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The Right
Reverend Thomas E. Breidenthal
IX Bishop
of the Diocese of Southern Ohio
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The Right Reverend Kenneth L. Price, Jr.
Bishop Suffragan
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The Reverend Douglas Argue, Deacon
Deacon Douglas Argue joined the
staff of St James in June of 2008, having spent the prior year and a half
with the congregation as he completed his diaconal training. At St James
Deacon Douglas oversees the congregation’s work of service to the community
and the world. He also supervises our Eucharistic Visitors and liturgical
ministers.
Deacon Douglas currently s erves
as the Managing Director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in
Ohio (COHHIO). In this role, Douglas’ main responsibilities include
advocating and providing technical assistance for safe, decent and
affordable housing for low-income and special needs populations across the
state of Ohio. He has been working in the field of homelessness and housing
for 13 years. Douglas serves on the Policy Team of the Interagency Council
on Homelessness and Affordable Housing, is the co-chair of the Research and
Policy Workgroup of the Council, Co-Chair of the Ohio Balance-of-State CoC;
is a member of the Ohio Justice Alliance for Community Corrections board,
and serves on various other homeless related work groups in the state. His
previous work includes being the shelter director for Daybreak in Dayton, a
homeless youth shelter; serving as the director of housing and emergency
assistance for an AIDS service organization in Indianapolis; practicing as a
psychiatric social worker serving both adult and youth populations in
inpatient and outpatient settings; and, doing managed care for mental health
and substance benefits for an insurance company. Douglas earned his
undergraduate degree from the University of Evansville in Evansville,
Indiana, holds a Masters of Social Work from Indiana University and is a
Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in the state of Ohio. Douglas was
ordained a deacon in June 2008.
Douglas currently offers limited times for therapeutic counseling.
He has both evenings and weekend hours available in his office located at
St. James. If you are interested in learning more about this, please contact
him through the church office. There is a fee for this service, which is
negotiated with Douglas.
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David Homan,
Parish Secretary
David
Homan is the part-time Parish Secretary serving in the Saint James Parish
office three mornings a week. David has served as the Parish Secretary
since September 1999.
You will
generally find David in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. It is always
a good idea to call or email ahead of time to make sure that the office will
be open on a given day since the hours are somewhat flexible.
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Larry Hayes, Organist-Choir Director
Larry Hayes,
CPC is Organist/Choirmaster at St. James. He is a native of Zanesville, OH
and a 1974 graduate of The Ohio State University with dual degrees in Music
and Education. He studied piano with George Haddad, voice with Marilyn
Meier, and organ with Wilbur Held and Gordon Wilson. He has served as
organist and/or choir director in Presbyterian, United Methodist, Lutheran,
Roman Catholic, Church of
 England and Episcopal churches and Reform Jewish
Synagogues over the past 40 years in OH, NJ, NYC and Zürich.
Larry is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Columbus Symphony Chorus
and sings baritone with the Chorus several performances each year. He is a
Certified Professional Coach and is President of Larry Hayes Partners, LLC
(
http://www.LarryHayesPartners.com ). Hayes is the father of two
children, Jennifer and Michael (d. 2004) and the proud grandfather of Emma
Grace. He and his partner, the Rev. Paul Williams live in Dublin. Fr.
Williams is Vicar of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Pickerington.
Mr. Hayes can be reached at
ldh88keys@aol.com or 614.389.2305, or you may leave a message for him at
the parish office.
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