{"id":4884,"date":"2024-02-27T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=4884"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:49:24","slug":"the-rev-worth-stuart","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/staff\/the-rev-worth-stuart\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rev. Worth Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A cradle Episcopalian, Father Worth was brought up at the Church of Ascension in Montgomery. After receiving a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree at the University of Alabama, he worked as a youth minister at Trinity Episcopal Church in Florence, Alabama (2008-2010) and St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church in Montgomery (2010-2013). From 2013-2014, Worth joined the staff at the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama as the Lay Missioner for Young Adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Father Worth received his Master in Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2017. His first call was to Holy Apostles in Hoover, Alabama where he served as Curate until 2019. He served as Priest Associate at Church of the Nativity in Huntsville, Alabama from 2019 to 2024. He began serving at Holy Spirit as Priest-in-Charge in 2024 until August 2025 when he was called as Holy Spirit&#8217;s Rector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Worth is married to The Rev. Ranie Neislar, who is also an Episcopal priest in at All Saints in Birmingham. In May 2025 they welcomed Baby Mose and he changed their lives forever! They also have two dogs, Mara and Delilah, who keep them busy and entertained. Together, they love live music, good movies, and a good workout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cradle Episcopalian, Father Worth was brought up at the Church of Ascension in Montgomery. After receiving a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/staff\/the-rev-worth-stuart\/\" aria-label=\"The Rev. Worth Stuart\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4890,"menu_order":0,"template":"","staff-group":[],"class_list":["post-4884","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5444,"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/4884\/revisions\/5444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"staff-group","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/holyspirit-al.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-group?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}