The Rev. Taylor Vines was ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Michigan. He began his ordained ministry at St. Luke’s, Ypsilanti, in 2023. Most recently, The Rev. Vines was a Chaplain Resident at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, and a certificate in Faith-Based Non-Profit leadership from the Divinity School at Wake Forest University. Before pursuing ordination to the priesthood, he taught high school Spanish in North Carolina and Mississippi and volunteered with his sending parish, St. Anne’s Church in Winston-Salem, NC, and a number of LGBTQ+ and community centers. A native of southwest Mississippi, he is an avid reader, nature walker, and coffee drinker.
Francisco Morales – Music Director
Elizabeth Adie Thompson – Parish Administrator
Elizabeth is an Ypsilanti resident and a long-time member of St. Luke’s. She also works as a life coach, teaches as a health educator for the Diabetes Prevention Program, and serves on the Washtenaw County Commission on Aging and the Citizen’s Advisory Board for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the State Advisory Council on Aging.
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The Rev. Taylor Vines
The Rev. Taylor Vines was ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Michigan. He began his ordained ministry at St. Luke’s, Ypsilanti, in 2023. Most recently, The Rev. Vines was a Chaplain Resident at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, SC. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, and a certificate in Faith-Based Non-Profit leadership from the Divinity School at Wake Forest University. Before pursuing ordination to the priesthood, he taught high school Spanish in North Carolina and Mississippi and volunteered with his sending parish, St. Anne’s Church in Winston-Salem, NC, and a number of LGBTQ+ and community centers. A native of southwest Mississippi, he is an avid reader, nature walker, and coffee drinker.
Francisco Morales – Music Director
Elizabeth Adie Thompson – Parish Administrator
Elizabeth is an Ypsilanti resident and a long-time member of St. Luke’s. She also works as a life coach, teaches as a health educator for the Diabetes Prevention Program, and serves on the Washtenaw County Commission on Aging and the Citizen’s Advisory Board for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the State Advisory Council on Aging.