff members at Episcopal Renewal Ministries (”ERM”) back when Chuck Irish was the director (mid 80’s ”“ mid 90’s). A little while later I ran into The Rev’d Tony Clark. Tony, the current Dean of the Cathedral in Orlando, was a year behind me at seminary. I’ll be curious to see how many old friends I’ll see since most of them have left the Episcopal Church over the past few years.
