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Burg Retires from Active Ministry

Posted 5/19/2022

 
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The Rev. Dcn. Michael Burg retired from active ordained ministry December 31, 2021. Received into the Episcopal Church in 1982, he previously was Lutheran and Roman Catholic. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop William Stevens in 1990 and had assigned to serve at Grace, Sheboygan since ordination until retirement.

In addition to serving in a diaconal role at the altar of Grace, Dcn. Mike was deeply involved in Hmong ministry. Working with Episcopal Migration Ministries, he helped resettle over 400 people from over 100 families. He was part of bringing Cursillo to the Diocese of Fond du Lac and served on many teams as a lay person and as a deacon.

When Grace's regular healing ministry started in 1992, Dcn. Mike was one of the ministry's leaders and continued to be involved over three decades. Most recently, he is a member of the Companion Diocese Task Force and had the honor of hosting Friar Fungayi for several days during their visit in 2018.

Dcn. Mike will continue to be involved at Grace, Sheboygan and in the diocese, but on a more informal basis.

Bulson accepts call to Grace, Sheboygan

Posted 11/30/2020

 
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The Rev. William L. Bulson has accepted a call to serve as Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan.

Originally from Kentucky, Bulson has degrees in Russian literature and Slavic linguistics from the University of Kentucky in Lexington and The Ohio State University in Columbus. This included brief study in Moscow with the Pushkin Institute. He received his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, and has served parishes in Appalachia, Minnesota, and Japan, mostly in multi-ethnic and multilingual congregations. With the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Fr. Bulson co-translated the Book of Common Prayer into Hmong.

Fr. William served as Rector most recently at St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church in Tokyo, Japan. He has been an Oblate with the Order of St. Julian of Norwich in White Lake, WI since 2008.

Fr. Bulson’s first Sunday presiding at Grace was the First Sunday of Advent, November 29, 2020. 

Grace Episcopal Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, established in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1847 in the Anglo-Catholic tradition . It is a worship community of 200 baptized members with an average Sunday attendance of 100. Located on Sheboygan's lakeside just north of downtown, its members are dedicated to "to bring all persons to the knowledge and love of God, and to respect the dignity and freedom of every human being."

Learn more about Grace here.
​Read the letter to the congregation about Fr. Bulson's call here.

Grace, Sheboygan's Search Profile Available

Posted 7/23/2020

 
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Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, has released its profile in the search for its next Rector. The profile is at diofdl.org/sheboygansearch and may be downloaded as a PDF or read on the page. Additional information about Sheboygan is also available.

Beeck Ordained Deacon

Posted 7/20/2020

 
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God was willing and the people consented. On Saturday, July 18, 2020 the Right Reverend Matthew A. Gunter, Eighth Bishop of Fond du Lac, ordained Nicole Misoni Beeck to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. The ordination service took place at Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan and was livestreamed and may be viewed here. As Bishop Matt noted on Facebook, "We have a new deacon! Congratulations to the Rev Deacon Nicci Beeck. Except for this picture and the actual laying on of hands we maintained proper physical distance throughout"

Deacon Nicci began her discernment towards ordained ministry when she attended a Circles of Light, a discernment process of the Diocese of Fond du Lac. After receiving the needed affirmations, she began the diocesan Deacon School, completing coursework, retreats, and field education and outreach/pastoral care community experience. She was ordained a deacon following approval of the Commission on Ministry, Grace, Sheboygan's Vestry and Rector, Standing Committee and the Bishop.

Bishop Matt has assigned Deacon Nicci to serve at St. Paul's, Plymouth under the authority of Archdeacon Michele Whitford, Vicar. She continues to work as parish administrator of Grace, Sheboygan.

Grace, Sheboygan to host Walsingham Pilgrimage

Posted 9/24/2019

 
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The statue of Our Lady of Walsingham at Grace Church.
Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan will host its annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham on Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12, 2019.

All are invited to a Quiet Day beginning at 12 noon on Friday with Meditations offered by the Very Rev. Steven A. Peay, Dean-President Emeritus, Nashotah House Theological Seminary. The day ends with Evensong at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday festivities begin at 10:30 a.m. with a Solemn Pontifical Mass with procession of Our Lady’s statue. Bishop Matt Gunter is Celebrant and Dean Peay is homilist. A lunch follows. The day ends with a service of anointing and the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Reservations needed for lunch by October 4. Details at gracesheboygan.com. 

Coffey to serve as Interim Rector at Grace, Sheboygan

Posted 9/18/2019

 
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​The Rev. Jonathan Coffey has accepted the position of Interim Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan. Fr. Jon retired from active ministry in 2015 and served two congregations as interim since then. He received an M.Div. from Seabury-Western Seminary. In his ordained ministry he has served congregations in northern Michigan, Florida, New York and Arizona. He and his wife Julie live in Beaufort, South Carolina. He begins his position November 1, 2019.

Schaffenburg Announces Retirement

Posted 3/18/2019

 
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The Rev. Dr. Karl Schaffenburg, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, has announced plans to retire effective May 1, 2019. He has served Grace since 2011. As a seminarian, he served for a time at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Fond du Lac.

A graduate of Nashotah House, Schaffenburg was ordained to the priesthood in 2006 by Bishop Russell Jacobus. He served a call in Mississippi prior to Sheboygan. He has been active in diocesan ministries serving as a Trustee, on the Executive Council, as Dean of the Lake Winnebago Deanery and in other capacities.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, will move to Laurel, Mississippi to be near family.  In a letter to the congregation, he noted he is "not so much retiring from my current calling as to a calling which will focus more on longer term projects."

 Read his letter to the congregation here. 

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