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Grace Episcopals new rector looks forward to learning churchs stories
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The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham unpacks boxes as Grace Episcopal’s new rector moves into his office Monday morning. Higginbotham served for six years as the senior associate pastor of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna.
The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham jingled his keys as he unlocked a door at Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Monday afternoon. "They’re new," he said smiling as he shrugged his shoulders. Higginbotham’s first day on the job as the new rector of the Gainesville parish was spent exploring the more than 75-year-old building.