Church of the Holy Family

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Clergy and Staff

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The Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry, Bishop of North Carolina

The Rt. Rev. Alfred C. “Chip” Marble, Assisting Bishop

The Rt. Rev. William O. Gregg, Assistant Bishop
 

The Rev. Clarke French, Rector

Ordained a priest in 1999 in the Anglican Church of Canada, Clarke has served parishes in Alberta and New York State. He was officially received as a priest of the Episcopal Church in 2006 and is in the final stages of his doctor of Ministry degree from Virginia Theological Seminary.  Fr. Clarke was welcomed in 2011 as the fourth rector of the Church of the Holy Family.

The Rev. Michelle L. Robertshaw, Assistant to the Rector  

Mo. Michelle began working in church ministry in 1997 and is a graduate of Virginia Theological (2003 - M.Div.).  She has served as an Assistant and Vicar at parishes in Florida before accepting the call to serve at Holy Family in 2006.

The Rev. Paula E. Gilbert, Assisting Pastor

The Reverend Paula E. Gilbert joined the staff of The Church of the Holy Family as Assisting Pastor for Parish Life in January 2005.  As a United Methodist clergywoman appointed to an ecumenical ministry by the bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference, her role at Holy Family is recognized by the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, who has licensed her to preach and serve as a Eucharistic minister in the Diocese.

Boyd Gibson, Music Director

Boyd Gibson has served as Music Director since September 1996.  He is a graduate from Howard University, B.M. 1978, and M.M. 1986.  He has also completed additional graduate studies in Musicology and Composition at Duke University.

Paul Cizek, Youth Minister

Paul Mark Cizek began working as the Youth Minister at Church of the Holy Family during July 2009.  He completed his M.Div at Duke University Divinity School (2009) and his B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (2006).  Previously, he worked at Church of the Holy Family as the Seminarian for Youth Ministry and Seminarian for Prison Ministry.

Wren Blessing, Director of Christian Education

Celia Lata, Organist

Celia Grasty Lata has served as organist for the Church of the Holy Family since 1996.  She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Bachelor of Music in organ performance), the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (Master of Music in piano performance), and the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance and literature).   She also holds the Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law.  She was born in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1946 and married Terrance Louis Lata in the Church of the Holy Family in 1998.

Debbie McCarthy, Augustine Project Program Director

Debbie McCarthy was born in Lynchburg, VA in 1955.  She and David Cormac McCarthy were married in 1977 and have two children, Courtney (27) and Alex (24).

Debbie graduated from Sweet Briar College (B.A. summa cum laude) in 1977, served for two years as a paralegal in corporate law firms in Charlotte and Raleigh, then for sixteen years as a faculty member in the Preschool, Middle School and Upper School at Durham Academy.  She spent an academic year as a special student at Duke Divinity School just prior to becoming executive director of the Augustine Project in June 2000.

Gary Walker, Sexton

Gary Walker has served as Sexton For The Church of the Holy Family since 2001.  Born in Emporia, Virginia in 1956, he married Joyce Ray Walker (Alexandria, LA) in 1979.  Together they have two daughters, Jocelyn (UNC-W, 2002) and Brittany, a junior at UNC-Greensboro.  In addition to his work at Holy Family, Gary is a 23 year employee of FED EX.  Education:  Brunswick High School 1970-1975; Virginia Community College 1975-1977. 

Thomas A.J. Bloom, Financial Secretary

Miriam Mullikin, Parish Administrator

Vestry

Serve until April 2012: Adam Grobin, Neil Newcomb, Phil Post, Tracey Powell (Junior Warden)

Serve until April 2013: Tom Bainbridge, Anne Hager-Blunk (Senior Warden), Kevin Reily, Rollie Tillman

Serve until April 2014: Kevin Butterfield, Sheryl Forbis, Kim Gotwals, Meredith Leight

Treasurer: Richard Fair      Clerk of the Vestry: Jan Yarborough