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The Reverend Mary “Mollie” Douglas Turner, Associate Rector

Mollie joined the staff of Bruton Parish in June 2000 as Associate Rector. She came to us from the Diocese of Atlanta, where she was ordained deacon and priest in 1994. She served as Assistant Rector at Grace Church, Gainesville, Ga., and then as Vicar at St. James’s, Clayton, Ga., for 3½ years. Born in Ticonderoga, N.Y., she grew up in Tryon, N.C. Mollie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Agnes Scott College and received the Master of Divinity degree magna cum laude from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Prior to attending seminary, she completed the Education for Ministry extension curriculum of the School of Theology at Sewanee, having served in many lay ministries throughout her life.

To send an email, click here: crobinson@brutonparish.org

The Reverend Charles A. Robinson, Associate Rector

Born in Oklahoma, Charles spent his formative years in various areas of the Southwest United States. He enlisted in the Navy as a hospital corpsman in 1970 following high school graduation. After completing his baccalaureate degree, he was commissioned in the Medical Service Corps as an environmental health officer in 1980. Charles completed 28 years of service and retired from the Navy as a Commander in 1998. After serving as a corporate health care executive for two years, he returned to work for the Navy as a civilian scientist before leaving for seminary in 2001. Charles holds degrees from National University and Webster University, and he received the Master of Divinity degree from The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. He was rector of Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Suffolk, Va., before joining Bruton Parish in August 2007.     

To send an email, click here:  jkerr@brutonparish.org

The Reverend John Maxwell Kerr, BASc, MSc, PhD, Dip Th. - College Chaplain

Born in Scotland, John is a graduate of the Universities of Toronto, Leeds, and Nottingham (after graduating from Toronto, he held a Short Service Commission in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer). He was Athlone Research Fellow at Leeds University and was a Visiting Research Fellow at both Merton College Oxford and the University of California Berkeley's Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He taught chemistry, physics, logic, and theology at Winchester College and has been a visiting lecturer at several British and American universities. He was ordained in the Oxford Diocese in the Anglican Church 30 years ago and was one of the founders and second warden of the Society of Ordained Scientists. John was the first Bruton-Rockefeller Resident Scholar, and he now is Episcopal Chaplain to the faculty, staff, and students at The College of William and Mary.

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The Reverend Daniel Thomas Avery, M. Div., Ed.D. - Assisting Priest

Born in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia. Graduate of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Valdosta State Univeristy, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and The College of William and Mary. Additional studies at Medical College of Virginia, Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond and Virginia Theological Seminary. Daniel was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1975 and ordained as an Episcopal priest in 2003. His bi-vocational career has included service in campus ministry, pastoral counseling, community mental health and currently his weekday work is with Navy quality of life programs that support military members and their families. He has been Assisting Priest at Bruton since 2003.