What on earth was Abraham Lincoln imagining when he referred to the “better angels of our nature” in his first Inaugural address in 1861 and, four years later, in his second Inaugural, when he urged “malice toward none and charity for all”?
The Rev. Carter Heyward spent her childhood in Hendersonville, which is why, some fifty years later, she decided to retire in these mountains. She was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1974, along with 10 other women, prior to the church’s authorization of women’s ordination.
She taught theology at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, (1975-2005) and has authored a number of books and essays—largely in the realm of Christian feminist liberation theology. Most recently, her book She Flies On: A White Southern Christian Debutante Wakes Up was published in 2017 by Seabury.
After retiring in Brevard in 2005, Rev. Heyward started Free Rein Center for Therapeutic Riding and Education and currently is the Chair of her local NAACP’s Religious Affairs Committee.
We gather for worship and fellowship each Sunday with a service at 10:30 followed by coffee hour. Dress is casual. Parking is plentiful. And our building is accessible.
Family Ministry / Sunday School: All Ages meet in Sanctuary at 10:30 AM Children go to classrooms at 10:45 after the “Story for All Ages.” On the lower level, we have a nursery for infants and toddlers, and we have classes where children and youth learn about and explore faith, religion, justice, and community.
We welcome you: your whole self, with all your truths and your doubts, your worries and your hopes. Join us on this extraordinary adventure of faith!
Topics: Care, Forgiveness, Grace, Justice