Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2019

56 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.Rea d MPM.com feature H ailing from England, Judith Ewing moved to South Carolina in the 1980s and made Mount Pleasant her home in 2006. An ordained deacon in the Episcopal church, she is now a chaplain with Lowcountry Community Chaplaincy, and provides a ministerial presence to people in the wake of tragedies like murders, suicides, drownings and accidents. She is also a chaplain with the Charleston County drug court system – work she finds fulfilling because her adopted son died of heroin abuse, and she always wanted to do something to prevent it from happening to someone else. “You see them coming in from the jail in their prison clothes, shackled and handcuffed, shuffling in. Over time, with everybody working towards helping them, they come out clean from drugs, happy and responsible. They have their lives back together. To me, that’s the most wonderful thing in the world. That is my main love,” she smiled. Photo by Thomas Runion. ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestOfMP.com