God willing, Laura Bowman, a member of Grace Anglican Parish, in Little River, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5 at Grace Anglican Parish at Wampee United Methodist Church, 9911 Highway 90, Little River. Clergy are to wear red stoles. You are asked to RSVP to weembracegrace@gmail.com.

Laura spent the first 41 years of her life in Pennsylvania where she and her husband Tom were both PA State Troopers. They moved from suburban Philadelphia to North Myrtle Beach in 2002 when she retired (after 20 years of service). They moved to enjoy the golf and beach which they did, until Tom became ill. Tom died in 2014, following a long battle with cancer. After his death, Laura became active at Grace Anglican Parish, North Myrtle Beach, and has worn many hats there ever since! She currently serves as Chapter President of the Daughters of Grace Chapter of the Daughters of the Holy Cross (DHC) and she is also a Cursillista. Laura has a B.S. degree in Organizational Leadership from Penn State (2016) and an MDiv degree from Trinity School for Ministry (2020). Currently, she is completing a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) as a chaplain intern at Roper/St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, and at Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy. While in Charleston, she is living on James Island and attending St. James Church.