Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
820 W. Oak Street, Rogers, Arkansas 72756
(479) 636-4042
Loving Christ in ALL People

Father Gavin joined St. Andrew's as Priest-In-Charge in August, 2015, after retiring from full-time ministry.  He and his wife, Linda, make their home in Centerton.

 

Fr. Gavin comes back  to the Diocese of Arkansas after having served churches in the Diocese of Nebraska, the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast and the Diocese of Arkansas.  A 1994 graduate of The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, he was ordained to the priesthood on November 6, 1994, at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock.  In August 1996, he was called as Rector of St. Theodore’s Episcopal Church in Bella Vista, AR, where he served until August, 2004.  Moving to Dothan, AL, he was then Rector of the Church of the Nativity until August 2007.   Father Gavin's last position before retiring was as Rector of  St. Mathew's Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Nebraska from 2007 - 2015. Prior to ordained ministry, Fr. Gavin was a successful business executive and an active member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Omaha. He and his wife, Linda, were married at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln, NE on May 22, 1971, and have an adult son, John, who lives in N.W. Arkansas with his wife, Candace, and is the Deputy Chief of Operations with the Centerton Fire Department.  They have one grandchild, Piper.

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Email Fr. Gavin at craig.gavin@icloud.com