The Rev. Dr. Al Warren Jenkins was born in Milan, Tennessee in 1946. He graduated from E.W. Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee in 1964. He met and married Vivian Rogers in 1966. Vivian is from Sanford, North Carolina. They have one child, Michael.

Al holds AA (Sandhills, Southern Pines, North Carolina), BS (Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee), M.Div. (University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee), Doctor of Ministry (Sewanee/Vanderbilt University Joint Doctoral Program) degrees, plus he completed post-graduate studies in pastoral care (Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia). He served briefly in the diocese of Southwest Florida, but almost all of his career has been served in the Diocese of Central Florida in one mission, two parishes, and two deaneries under Bishop Folwell and Bishop Howe.

He has served the Diocese of Central Florida for 23 years. He has been active in community leadership and deanery leadership (Dean of the SW Deanery). He has also been active in Commissions, Committees, and special assignments in the Diocese of Central Florida (Diocesan Board twice). He presently serves Bishop's appointments to the Constitution and Canons Committee of the Diocese and the Diocesan Honduras Commission. The past two Diocesan Conventions have elected Father Al to the Ecclesiastical Trial Court of the Diocese and the Standing Committee of the Diocese.

The Rev. Larry Reid Hensarling has been the Associate Rector of All Saints' since April, 2003. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and received a BS degree from LSU in 1978 and an MA from the University of Texas in 1981. He is presently working on a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida.

He is also a 1992 graduate of Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry. Since then, he has been rector of Episcopal churches in South Carolina and Tennessee. His hobbies are reading, running, golf, softball, and movies.

Reid married Deanie in 1980. They met at the University of Texas. Deanie graduated with honors from the University of South Louisiana in 1982. They have a daughter, Amy, and a son, David.

He is a member and Chaplain of the Order of St. Luke and has also led Cursillos and loves to preach and teach. He has taught Bible for thirty-one years in many university and parish settings.

He represented Trinity Episcopal Seminary in the 1991 in the Preaching In Excellence Conference, has preached on TBN, and has been invited to preach in many churches, community services and events prior to being called to his present position.

As Associate Rector, he loves his sacramental duties, building adult Christian education, and leading the parish in growing spiritually and numerically. At All Saints', he supervises the Family Youth and Children's minister, the young family ministry, several Councils, and the All Saints' Co-Ed and Men's Softball Teams.

The Rev. Dr. Canon John E. Birtch was born in Woodstock, Ontario Canada in 1929. He graduated from Woodstock Collegiate and the University of Western Ontario with a BA and from Huron College, London with a BD. He earned a commission in the Canadian Army. He did postgraduate studies for a year at the Central College of the Anglican Communion in Canterbury, England. He is a graduate of Virginia Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry.

Canon John and Joanne married in 1953. Joanne is a retired Registered Nurse and a retired organist and piano teacher and choir director. They have a daughter born in 1958 and a son born in 1963.

Canon John organized and served parishes in the Diocese of Huron, Ontario and in the Anglican Church of England before accepting a call to be rector of St. Bartholomew’s, St. Petersburg and then as rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, Indian Rocks Beach in the Diocese of Southwest Florida. He has been a Dean in three different Deaneries

and he has served on a great many committees in Diocesan and National Church levels, including the AFP and as a Warden of the Order of St. Luke.

Canon John and Joanne found it a great pleasure to escort many tours and cruises overseas. They now enjoy traveling in their motor home when not caring for Joanne’s 96 year old Mother, Mildred Milburn. They both continue to enjoy photography and card games and music.
 

EPISCOPAL DEACONS

The Rev. Paula Marie Smith Beikirch, ordained an Episcopal Deacon in 2006, was born in Olean, New York, and raised in Western New York State in the home of a United Methodist Minister. She, her husband, James (now deceased), and their two children, Thomas and Betsy moved to Lakeland, Florida in 1972. Paula graduated from Polk Community College (A.S.), Florida Southern College (B.S.), the University of South Florida (M.S.), and the Institute of Christian Studies (Diaconal Preparation).

Paula, an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, began her healing ministry to homeless persons in 1992 as Administrator of the first Free Clinic in the Lakeland area at Talbot House Ministries, where she now serves as Executive Director.  Within All Saints’, she serves in worship, the Lay Eucharistic Visitor ministry, the Order of St. Luke Healing Ministry, and as a teacher in Adult Forums and the Parish Academy.

The Rev. Rick Hoover was born in Springfield, Missouri. Rick earned his BA in Writing at Southwest Missouri State University. He met his wife, Melanie, in a young adults class at church the week she arrived from Michigan for a new job. They married in 1974 and have since lived in Ohio, Illinois and Florida.

As a Christian radio broadcaster Rick visited many churches and came to love the sacramental and liturgical heritage of the Episcopal Church. He and Melanie attended All Saints' for over a decade before Rick began his studies to become a deacon. He was ordained in December of 2007.

Rick has served on the vestry, Education Council, and as a verger and Lay Eucharistic Minister. He is a member of the Order of St. Luke at All Saints'. He teaches Adult Forums, in the Parish Academy, and serves as a member of the diocesan Evangelism Commission. He has written books, articles for national publications, and produced audio and video projects.