Otey Memorial Parish will celebrate the renovated Claiborne Parish House at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. The Rt. Rev. John Bauerschmidt, Bishop of Tennessee, will conduct a dedication and consecration service. A light brunch will follow in the new St. Mark’s Hall of the parish house.
A new portrait of the Rev. William Sterling Claiborne will be dedicated at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Claiborne Hall. This portrait by Claude Buckley, C’81, will be hung in the entrance hall of the building. A reception will follow the dedication. STHP members John Bratton and David Bowman will be on hand to answer questions about Claiborne.
Otey’s rector in the early 20th century, Claiborne initiated or promoted many local institutions: the parish, St. Andrew’s and St. Mary’s schools to educate the local population, and the first infirmary/hospital.
Claiborne’s ministry and vision continue. The building houses many community services and ministries.
St. Mark’s Hall, the largest room in the building, honors the 1968 merger of the St. Mark’s and Otey congregations into Tennessee’s first fully integrated Episcopal Church. Bauerschmidt will consecrate a new small chapel in Claiborne as St. Paul’s-on-the-Mountain. In choosing this name, Otey seeks to honor and remember its precursor church.
Also in the building are Sewanee Children’s Center, the Community Action Committee, meeting rooms and gathering spaces.
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