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Retired pastor Steve Montgomery critically injured in bike accident

Congregation, community praying for Idlewild Presbyterian minister

David WatersAugust 2, 2020

A Team Rubicon volunteer from Boston holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz., on April 23, 2020. The Navajo reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A Team Rubicon volunteer from Boston holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz., on April 23, 2020. The Navajo reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Memphis woman moves to Navajo Nation to battle COVID-19: ‘It’s not what I do but why’

Public health official follows science and faith to center of pandemic

David WatersJune 7, 2020

Rebecca and Brooks Ramsey (Submitted)

Rebecca and Brooks Ramsey (Submitted)

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courageous memphis minister, Brooks Ramsey, dies shortly after losing his wife of 75 years

Stood by MLK in Albany, Ga., against segregation in Memphis

David WatersMay 5, 2020

Last September Rev. Nicholas Vieron led benediction for the weekly Tigers Touchdown Club meeting. But his health has forced him to give up teaching Greek language classes this month. (Ziggy Mack/Daily Memphian file

Last September Rev. Nicholas Vieron led benediction for the weekly Tigers Touchdown Club meeting. But his health has forced him to give up teaching Greek language classes this month. (Ziggy Mack/Daily Memphian file

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Father V’s Greek class ending 47-year run

"Some learned a little, some a little less," but all had fun

David WatersJanuary 17, 2020

Rev. Randall Mullins and his wife, Sharon Pavelda, with the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, stand in front of the Ell Persons historic maker. The couple launched the project in 2016, with help from retired professors Tom Carlson and Margaret Vandiver, and retired oceanographer George Grider. Their goal is to locate and memorialize the site of every post-Civil War lynching in Shelby County. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Rev. Randall Mullins and his wife, Sharon Pavelda, with the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, stand in front of the Ell Persons historic maker. The couple launched the project in 2016, with help from retired professors Tom Carlson and Margaret Vandiver, and retired oceanographer George Grider. Their goal is to locate and memorialize the site of every post-Civil War lynching in Shelby County. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

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lessons learned in ‘grueling but healing’ work on Memphis Lynching Sites

Memphis couple "showed us what a community looks like"

David WatersMay 29, 2019

On Sunday, May 5, Rev. Dr. Steve Montgomery preached his final sermon as a church pastor. After 39 years in the pulpit, including the past 19 in Memphis as Idlewild Presbyterian Church’s senior pastor, Montgomery is retiring. “In another life I might have played first base for the Atlanta Braves, or sung tenor at the Metropolitan Opera,” he told the packed sanctuary on Sunday. “But I have only one life to live. I am grateful God made me a pastor to you.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

On Sunday, May 5, Rev. Dr. Steve Montgomery preached his final sermon as a church pastor. After 39 years in the pulpit, including the past 19 in Memphis as Idlewild Presbyterian Church’s senior pastor, Montgomery is retiring. “In another life I might have played first base for the Atlanta Braves, or sung tenor at the Metropolitan Opera,” he told the packed sanctuary on Sunday. “But I have only one life to live. I am grateful God made me a pastor to you.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

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“pastor and prophet” retires from Idlewild with a song and a prayer

After 39 years in pulpit, Idlewild's Montgomery preaches final sermon

David WatersMay 6, 2019

Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was chief consecrator on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Hope Church, for the Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf’s consecration service. Roaf is the Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. (Lisa Buser/Special to The Daily Memphian)

Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was chief consecrator on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Hope Church, for the Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf’s consecration service. Roaf is the Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. (Lisa Buser/Special to The Daily Memphian)

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Bishop Phoebe, ‘A child of God like everyone else’, makes history in Memphis

Episcopal Diocese welcomes first female and African-American bishop

David WatersMay 5, 2019

PSRMemphis

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Beloved minister, a former rock star, found triumph and tragedy in the music

John Kilzer sang for fans, for the faithful, and for himself

David WatersMarch 21, 2019

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