SUPPLY CLERGY
If you need to request supply clergy help, please fill out the form below.
*Please note: If your church is outside the Diocese of North Carolina, you must verify any clergy you hire as supply are licensed within your diocese.
In case of emergency, please contact a canon or missioner:
If you would like to submit a request to be added to the supply list, or to update your existing information, please contact Elizabeth Dawkins.
CONTACTS & LEADERSHIP
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
The Rev. Canon Marion Sprott
Tranisition Ministry Officer
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.
Elizabeth Dawkins
Elizabeth Dawkins
Executive Assistant to the Bishop
919-600-5301
EMAIL
A native North Carolinian, Elizabeth Dawkins was born in Raleigh and is a life-long Episcopalian. Prior to joining the diocesan staff as executive assistant to the Bishop Diocesan, she enjoyed 15 years on staff at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh.
She enjoys spending time with family, gardening, and joining friends to see any play at the DPAC. Her addiction to modern fiction and classic literature, with a particular weakness for John Donne, is just the lingering after effect of having received an MA in English Languages and Literature from NCSU.
The Rev. Kathy Walker
The Rev. Kathy Walker
Canon Missioner for Black Ministries
919-600-5317
EMAIL
The Rev. Kathy Walker 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, a lay Eucharistic minister, vestry member and church officer. She was instrumental in the founding of the David Henry Brooks chapter of 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 hopes in her new role to help as many as possible not only survive, but flourish. She also wants to work with congregations to deepen their churches’ roots in the communities they already serve so well, and build leadership opportunities in the Church for future generations.
Supply Clergy Compensation Guidelines
Updated January 2026
The list below attempts to detail best practices and norms for both the expectations of the priest and the congregation for the services provided. Amounts can be negotiated. Dollar amounts are an hourly rate based on the diocesan minimum salary divided by 40 hours/week ($35.84 per hour), based on 2026 minimum guidelines of $74,553/year. The amounts presented are intended to be minimum compensation rates (rounded). Effective January 1, 2026, the new mileage rate is $0.725/mile.
Note: It is a best practice that if a church cancels with a supply clergyperson less than one week in advance, full payment should be made to that clergyperson.
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
- Liturgical preparation: 1 hour
(Includes preparation of liturgy; bulletin; working with musicians, altar guild, acolytes) - Sermon preparation: 5 hours
- Eucharist/liturgy: 2 hours
- Total: 8 hours | $287, plus mileage
HOLY BAPTISM
- Baptismal preparation: 3 to 10 hours
- Liturgical preparation: 2 hours
(Includes preparation of liturgy; working with parents, altar guild, godparents, musicians, florists; preparing readers, etc.) - Rehearsal: 1 hour
- Baptism day: 2 hours
- Total: 8 to 15 hours | $287 to $537, plus mileage
(Does not include hours for being celebrant/preacher)
THE CELEBRATION AND BLESSING OF A MARRIAGE
- Premarital Counseling: 4 to 6 hours
- Liturgical Preparation: 3 to 5 hours
(Includes preparation of liturgy; working with musicians, florists, altar guild, wedding guild, wedding coordinators, preparing readers, etc.) - Sermon preparation: 2 to 4 hours
- Rehearsal: 2 hours
- Day of wedding: 2 to 4 hours
- Total: 13 to 20 hours | $465 to $716 plus mileage
CONFIRMATION
- Confirmation preparation: 3 to 10 hours
- Liturgical preparation: 3 hours (Includes coordination with the bishop; preparation of liturgy and bulletin; working with musicians, altar guild, acolytes, confirmands and families)
- Confirmation day: 3 hours
- Total: 9 to 16 hours | $322 to $573, plus mileage
(Does not include hours for being celebrant/preacher)
MINISTRATION TO THE SICK
- Travel: 0.5 to 1 hour
(Includes transportation to and from hospital or home) - Visit: 0.5 to 1 hour (Includes pastoral counseling, spiritual guidance, Sacrament of Penance, prayer)
- Total: 1 to 2 hours | $35 to $70, plus mileage
BURIAL OF THE DEAD
- Pastoral care (for the family): 2 to 4 hours
(Includes at least two visits to the home of the family, one before the funeral and one after the burial) - Liturgical preparation: 3 hours
(Includes coordination with the funeral home, altar guild, acolytes, and readers) - Burial Rite: 2 hours
- Committal: 0.5 to 1 hour
- Total: 7.5 to 10 hours | $268 to $357, plus mileage
(Does not include hours for being celebrant/preacher)
