Rector
Gary is a native of Ohio, like half the coastal community of South Carolina. Gary traveled the world as a child of an Air Force officer/pilot, ending up by the Christmas of 1969 in Charleston, SC, as an 8-year-old. He was enrolled in Summerville Elementary and graduated from Summerville High School in 1979. Met his future wife, Sue, who, God incidentally, was from Ohio, in HS. They dated through his four long years at the Citadel and were married in 1984 at St. Philip's Church in Charleston.
After moving to Columbia so that Sue could attend USC and have a short career in the steel business, Gary joined his mother in their burgeoning Home Health Care business. 25 years and three grown children later, and after being ‘overly’ involved in their local church, St Paul’s Summerville, Gary, Sue, Parks, and Mary Grace were called to ordained ministry and seminary in Pittsburgh, Pa.
While in Pittsburgh, Gary joined the leadership team of South Side Anglican, an Anglican church plant, and there he discovered one of his purposes for ministry, reaching the world with the good news of Jesus Christ. After serving there for two years and graduating, Gary and Sue were called back to the Anglican Diocese of SC to plant a church in the growing Charleston suburb of Cane Bay/Nexton.
For five years, they served alongside a growing and diverse group of new, lapsed, and de-churched and mature followers of Jesus. St Timothy’s began in a living room, moved to an African-American Reformed Episcopal church, then into a Baptist church and preschool. After filling in one Sunday at Prince George Winyah, Gary and Sue were invited to consider a call to join this church family. Two months later, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, they were called to serve!
Gary’s hobbies include cooking, listening to music, reading, and golf. He and Susan have been married for 41 years and have three married children, two daughters-in-law, and a son-in-law. They are blessed with four grandchildren: Marigold, Azalea, Isaac, and
Fray.
Contact Gary at gary@pgwinyah.org