Clergy & Staff

The Reverend Valerie Mayo

Rector

The Reverend Valerie J. Mayo resides in Durham, North Carolina with her 12-year-old son, Elijah. Her daughter, Valerie Victoria, is actively serving in the US Air Force, and is presently stationed at Travis AF Base in Fairfield, California.

Before accepting the call as Rector at St. Titus Episcopal Church, Rev. Mayo served as the Director of Community Life at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia; Urban Missioner for Diocese of Kentucky, University of Louisville Episcopal/Lutheran Campus Chaplain & Priest-in-Charge of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Louisville, Kentucky, and was the inaugural Director of Beloved Community Initiatives at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.

She served as the Lead Consultant for a three-year Union of Black Episcopalians/Sacred Ground project, focusing on multicultural Sacred Ground circle dynamics and best practices. She is an active member of the Union of Black Episcopalians and has served as a Chaplain for the Annual Business Meeting and Conference in Baltimore, Maryland and Montgomery, Alabama. As a proponent for youth engagement and leadership within the Church, she continues to offer her gifts as the Youth, Young Adult and Children (YAYAC) UBE Chaplain. She is also a member of the Diocesan Black Leaders in the Episcopal Church through the TEC Office of African Descent Ministries.

Rev. Mayo is a graduate of Saint Paul’s College (BA), Duke Divinity School (MTS), and Virginia Theological Seminary (MDiv). She received her clinical pastoral education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 2022, she continues to serve as a member of the spiritual faculty with CPG’s CREDO Institute.

Rev. Mayo is passionate about justice, social advocacy, evangelism, and discipleship formation. Within her current ministry context, she seeks to cultivate intergenerational faith-based opportunities for wisdom sharing and leadership training. She strongly believes in the power of the Holy Spirit and the presence of the divine within all of God’s created world. She actively seeks faith-based collaborations to empower us to live more fully in our process of becoming agents of positive change.

Email me: sainttitusrector@gmail.com