About Steve (or Stephen)

Stephen Day was born in the rolling hills of Charleston, West Virginia on November 7, 1979. He was raised in the nearby town of Saint Albans. During junior high and high school, he was very active in his local Episcopal Church, St. Mark’s. Stephen served as an acolyte, lay reader (LEM), and a member of the vestry. In 1998, Stephen graduated from Charleston Catholic High School.

After graduating from high school, Stephen attended Hampden-Sydney College near Farmville, Virginia. There he majored in history and political science. While in college he participated and became a leader in the local Wesley Foundation campus ministry program. Also, he spent the summers working at the camp and conference center of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, Peterkin, which is located in Romney, West Virginia.

Stephen returned to West Virginia after graduating from Hampden-Sydney in 2002 and enrolled at Marshall University’s graduate history program. During the next two years he completed the coursework required for a Master of Arts in history. Meanwhile, Stephen worked with the diocesan youth program and two part-time jobs.

In August of 2004, Stephen began taking courses at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. During January 2005, he spent three weeks in Burma (called Myanmar by some) meeting with leaders in the Anglican Church and other Christians. You can view some pictures from his trip here. While in seminary Stephen became active in the VTS Missionary Society and particularly the grants program. On May 17, 2007 Stephen Day graduated with a Masters of Divinity.

Stephen hopes to soon graduate with a Master of Arts with a concentration in history from Marshall University soon. His thesis is on the closing of the public school system in Prince Edward County, Virginia from 1959 – 1964. You can read a draft of the thesis here.

During the spring of 2007, Stephen’s plans for his future got revised. For a period of time he was uncertain of what he should do next with his life. Then God, in the form of Stephen’s seminary advisor, acted and provided guidance and direction. Stephen became certain that God was calling him to participate in God’s mission in the world. In June 2007, Stephen was accepted to serve as a missionary for the Episcopal Church’s Young Adult Service Corps. He will be spending a year in Dodoma, Tanzania teaching and providing technical support at a theological college.

If you would like to support Stephen’s mission please feel free to visit his website to contribute via credit or debit card. Alternatively, you can contribute by sending a check to the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia (just put “Stephen Day – Missionary” in the memo line).