Stuart Hoke preaches at Choral Evensong

February 22, 2016

Evensong at 4 p.m. followed by a reception and presentation: Our Shelter from the Stormy Blast - An Account of 9/11

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised across the river in northeast Arkansas, the Rev. Dr. Stuart Hoke is a priest of the Diocese of New York who recently retired as Executive Assistant to the Rector of Trinity Wall Street and Missioner to St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero during 9/11. He will preach at the Choral Evensong and speak at a presentation following about his experience on that tragic day.

After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Dr. Hoke attended the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received the Master of Divinity degree.

Ordained in 1972, Hoke spent the greater part of his ministry serving congregations in Arkansas and Texas. In 1996, Dr. Hoke completed the Master of Sacred Theology degree at New York's General Theological Seminary and was awarded the Doctor of Theology degree in the spring of 2000. Hoke is a frequent conference and retreat conductor and preacher throughout the Episcopal Church. He also continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor at General Seminary, where he has pioneered courses on the Church's role in the treatment of alcoholism and addictive illness.

Stuart is currently president of the Alumni Executive Committee at the Episcopal Divinity School and is a board member of the Episcopal Church's Recovery Ministries. Since moving to North Carolina, he has worked as a supply priest throughout that diocese, and since May has taken on the role of part-time Vicar at All Saints, Hamlet North Carolina. Hoke is the father of two sons—one in Raleigh, and the other in Riverside, Connecticut.