Episcopal Press and News
Beverly Anderson To Head Volunteers Office
Episcopal News Service. September 26, 1985 [85193]
NEW YORK, (DPS, Sept. 26) -- The Presiding Bishop recently appointed Beverly Anderson to the position of Associate for Volunteers for Mission in the World Mission in Church and Society unit at the Episcopal Church Center.
Anderson, who succeeds the Rev. Clifford Waller in the post, had served as assistant in the Volunteers for Mission office since 1984. Prior to that, she spent 20 years with the Diocese of Newark, where she served as diocesan administrator and secretary of convention.
A native of New Jersey, Anderson has studied psychology and cultural anthropology at New York University and Rutgers University. In his announcement of her appointment, the Rt. Rev. G. Edward Haynesworth, executive for World Mission, praised Anderson's "sure-handed professionalism, wide knowledge of the Church, good humor and... sensitive pastoral touch."
According to Haynesworth, Anderson will be directing the expanding Volunteers for Mission program in collaboration with the Rev. J. Patrick Mauney, coordinator for overseas ministries, and other colleagues in that department.
Reacting to her appointment, Anderson described herself as feeling "privileged." She said, "I'm very happy to be here... This program really belongs to the whole Episcopal Church, and this office acts as the enabler for people to have a part in it."
The Volunteers for Mission program was established by action of the 1976 General Convention to encourage Episcopalians to offer themselves in short-term voluntary missionary service both at home and abroad. Volunteers typically serve from six months to two years, offering their skills at the request of the local diocesan bishop. The program, which has grown steadily since its inception, is a major part of the global Partners-in-Mission response of the Episcopal Church.