OCMC Hires New Director of Communications

Published by the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, November 8, 2005

The Orthodox Christian Mission Center, St. Augustine, FL - The Orthodox Christian Mission Center has hired Mickey Hodges to serve as its new Director of Communications. He steps in for former director Sofia Lopoukhine, who is now working in a similar capacity at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary.

“Sofia will be missed,” says new director Hodges. “She deserves accolades for all her hard work. There’s no way I can ever match her output. In fact, I’m thinking about having her old keyboard bronzed.”

“In addition to writing skills, Mr. Hodges brings a wealth of marketing experience to OCMC,” adds Father Martin Ritsi, Executive Director of the Mission Center.

Prior to joining OCMC, Hodges ran Adzooks, his own marketing communications firm, for 13 years. His projects have included print, broadcast and interactive work for clients such as: FedEx, Hilton, ServiceMaster, International Paper, Smith & Nephew, Thomas & Betts, Memphis Zoo, First Tennessee Bank, Bryan Foods, Philips, Terminix, and more.

Over the years, his work has received numerous local, regional and national accolades, including recognition in Communication Arts Advertising Annual, the Athena Awards, the Print Regional Design Annual, the London International Advertising Awards, Best Of Show/Print in the Little Rock Addys and Best of Show/Broadcast in the Memphis Addys. Hodges also has taught a class in advertising creativity at the Memphis College of Art.

Prior to his 20-plus years in advertising, Hodges served as the chief writer and first editor of Timeless Insights (now called Closer Walk), a monthly devotional guide published by Walk Thru the Bible Ministries. His work also appears prominently in the Closer Walk New Testament (Zondervan, 1990).

A Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate in Classical Languages at Furman University, he holds a Master of Arts in Classics from Vanderbilt University. Hodges also translates ancient Greek and biblical texts (particularly Byzantine liturgical hymns) for the Orthodox Church, including parts of the soon-to-be-published Orthodox Study Bible (Summer '06).



Volume 7 Number 45 - Tuesday, November 15, 2005	A Publication of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY