MEET THE RECTOR

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott joined the Holy Comforter family in 2012. Since then, Holy Comforter envisioned, planned, raised money, and completed construction of a new worship building, launched new ministries within the church, expanded our outreach and mission to the local community, and grown in membership, attendance, and giving.

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Jimmy earned his Bachelor of Arts in History with honors from the University of Texas at Austin. While attending UT, Jimmy discerned a call to ordained ministry. After graduation from college, Jimmy enrolled in the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and earned his Master of Divinity with honors in May 2010. His honors master's thesis was entitled, "A Loud and Ungrounded Noise: the antiwar movement within the Episcopal Church during the Vietnam War." While in seminary, he served as a seminarian at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Jimmy served as the Assistant Rector at St. Alban’s in Waco, TX from 2010 to 2012 where he worked with the young adults, youth, and taught a variety of education classes.

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Jimmy and his wife, Maggie live in Spring and enjoy reading and music.  Jimmy also loves to play golf and write.

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You can hear from Jimmy by following Two Priests in a Pod, a podcast he does with his friend, the Rev. Geoff Evans. You can listen to his sermons on the Holy Comforter podcast. You can also find Jimmy on Twitter @RevJAbbott

OUR DEACON

The Rev. Bob Lowry

The Rev. Bob Lowry serves as the deacon at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church. Ordained to the diaconate in 2012, Deacon Bob also works as a hospice chaplain. Under Deacon Bob’s leadership, Holy Comforter has planted worshipping communities in six local nursing homes. Plus, he hosts a support group for the unemployed.
Deacon Bob’s wife, Louise, is also an active member of Holy Comforter.