Clergy & Staff

Clergy and Staff of the Diocese

Bishop

The Right Reverend Gladstone B. “Skip” Adams III
843-259-2016
bpadams@episcopalchurchsc.org
The Right Reverend Gladstone B. “Skip” Adams III was elected by acclamation and invested as the Provisional Bishop of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina on September 10, 2016 at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston. Visit the Bishop's page here.

Archdeacon

The Venerable Calhoun Walpole
843-723-4575
cwalpole@episcopalchurchsc.org
Callie was appointed by the bishop in 2013 to serve as the Archdeacon of the diocese on a half-time basis. Callie's responsibilities as Archdeacon include service as Convention Secretary and resource person for other programs in The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. She is also Vicar and Sub-Dean of Grace Church Cathedral. Read more about Callie here.

Executive Assistant to the Bishop and
Diocesan Administrator

Lauren Kinard
843-259-2016
lkinard@episcopalchurchsc.org
Lauren graduated with a business degree from the University of Florida and has spent her professional career working in development, staffing, event planning, and consulting. Her responsibilities as Executive Assistant to the Bishop will include creation and maintenance of diocesan records, assisting the Bishop with his calendar and coordinating visits with member churches and worshiping communities, coordinating the planning of the annual convention and other necessary meetings, and facilitating communication and necessary resources across the diocese. A member of Grace Church Cathedral, she and her husband Richard have two children, Gresham and Victoria.

Diocesan Ministry Developer

Andrea McKellar
843-259-2016 office, 843-412-2411 mobile
amckellar@episcopalchurchsc.org
Andrea's responsibilities include Transition Ministry (working with individuals and congregations through times of discernment and calling), Leadership Development, Christian Formation, and Youth Ministry. She also continues to assist in administrative duties in coordination with Lauren Kinard, Executive Assistant to the Bishop.

Andrea joined the staff as part-time administrative assistant in January 2014. She currently serves on the Task Force for Leveraging Social Media for Evangelism and has been elected as a Lay Deputy to the 79th General Convention. Andrea has served on the Standing Commission for Lifelong Christian Formation and Education for the last triennium, and was a deputy to the 78th General Convention, serving on the Formation and Education for Ministry Committee. She is a member of Forma, a grassroots Christian formation organization. She worships at St. Francis Episcopal Church in the West Ashley area of Charleston and serves on its vestry. Andrea and her husband Mark live in West Ashley with their two children.

Director of Communications

Holly Votaw
843-259-2016 office, 843-345-8011 mobile
hvotaw@episcopalchurchsc.org
Holly joined the diocesan staff in January 2013, overseeing communications within the diocese and to the wider community, including the website, episcopalchurchsc.org, the email newsletter, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and other platforms. A 1982 graduate of Clemson University, she worked as a journalist for daily newspapers in Sumter and Greenville, and was assistant state editor of The Greenville News from 1989-91. In 1991 she moved to Charleston and spent several years as an at-home mother to her three children, who are now adults. A member of Grace, she volunteered in the church's communications for 15 years before joining the Grace staff as part-time Director of Communications, a position she held from 2007-2017. She now serves in the Diocesan Office at 98 Wentworth St. on a half-time basis.

List of Clergy in Good Standing

Follow this link to find an updated list of Clergy in Good Standing in The Episcopal Church in South Carolina.

Clergy Transitions

Follow this link for a list of churches currently seeking their next priest.

Clergy Transition News

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Appointed to serve

Chaplain to the Retired Clergy

The Reverend Alastair Votaw was appointed by the Bishop in April 2013 as Chaplain to the Retired Clergy in The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. The chaplaincy works to provide inclusion, enrichment and pastoral support for retired clergy, their spouses and partners, and survivors.

Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer and Liturgical Officer

The Very Reverend J. Michael A. Wright, Rector and Dean of Grace Church Cathedral, is Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer for The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. He is also Liturgical Officer and chairs the Diocesan Liturgical Commission.

As Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer, Dean Wright followed the Reverend Dow Sanderson, Rector of the Church of the Holy Communion in Charleston, in the important work of building and sustaining relationships with other faith communities.

Diocesan Disaster Coordinator

The Reverend Fred Thompson serves as Diocesan Disaster Coordinator for The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Fred, a deacon, is responsible for coordinating disaster planning and response at the diocesan level, as well as working with congregations to develop their own disaster plans. Fred also will serve as liaison in times of emergency with relief agencies and with groups such as the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy and Episcopal Relief and Development.