The Rowan Chamber is pleased to announce that Bishop Tim Smith of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod, will speak at the Power In Partnership (PIP) program on Thurs., December 16, 7:30 a.m. at Trinity Oaks (728 Klumac Road). PIP Sponsors are Rowan Helping Ministries, Rowan Meals on Wheels and Family Crisis Council of Rowan.
Tim is a graduate of Salisbury High School and a Morehead Scholar at UNC Chapel Hill. His dad was the Superintendent of the Salisbury City Schools, and his mom was a teacher. He played JV basketball under Coach Roy Williams and was musical director of the Clef Hangers at UNC Chapel Hill, graduating in 1982. He then attended Gettysburg Seminary, including a semester in Washington, DC at Catholic University and an internship at The American Church in Berlin, and graduated in 1986.
He received a DMin degree from Drew University in 1992 and served three parishes—St. Paul-Startown (Newton, NC), Grace (Boone, NC), and Redeemer (Atlanta, GA)—before becoming bishop. Tim is married to Wendy Weisner Smith, and they have three grown children and four young grandchildren.