On Sunday, September 22, St. James’ Episcopal Church will welcome Lynn Osgood as our seminarian. Lynn is entering her second year of study for the bivocational priesthood through the Iona School for Ministry, and she will be with St. James’ for her field education for the 2019-2020 school year.
In her professional life, Lynn is an urban planner and researcher whose work explores the intersection of the arts, planning, civic capacity building. Trained in landscape architecture and urban planning at the University of Virginia, Lynn moved to Austin in 2003, where she became Adjunct Faculty at the University of Texas. In 2011 she started Civic Arts (previously GO collaborative) where she now serves as the Executive Director and leads the development of creative placemaking projects such as the NEA Exploring Our Town website, and the ArtPlace America funded Drawing Lines project, and technical assistance services for the LISC/Kresge.
Lynn came to the Episcopal Church later in life and has been part of the St. David’s community for 15 years. In her time there, she has served as an Evening Prayer leader, EfM mentor, and Eucharistic Minister. She is very excited to be able to join the warm and vibrant community of St. James’, and she is looking forward to exploring how she best help support the congregation and its work.