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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Friday, May 06, 2005

Schmidt to head Forward Movement

ENS 050605-1

[Episcopal News Service] Forward Movement Publications of Cincinnati,
Ohio,
has named the Rev. Dr. Richard H. Schmidt its new editor and executive
director, effective September 1. He succeeds the Rev. Dr. Edward S.
Gleason,
who is retiring after ten years in the post.
Forward Movement is an agency of the Episcopal Church, publishing
Forward
Day by Day, a pamphlet of daily meditations, with a circulation of
500,000,
as well as a wide range of other devotional and spiritual literature.

"I am delighted that Dick Schmidt has accepted the position, and look
forward to working with him in the years ahead," said Peggy Beers, chair
of
the Forward Movement Executive Committee. "He comes to us with a good
deal
of experience in the publishing field, and he is equipped as well to
lead us
in our core mission to support people in their lives of prayer and
faith. I
am most excited that, as Ted Gleason completes our first ever capital
campaign, Dick Schmidt is coming on board to implement the initiatives
for
which funds have been raised."

"I commend the Forward Movement Executive Committee on their careful
process
and very successful outcome in the choice of the Rev. Dr. Richard H.
Schmidt
to be their next director and editor," commented Presiding Bishop Frank
T.
Griswold. "May this be the beginning of another fruitful chapter for
Forward
Movement in their long ministry of dedicated service to the church."

Schmidt, 60, is a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky, and holds degrees
from
Kenyon College, Vanderbilt Divinity School, and Wesley Theological
Seminary.
Ordained in 1970, he has served Episcopal parishes in West Virginia,
Missouri, and Alabama, and as a missionary in Nigeria. He is the former
managing editor of The Episcopalian and the author of three books:
Glorious
Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican Spirituality (2002), Life Lessons
from Alpha to Omega (2005), and Praises, Prayers, and Curses:
Conversations
with the Psalms (2005).

Schmidt and his wife of thirty-seven years, Pamela, now reside in
Chesterfield, Missouri. They are the parents of three grown sons.

Note: A photo of Richard H. Schmidt is available at
http://www.forwardmovement.org.

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