Staff

The Rev. Joslyn Ogden Schaefer
Rector
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Joslyn began serving as the 22nd rector of Grace Church in February 2017. Prior to that she was the Associate Rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC. She has degrees from Davidson College, Episcopal Divinity School, and the University of Edinburgh. As a priest, she loves crafting sermons, teaching all kinds of classes, and the challenge of faithful organizational development. Her husband, Brian Schaefer, practices law with a specialty in Elder Law. They have two young children, and therefore very limited time when it comes to hobbies!

The Rev. Orion Davis
Priest Associate
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Orion has been a priest for nearly 50 years. He and his wife, Pam, have been attending Grace for the last six years. They both love to travel as much as possible. He also follows college sports with much interest. Go Clemson Tigers!

The Rev. Harriet Simmons
Priest Associate

Virginia S. Moe
Music Director
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Ginny is a native of Alabama, and a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Scarritt Graduate School in Nashville, TN. A cradle Episcopalian, she has served several denominations in various states in the US, as well as spending a sabbatical as a staff musician at St. Peter’s, Weston Favell (Church of England) in Northampton, England. She comes to Grace Church from Rock Hill, South Carolina, where she was Music Director at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour for eighteen years. Her husband, Tim, is a retired church musician, and they moved here in 2019 with his parents to be near their daughter and the cutest grandchildren in the world. She loves to read, write, and cook, especially with the stove on full blast, and within a week in Waynesville she had already ascertained that her kitchen smoke detectors are functional.

The Rev. Earle Pratt
Priest Associate

Earle holds a Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Ma. and a Ph. D. from the U. S. International University, San Diego, Ca. He has served as an organizational consultant to not-for-profit organizations and a psychotherapist in private practice. Earle was rector of Trinity-St. John's Church, Hewlett, L.I., New York for twenty-eight years. He is an avid golfer and delights in the varied challenges of ministry. He and his wife Valerie have enjoyed building a decorating their home in the glorious Smoky mountains!

Tony Caldwell
Sexton
Tony is a native of Haywood County, "One of the Cataloochee Caldwells." After graduating from Tuscola High School, Tony joined the Army and served with the combat engineers. He has two children and three grandchildren and enjoys living on Pinnacle Mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Barber's Orchard.

Andrea Croskery
Parish Administrator
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Andrea came to Haywood County after living for 36 years in Eastern North Carolina. In addition to having worked for her church in Winterville, NC, she spent 30 years working for Smiles and Frowns Playhouse a children's community theatre. She and her husband moved to Fines Creek in Dec. 2017 and have two grown children. Since moving to the area, she has joined WNC Fibers/Handweavers Guild and The SongSpinners. She is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Waynesville.

Lidiya Potapenko
Summer Intern
Lidiya is a third year graduate student at Duke Divinity School. Originally from the Ukraine, Lidiya's family came to the Southern California when she was 8. She attended college in Portland Or. and has also lived in Minneapolis. She is on the ordination track for Elder in the UMC, California-Pacific Conference. She is excited to be working with Grace to learn and grow in an ecumenical capacity for her future ministry.