

The Rev. Valerie Mayo
Rector
The Reverend Valerie J. Mayo resides in Durham, North Carolina with her 14-year-old son, Elijah. Her 23-year-old 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.
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.
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 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.
Reverend Valerie Availability
Tuesday – Sunday, make an appointment by contacting:
Parish Secretary at st.titussecretary@gmail.com
Reverend Valerie at st.titussrevmayo@gmail.com
* Kindly be advised that I observe my Sabbath on Mondays and do not respond to calls or emails on that day, except in the event of a pastoral emergency.

Assisting Clergy

The Rev. Canon Gregory A. Jacobs (Greg Jacobs)
Greg grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where he attended Shaker Heights High School. He received his undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. Thereafter, he received his law degree from Columbia University School of Law, and practiced corporate employment and discrimination law at the Cleveland, Ohio law firm of Thompson, Hine for 18 years. In 1995, he was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church where he served on diocesan staffs in the Dioceses of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Newark before retiring to Durham in 2019.
“The ultimate measure of our humanity is not where we stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where we stand in times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King.

The Rev. David Stanford

The Rev. Joyce Corbin-Allen

The Rev. Jeanine Driscoll


