God willing and the people consenting, Andrew Ellison will be ordained as a deacon at 7 pm on Wednesday, December 16 at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, meeting in Theatre Arlington.
Ellison was born and raised in the DFW metroplex. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 2007, studying Sociology. He worked for a company that provided services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Ellison has been married to his high school sweetheart, Casie Ellison, for 8 years. They have three children ages 7 to 3.
Ellison is a cradle Episcopalian and spent the majority of his life in the Diocese of Fort Worth. He grew up at St. Mark’s in Arlington and Church of the Holy Comforter in Cleburne. After college the Ellisons moved back to Arlington and began attending St. Peter and Paul’s, and thereafter St. Alban’s Episcopal Church meeting at Theatre Arlington. At St. Alban’s, Ellison served on the vestry, contributed to the long range planning committee, headed up the men’s group and was a Lay Eucharistic Visitor, and was active in the young families group.
He began perceiving a call to ordained ministry during his final year in college. He put the call on hold when he moved to Arlington. After the split, he began to sense the call again, and in 2011 he entered into active discernment.
Ellison is attending the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin and serves at the seminary and at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Austin. After his ordination as a deacon, he will finish seminary and graduate in May of 2016.
Clergy are requested to wear cassock, surplice and red stoles. A reception will follow.
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St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, meeting in Theatre Arlington
305 W. Main St., Arlington, Texas 76010