Grace Church in the Mountains - Waynesville, NC
  • Home
  • Worship
    • Worship & Formation
    • What to Expect
    • Sermons
    • Serving on Sundays
    • Who we are >
      • Message from the Rector
      • About Us
      • Staff
      • Vestry >
        • Annual Meeting
        • Missional Priorities
        • Communication Guidelines
        • By-Laws
        • Minutes
    • Photo Galleries >
      • 2022 Parish Picnic
      • Summer Small Groups 2022
      • Confirmation-Parish Picnic 2021 Gallery
      • Parish Fair 2021
      • Sundaes on Saturday
      • Fresh Air Fellowship Cataloochee
      • 2020 Picnic & Baptisms Gallery
    • Calendar
    • Daily Office
  • Serve
    • Congregational Care
    • Outreach >
      • Food Pantry >
        • Food Pantry Hours
      • Parish Fair
      • Grace Giving Garden
    • Creation Care Ministry
    • Memorial Garden >
      • Pet Wall
    • Daughters of the King
    • Marthas
    • Buildings and Grounds
    • Resources
  • Learn
    • Teach Us To Pray >
      • Centering Prayer
      • Prayer of the Imagination
      • Jesus Prayer
      • The Examen
      • Lectio Devina
      • Body Prayer
      • Prayerful Art
    • Formation >
      • Episcopal Church 101
      • Resources
    • Children & Youth >
      • Nursery
      • Children
      • Youth Group
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Give Online
    • Stewardship Statement
    • Annual Giving >
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Treasure)
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Time & Talent )
    • The Science of Generosity
    • Legacy of Grace Endowment
    • Stock Donations
  • Music
  • Resources
    • Addiction Recover Resources
    • Community Conversations about Suicide
    • Connect with us Online
    • Parish Program Planning Checklist
    • Forms >
      • Advent 2022 Quiet Day RSVP
      • Coffee Hour Sign up
      • Prayer Requests
      • Altar Flower Order Form
      • Nametag Order Form
      • Membership Database Information Form
      • Nursery/Sunday School Registration
      • Application for Rent/Use of Facilities
      • Application for Fundraising Activity Event
      • Check Request Reimbursement Form
  • Home
  • Worship
    • Worship & Formation
    • What to Expect
    • Sermons
    • Serving on Sundays
    • Who we are >
      • Message from the Rector
      • About Us
      • Staff
      • Vestry >
        • Annual Meeting
        • Missional Priorities
        • Communication Guidelines
        • By-Laws
        • Minutes
    • Photo Galleries >
      • 2022 Parish Picnic
      • Summer Small Groups 2022
      • Confirmation-Parish Picnic 2021 Gallery
      • Parish Fair 2021
      • Sundaes on Saturday
      • Fresh Air Fellowship Cataloochee
      • 2020 Picnic & Baptisms Gallery
    • Calendar
    • Daily Office
  • Serve
    • Congregational Care
    • Outreach >
      • Food Pantry >
        • Food Pantry Hours
      • Parish Fair
      • Grace Giving Garden
    • Creation Care Ministry
    • Memorial Garden >
      • Pet Wall
    • Daughters of the King
    • Marthas
    • Buildings and Grounds
    • Resources
  • Learn
    • Teach Us To Pray >
      • Centering Prayer
      • Prayer of the Imagination
      • Jesus Prayer
      • The Examen
      • Lectio Devina
      • Body Prayer
      • Prayerful Art
    • Formation >
      • Episcopal Church 101
      • Resources
    • Children & Youth >
      • Nursery
      • Children
      • Youth Group
  • Give
    • Ways to Give
    • Give Online
    • Stewardship Statement
    • Annual Giving >
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Treasure)
      • Pledge to Weaving Grace Together (Time & Talent )
    • The Science of Generosity
    • Legacy of Grace Endowment
    • Stock Donations
  • Music
  • Resources
    • Addiction Recover Resources
    • Community Conversations about Suicide
    • Connect with us Online
    • Parish Program Planning Checklist
    • Forms >
      • Advent 2022 Quiet Day RSVP
      • Coffee Hour Sign up
      • Prayer Requests
      • Altar Flower Order Form
      • Nametag Order Form
      • Membership Database Information Form
      • Nursery/Sunday School Registration
      • Application for Rent/Use of Facilities
      • Application for Fundraising Activity Event
      • Check Request Reimbursement Form

Staff

Picture
The Rev. Joslyn Ogden Schaefer
Rector
Email
​
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! 
Picture
The Rev. Orion Davis
Priest Associate
Email

​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!
Picture
The Rev. Harriet Simmons
Priest Associate
Picture
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!


Picture
The Rev. Carter Smith
Deacon
​email

Deacon Carter is a lifelong Episcopalian. Born in Washington, DC, he was baptized in the National Cathedral. A pilot for over 50 years, his flying career included serving as an Army pilot in Viet Nam and 29 years as a Captain for Continental Airlines. After retiring as a corporate jet instructor in the Fall of 2021, Carter and his wife, Chris, moved to Waynesville as permanent, full-time residents of this wonderful community. They have two adult sons living in the Carolinas.

​Ordained in 2009, Carter’s passion in ministry is for pastoral care and preaching the Gospel. He enjoys travel, fly fishing, restoring his 1967 Triumph TR4 sports car and enjoying his four-legged Doodle daughters, Stella and Riley.​
Picture
Virginia S. Moe
Music Director
​email


​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.
Picture
Andrea Croskery
​Parish Administrator
email
 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.
Picture
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.
Picture
Emma Thomas
​Nursery Provider
Emma is a student at Western Carolina University and a year away from receiving her undergraduate degree in social work and Latin American studies. Growing up alongside her mother who ran a church nursery in South Carolina, as an adult she was inspired to do something that reminded her of home. A strong passion for advocacy, counseling, and community building, she hopes to become a licensed clinical social worker and explore counseling as a profession. Flute player of 10 years and volunteer work enthusiast!
 Worship Times
Sunday

8:00am in person and live stream
9:15am Adult formation in person and on Zoom
10:30am in person
Children's Sunday- 1st Sundays @ 10:30 am
​Taize Service - 1st Sundays @ 7:00 pm


Wednesday
12:00 pm Eucharist + Healing Service
Grace Church in the Mountains
394 N. Haywood Street, Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 • Phone: (828) 456-6029   Email: admin@gracewaynesville.com
Picture