The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Lexington.
The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls
Portrait of Bishop Sauls Unveiled
The portrait of the Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls by artist Sal Villegran was unveiled on Friday, November 18. Sauls’s sons Andrew and Matthew were in attendance, as well as Dean Carol Wade of Christ Church Cathedral and the Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudsen, Interim Assisting Bishop of Lexington.
Celebrating Stacy… and Ginger…. Farewell and Godspeed!
By Kay Collier-McLaughlin
There was some good natured joshing about signs …New York City closed down with hurricane threats…and a transformer fire in north Lexington knocking out the electricity at the Cathedral only minutes before the service of farewell for Bishop Sauls….but the “good goodbye” took place undaunted. Christ Church Cathedral was bathed in natural light and soft breezes as the long procession of clergy and choir processed. A grand piano, hastily rolled in from the Great Hall provided accompaniment which allowed the several hundred joined voices of diocesan volunteer choir and large congregation to fill the sanctuary. Throughout the service of the Ending of a Pastoral Relationship, passersby could be noted pausing by the open doors. As one congregant noted, they surely must have gone away touched by the beauty and emotion of the service, strangely enhanced by the lack of electricity, microphones and organ, to some rare place of engagement. [Read more...]
Pastoral Letter from Bishop Sauls, August 31, 2011
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is one of the most wonderful times of the year in my opinion. With the coming of September, the neighborhood around our house has been bustling with students moving in and a sense of returned life and newness. Although I regret the increased traffic, I am glad to see signs of new life. Because of the academic calendar, September in our culture seems like something of a second Easter to me every year with its fullness of new possibilities and the opportunity to begin again. [Read more...]
Bishop Stacy Sauls named Episcopal Church Chief Operating Officer
[Office of Public Affairs, May 31, 2011] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has named Bishop Stacy F. Sauls as Chief Operating Officer for the Episcopal Church.
“The Episcopal Church Center exists to support the Church in serving a diverse and changing world,” noted Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori. “The churchwide staff has achieved new levels of excellence and innovation as the Church Center has been reorganized and some staff has been dispersed to offices in other geographic regions of the Church. This transition represents a healthy and forward-looking opportunity to build on that good work. Bishop Sauls brings a unique set of gifts to the next chapter of this ministry, particularly his distinguished service as a diocesan bishop. I am deeply grateful that he will join us in facilitating this work.” [Read more...]
Pastoral Letter from Bishop Sauls
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
One of my favorite hymns in our Hymnal 1982, No. 439, comes from the 1835 edition of a collection known as The Southern Harmony.
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to lay aside his crown for my soul.
Its Southern roots are one of the reasons I love it. Another is the way it links God’s love with wonder, with mystery, and with choosing adventure over what is known, secure, and comfortable. It is a beautiful expression of something we know to be sometimes difficult but also profoundly true, even if we lack any word to describe it other than wondrous.
About the Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, Bishop of Lexington
Stacy Sauls is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, where his family has lived since the 18th century, before in fact there was an Atlanta, when the rolling hill country now south of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was the American frontier. [Read more...]
Sermons of the Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls
- Easter Day Sermon, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, April 24, 2011
- Sermon to St. Andrew’s, Ft. Thomas, and Calvary, Ashland, January 2, 2011
- Sermon, Requiem Eucharist for the Rev. Chip Valentine, January 2, 2011
- “The First Apostle,” Ordination of Priests, December 20, 2010
- “Silent Night, Holy Night,” Sermon Given Christmas Eve, 2005
- “Uncle Joseph’s Wisdom,” Sermon to The Diocese of Central Gulf Coast’s Diocesan Convention, February 2004
- “Reconciliation is Not For Cowards” Sermon to The Diocese of East Carolina’s Diocesan Convention, February 2006
- ” The Real Mommas of the Church” Sermon For the Ordination of Deacons, June 2005
Convention Addresses of the Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls
- Address to the 115th Annual Convention (2011)
- Address to the 114th Annual Convention (2010)
- Address to the 113th Annual Convention (2009)
- Address to the 112th Annual Convention (2008)
- Address to the 110th Annual Convention (2006)
- Address to the 108th Annual Convention (2004)
