Mother Adrienne Hymes was called by The Rt. Rev. Dabney Smith, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, in 2016 to lead the visioning, formation and nurturing of a new Episcopal church presence in Wesley Chapel.
Hymes’ more than 13 years of experience as a seasoned public relations and marketing executive in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, have uniquely equipped her to develop foundational frameworks for St. Paul’s (formerly Wesley Chapel Episcopal Church), and to embrace the necessary nimbleness a new faith community requires to nurture congregational vitality.
Hymes is a clinically-trained chaplain, with ER trauma experience, and is an internationally published advocate for the specialized practice of workplace chaplaincy. Hymes earned her Master in Divinity from The Virginia Theological Seminary and her B.A. in Rhetoric and Communications Studies from The University of Virginia.
