STEWARDSHIP
Did you know the diocese is a member of TENS (The Episcopal Network for Stewardship), and therefore, your congregation is too!
TENS is a wonderful resource to help your church build a stewardship plan that is authentic and impactful. To access the annual stewardship campaign resources, visit their website and look under the Annual Stewardship tab for “Plenty Good Room.” Click the log in button, and when prompted, enter the annual password: Matthew22:4.
For additional assistance with stewardship resources, or to have a conversation about a stewardship strategy for your church, contact your canon missioner.
CONTACTS & LEADERSHIP
Lynn Buggage
Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality
Lynn Buggage
Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality
984-263-5422
EMAIL
Lynn previously served as the canon for administration at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral in the Diocese of Pennsylvania. After years of active lay service in Louisiana and professional work in the nonprofit, public health and human services sectors, she brought her skills to the church as a full-time employee and servant leader.
Lynn partners with the congregations of this diocese to build the Beloved Community. She brings an advanced toolkit and a caring heart to this work. She enjoys traveling, listening to good music, discovering new restaurants and curling up with a good book in her leisure time.
The Rev. Canon Jeff Jackson
Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality
The Rev. Canon Jeff Jackson
Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality
EMAIL
919-600-5316
The Rev. Canon Kathy Walker
Canon Missioner for Black Ministries
The Rev. Canon Kathy Walker
Canon Missioner for Black Ministries
919-600-5317
EMAIL
Kathy previously served as the associate rector for pastoral care and parish life at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tallahassee, Florida, though her call to church leadership and ministry is one she has answered her entire life. Prior to becoming a member of the clergy, over her lifetime she has served as a licensed lay reader, lay Eucharistic minister, vestry member and church officer. She was instrumental in the founding of the David Henry Brooks chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians in the Diocese of Florida, and while serving as its president organized multiple forums about the future of Black churches.
Kathy believes strongly in the honoring and continuity of Black churches and in her role works to help as many as possible not only survive, but flourish. She also works with congregations to deepen their churches’ roots in the communities they already serve so well and to build leadership opportunities in the church for future generations.
Canon Catherine Massey
Canon to the Bishop
Canon Catherine Massey
Canon to the Bishop
919-600-5307
EMAIL
Catherine graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Mass Communications and has more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and association management. Prior to working at Diocesan House, she served as parish life coordinator for St. John’s, Wake Forest.
Catherine works with the congregational development team and the office of transition ministry, and she supports congregations and clergy in transition. She also helps support our diocesan staff, the Safe Church program, and the work of the Commission on Ministry, the Pastoral Response Team and the Disciplinary Board.
Catherine enjoys learning how people and organizations work together and says it is an honor and a privilege to serve the clergy and churches in our diocese.
Catherine is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and has lived in North Carolina with her family for 20 years. She and her husband, Robert, have three young adult daughters and two Scottish terriers. The Masseys live in Wake Forest and are members of Christ Church, Raleigh.
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
Canon for Transitions
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
Canon for Transitions
919-600-5319
EMAIL
A native of South Carolina, Marion earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Music degree from the University of South Carolina. She worked as a collaborative pianist with regional opera and theater companies prior to pursuing a call to ordained ministry.
She answered that call, graduating from The School of Theology at the University of the South, Sewanee, in 2019. Following her ordination that same year, she served as associate rector at St. Martin’s, Charlotte. From there, Marion became the second vicar of Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill, before becoming its first rector when the Advocate moved from mission to parish status at the diocese’s 208th Annual Convention in November 2023.
Marion is married to the Rev. Sara Arnette, who is the associate rector at Emmanuel Church in Southern Pines, where the two make their home with a boisterous Labrador named Abraham.
