Frank heard the word that would ultimately convert him to Christianity on the ninth hole of a golf course. He left home to pursue ordination in the Episcopal Church, receiving his M.Div. degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. He was ordained deacon by Bishop FitzSimons Allison in 1989, and was ordained priest by Bishop Edward Salmon in 1990. He served as assistant rector at St. James' Church, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1989 to 1991, and as rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Hartsville, South Carolina, from 1991 to 1994. He was rector of St. Helena's Episcopal Church in Beaufort, South Carolina, from 1995 to 2005; and from there he accepted a call to the Cathedral Church of the Advent as Dean.

Frank is an avid golfer and runner. He is married to Jane Mewborne Limehouse, and they have two adult children - a daughter, MacLean and a son, Frank IV - and one grandchild.



The Very Rev. John Harris Harper
Vice Dean

John, an Alabama native, graduated from Emory University and Emory University School of Law. He practiced law in Georgia, Alabama and Washington, D.C. He served as a political appointee at the Department of the Treasury during President Ford's Administration. He worked in the White House and attended daily meetings of the President's Economic Policy Board in the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing. As a Treasury official, he managed six Treasury bureaus: Customs, Secret Service, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and the Exceptional Service Award. He has been listed in Who's Who in Religion and Who's Who in American Law. He is a former Rotary Club President and is a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow.

After graduation from Yale Divinity School in 1980, John followed his calling to become a bi-vocational priest, using his law degree for employment during the week and assisting small churches on the weekend. Dean Paul Zahl asked him to consider coming to the Advent. He accepted and in January 2000, became Canon-at-Large. Later he became Acting Dean and Interim Dean. He now serves as Vice Dean.

John and his wife, the former Margaret Munger McCall, have been married 43 years. They have two daughters, Fontaine (Lee) Pope and Mary Margaret (Jeff) Hendry and four grandchildren.



The Rev. Canon Joseph Palmer Warren
Canon Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling

Joe Warren is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and he attended high school at the University Military School. He graduated from the University of Alabama Business School in 1970, and was President and CEO of Warren Paper Company from 1970 to 1980. He worked as an oil broker/landman from 1980 to 1987.

Joe went to Virginia Theological Seminary in 1987 and received his M.Div. in 1990. After ordination he served at Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Dothan, Alabama until 1991, when he accepted a call to be rector of two churches - St. Mary's Church, Fleeton, Virginia, and St. Stephens Church, Heathsville, Virginia. From there he was called in 1996 to his present ministry here at The Advent as Canon Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling. He was awarded his D.Min. at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in 2001.

Joe and his wife, Susan Lingo Warren, had their first date in the ninth grade; and they have been married since 1968. The Warrens have two daughters and one son - Jennifer Lynn Evans, Meridith Ames Weathers, and Joseph Kellam Warren - and four grandchildren.

Joe lists his hobbies as golf and fishing, but his main pastime is rebuilding the pier at his house on Mobile Bay after every hurricane - the art and science of which he claims to have very nearly perfected in recent years.



The Rev. Canon Heidi E. Kinner
Canon Missioner and Advent Episcopal School Chaplain

Heidi was born in Colorado and grew up in England, where she attended local schools, and the local Church of England parish. She was confirmed by the Bishop of St. Albans in 1983. After high school she moved back to Colorado, graduating from Colorado State University with a B.A. in French and minors in Russian and Political Science.

After graduation Heidi attended U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, receiving a commission as Second Lieutenant in August 1993. Her Military Occupational Specialty was Logistics, and she served with the Third Marine Aircraft Wing in El Toro, California, in that capacity. She was next assigned to the Women's Recruit Training Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, as Operations Officer, Series Commander, and Company Commander. It was during her service at Parris Island that she felt the call to ordained ministry. After she completed the discernment process at St. Helena's Episcopal Church, Beaufort, in the Diocese of South Carolina, Bishop Salmon sent her to Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary in Wisconsin for her M.Div. Following seminary and ordination, Heidi accepted a call to a mission church in Twentynine Palms, California. She accepted the call to the Cathedral Church of the Advent as Canon Missioner in late 2005.

Heidi is married to Major Scott Kinner, U.S. Marine Corps. Scott is currently serving at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.



The Rev. Canon R. Craig Smalley
Canon for Christian Education

Craig is a native of Orlando, Florida. He graduated from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, with a B.A. in 1990. He completed his M.Div. degree at Virginia Theological Seminary in 1995 and was ordained in the Diocese of South Carolina.

Craig served as Curate at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul and Chaplain to St. Alban's Chapel, The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1995 to 1997. He was Associate Rector, Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, from 1997 to 2000. He served at Trinity Church, The Woodlands, Texas, from 2000 to 2001, prior to being called as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Vestavia Hills, Alabama, where he served through February 2006. He was called to The Advent as Canon for Christian Education and began his ministry here in March, 2006.

Craig has been married to the former Paula Helen Swartz since 1992. They have three children, Jack, Maizie and Sally.



The Rev. Katherine Phillips Jacob
Deacon

Kathi is a native of Birmingham and was reared in the Baptist church, the granddaughter of a Baptist minister. She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, and was confirmed as an Episcopalian in 1972 in San Mateo, California.

Kathi enjoys painting, spending time with her grandchildren, and foreign travel. She has three grown daughters and two grandchildren.