Happy Epiphany! Happy 2022! Happy everything! This week, we're delighted to kick off our first Faithfully Memphis series of the year - Creation Care and Stewardship - with a conversation with Cynthia McCarty. In addition to her role as Director of Children and Youth Ministry at Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, TN, Cynthia was a member of the Episcopal Church's delegation to the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in 2021. In this interview with Bishop Phoebe Roaf, Cynthia shares how her faith compels her to advocate for climate and creation care.
MORE ABOUT CYNTHIA McCARTY
Cynthia was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a lifelong Episcopalian, she was involved in EYC, served on the Diocesan Youth Commission, and was the Diocesan representative for the Province VII Youth Commission. After earning a B.S. in Health Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Cynthia moved to Memphis and worked as the Aquatics Director at the Olive Branch Family YMCA.
In 2007, Cynthia was called back to Little Rock and served at the Director of Youth and Young Adult ministries at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church. During this time, she earned a Masters in Education in Middle Childhood Education. Cynthia has worked the past four years as a middle school teacher for Shelby County Schools.
Cynthia is married to Chris and has two sons, Alex, 7, and Sam, 21 months. They live in Germantown and have called Holy Apostles their church home for the last couple of years.
As the youth director, Cynthia wants to empower and equip the youth of the church with the resources they need to build onto their Journey of Faith. .