Dear Good Shepherd community,
I am very pleased to announce that the Rev. Paige Alvarez Hanks has accepted our call to become our next Priest for Pastoral Care. Paige is currently serving St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oklahoma City as a clergy associate. She will begin her ministry here at the end of May.
I am very excited and pleased that the Holy Spirit has led us to Paige and Paige to us. The search advisory committee and I found Paige’s personality to be very warm and engaging. She engenders trust immediately. Staff members and those involved in pastoral care shared with me how much they loved being with her and felt that she would add a lot to this important area of ministry and care in our community.
Paige brings to this position her leadership and organizational experience as a school principal and as a clergy person. During a short fieldwork assignment, she created an entire pastoral care program for the parish she served. At the Cathedral in Oklahoma City, Paige has helped organize liturgical ministries from customaries to training. She is a self-starter and a joyful presence of God’s love.
I have added the dimension of wellness to our pastoral care ministry program, and I believe Paige is the right person to help us create new possibilities for this ministry. Paige will be joined by her husband David. Paige and David have an adult daughter Amelia who lives in Florida.
I ask for your prayers for Paige as she transitions to Good Shepherd and for prayers of thanksgiving for a very rewarding search process.
In faith and gratitude,
Channing
The Rev. Channing Smith, Rector