Strategic Transition Task Force Completes its Charge

The Strategic Transition Task Force, a new formation of the previous Transition Planning Group that was reorganized last year and announced at the 231st Diocesan Convention, met for a final time last week as they completed the task of formulating and implementing the plans to move forward for the well being of the diocese. The group, led by The Rev. Denise Trogdon was initially charged with making plans regardless of pending litigation, but pivoted into how to best implement the decisions of the Court after South Carolina Supreme Court handed down decisions in April and August of this year.

Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley expressed her tremendous gratitude to the Strategic Transition Task Force, helping the diocese best utilize its assets and resources to implement the decisions of the Court. “The work of the Strategic Transition Task Force has been pivotal in assisting me and our Standing Committee as we have faced complex decisions regarding returning properties,” said Bishop Woodliff-Stanley. “Their work has provided critically-important context for making strategic decisions about the future of the diocese.”
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Members of the Strategic Transition Task Force represented all areas of the diocese, and their collective voices allowed the group to make decisions that were in the best interest of The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and our shared vision for the future. Members included: Lenny Blevins (Grace Church Cathedral), Thad Daise (Episcopal Church on Edisto), Charles Jordan (Messiah, Myrtle Beach), the Rev. Michael Shaffer (St. Francis, Charleston), Sarah Tipton (Grace Church Cathedral and Bishop Gadsden), the Rev. Denise Trogdon (All Saints, Hilton Head Island), and Carrington Wingard (St. Catherine’s, Florence), as well as the bishop, the chancellor (initially Tom Tisdale, and then Bert “Skip” Utsey), and the president of the Standing Committee, the Rev. Rob Donehue. The Rev. Cn. Philip Linder, as Canon to the Ordinary, was part of the committee as well.

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