The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Summerville, SC
  • Welcome to ECGS
  • Keep Up While Closed Down
  • Sermons & Services
  • The Shepherd's Voice
  • Photo Albums
  • Telling Our Story
  • Sundays at ECGS
  • Worship
  • Christian Formation
  • Sunday Nursery
  • Outreach Ministries
  • Hospitality and Fellowship
  • Pastoral Care
  • Giving
  • Map & Directions
  • Contact Information
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Welcome to
​The Episcopal Church
​of the Good Shepherd


​A joy-filled inclusive congregation
of The Episcopal Church and
​The Episcopal Diocese of SC

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The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina
is the officially recognized Anglican church
in the eastern half of the state.
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All are welcome + All are valued + All are loved

​The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is scheduling in-person worship as we emerge from Covid-19 quarantines.  Service times for Holy Eucharist Rite II each Sunday are 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM.  Advance reservations are required and attendance is limited to 25 people for each service.  Video of our Sunday worship is linked below as ECGS continues to offer worship and Christian formation online.  Check out our "Keeping Up While Shut Down" page on this site. Good Shepherd priests are available for pastoral support during this season.  Those who do not have a Book of Common Prayer at home and wish to follow our worship services may access one online with a full index of services and prayers here.


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Third Sunday of Easter
10:30 AM + April 18, 2021
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Gospel: 
Luke 24:36b-48
 The Rev. Dow Sanderson, Priest-in-Charge
The Rev. Michael Szymanowski, Priest Associate

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Seek and You Shall Find
​Get to know us at links below.

​​We invite you to learn more about us by exploring this website.  Our history evolves from South Carolina's Colonial Era.  Our worship is traditional and joyful.  Our ministries focus on community outreach and pastoral care within the parish.  Christian formation for all ages is available.  We enjoy ample opportunities for fellowship through the year.   Grateful giving of our time, talent, and treasure sustains our work in the world, the region, and the parish.  
  • Keep up during Covid 19 quarantine here.
  • Watch services here.
  • Read The Shepherd's Voice here.​​
  • Look through ECGS Photograph Albums here.
  • Find Map & Directions to Good Shepherd here.​
  • Contact Good Shepherd here. ​

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​Map and Directions
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We are delighted you are visiting Good Shepherd's website and we offer you a sincere welcome.
Enjoy exploring these pages which include in depth information about our parish.
We look forward to greeting you in person at Good Shepherd when we reopen following COVID19 quarantine.


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Good Shepherd's Mission Statement

 The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd,
Summerville, SC
seeks to be a Christ-centered church,
inspired by the Holy Spirit,
that reaches out in joyful community
to welcome, value, and love 
​all of God's children.
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​Leadership @ ECGS

​Visiting Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Henry N. Parsley, Jr.
​The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina

Good Shepherd Clergy
The Rev. M. Dow Sanderson, Priest-in-Charge
The Rev. Michael P. Szymanowski, Priest Associate


Mission Council Wardens
​Senior Warden (2022) - Gray Thomas                 
Junior Warden (2023) - Mike Brown


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Officers
Clerks -Tricia Riley & Emily Gibbons
Treasurer - George Tupper


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Staff
Parish Administrator - Mary Comer

​2020 Mission Council Members 
Julia Brooks (2022)
Mark DeGarmo (2022)
Veronica Hinkson (2023)
Charles Dunning (2024)
​Beth Lloyd (2024)
Mary Gwynne Kill (2024)
George H. McDaniel (2023)
​Martha Nye (2023)
Carolyn O'Brien (2022)




Meet ECGS Clergy
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The Rev. M. Dow Sanderson, Priest-in-Charge

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The Rev. Michael P. Szymanowski, Priest Associate

​Good Shepherd’s Priest-in-Charge, Father Dow Sanderson served in full-time ordained ministry for more than 31 years, retiring as Rector of Church of the Holy Communion in Charleston in June of 2017.
 
Still eager to be helpful in ministry, Fr. Dow made his desires known to continue serving beyond retirement to Bishop Adams, and a few weeks later, began his work at Good Shepherd, Summerville.  His general schedule is three mornings a week in office, and evening meetings and pastoral calls as needed.  He celebrates and preaches on Sundays and also on Wednesday evening, sharing these responsibilities with the priest associate of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.  Throughout the program year, Fr. Dow also teaches adult Christian formation classes.  
 
Dow and his wife Fiona have two grown sons, Noah (and his wife Sarah) of Charleston and Nick, of Texas.  Dow's mom Julia has also joined them in the Good Shepherd family.  Dow enjoys reading, music, and being on and in the water.  A private pilot, he and Fiona love flying and sightseeing over the beautiful South Carolina coast.
Father Michael Szymanowski has served in parishes in the upstate and lowcountry of South Carolina since 1987.  During those years he was involved in many diocesan ministries. Fr. Mike also served as a full-time hospital chaplain and volunteer chaplain to first responders and those affected by tragedy.  Fr. Mike spent several years as a bi-vocational priest working at one time as a paramedic and another time as a college-level economics instructor.

Fr. Mike’s passions in ministry include preaching and teaching.  As Priest Associate, his main duties focus on the liturgies and on times of Christian Education that take place on Sundays and Wednesdays.

​Fr. Mike and his wife Brenda have been married for over 39 years.  Brenda has been very active in youth ministry for several decades.  Professionally she is a corporate treasurer for an international manufacturing firm.  They have two children, Nina and Anna.  They love to travel to Richmond, Virginia to visit Anna and her husband Mikey along with their grandchildren Evelyn and Grayson.  And they love time spent with Nina and her husband Brandon, who live in Charleston with grandaughter Aida.


LINK TO MAP & DIRECTIONS

Mission Statement 
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville, SC
seeks to be a Christ-centered church, inspired by the Holy Spirit,
that reaches out in joyful community
​ to welcome, value, ​and love all God’s children.

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​The Rev. M. Dow Sanderson, Priest-in-Charge
The Rev. Michael P. Szymanowski, Priest Associate
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. 
119-B West Luke Avenue, Summerville, SC 29483
EMAIL: goodshep.summerville@gmail.com

TELEPHONE: 843-225-7590


Website design by ECGS; Photographs by Eleanor B. Koets​