Rev. Shirley Porter

My name is Rev. Shirley Porter. I am a Priest Associate at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church at the invite of the Rector, Rev. Dr. Angela Shepherd, and I look forward to meeting with you!I have been assisting within St. Bartholomew’s for about a year and think you may want to know some background information about me. I was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in Seattle, Washington. I graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies. I worked in East Asia, teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language, for nine years. 

Upon return to the United States, I was a missionary for the Episcopal Church in New York City, and in 1991 came to Atlanta, Georgia, and St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. At St. Bartholomew’s Church, I served as the Children’s Christian Education Coordinator for approximately nine months. At the end of my term as Christian Education Coordinator, I began attending the Church of the Epiphany and went through Discernment of the Priesthood. After attending Virginia Theological Seminary in 2013, I became an ordained Priest and shepherded St. James in Macon, Georgia, and St. Christopher’s at the Crossroads in Perry, Georgia. In 2023, I graduated from Emory’s Chaplain training program. In August 2023, I was invited to be a Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health [CCSH] Fellow . I will be assigned to Peachford Behavioral Hospital in Dunwoody to work with children and youth [ages 5-13] in Mental Health.