Priest-in-Charge
We are currently in the discernment process to discover potential candidates for our next priest.
I was born and raised here in Columbia, SC. Growing up, I started piano lessons at the age of 7 and continued studying until I graduated from high school. During my junior year in high school I started taking organ lessons from the organist at my home church. Upon entering the University of South Carolina, I studied education and also studied the organ under Dr. William Bates. As a post graduate, I continued my organ studies under Dr. David Lowry at Winthrop University.
I have been playing the organ for churches for over thirty years. Church music is a true passion of mine. Making music with dedicated musicians is a pure joy for me.
Since coming to St. Timothy’s in April of 2023, I have been blessed with meeting so may wonderful people. I truly enjoy and look forward to my rehearsals with the choir each week and helping to lead worship for each liturgy.
My professional involvement with the American Guild of Organists is rewarding. Recently, I served as dean of the Greater Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. I held this post for five years. In my spare time, when I’m not involved with making music and teaching, I love being with my loving family and friends. I also love gardening and being outdoors.
Greg Stone, Organist & Choir Director
Barry Shirley, Custodian
I was born in Columbia and have lived here most of my life. My wife Judi and I were married in 2001 and she is most definitely the better half! I have been a lifelong member of Eau Claire Presbyterian Church. My wife and I are both working musicians. She is an oboist with Florence Symphony and also a music teacher and I am a guitar player and longtime member of the Columbia music community.  I currently play in a band that plays regional amphitheaters and clubs. The highlight of my career has been my USO European tours entertaining our US military. My wife and I also travel to the UK often visiting family and friends as my mother is a WWII war bride from England. I’ve enjoyed meeting many new friends at St. Timothy’s and find you to be a warm and loving church family.
Angie Eanes, Parish Administrator
I am an avid sewist and a confirmed tea snob.  I work primarily to support my fabric and tea habits.
I have worked in a variety of fields throughout adulthood including university administration and faculty, property administration, and children’s ministry but discovered in my 40s that although I never aspired to be a bookkeeper when I grew up, I have a calling for it!  My first bookkeeping position was volunteer that became paid.  My second was minimal, 5 hours a week, that became 25 hours a week.  And then I landed as a parish administrator for an Episcopal church (which I knew little about except what I’d read in historical British literature).  St. Timothy’s is one of three Episcopal churches that I have worked for. So, my calling seems to be bookkeeping for (and parish administering) Episcopal churches. And I LOVE my job.
My husband, Dwayne, is a CPA and works in the State of South Carolina.  We have been married for 27 years and have no children, only furbabies.  At one point we had 450 pounds of dog (4 giant breeds) but currently we are down to one St. Bernard, Lexi, and two outside (but not feral) cats:  Mama Cat and Boots.
The Vestry
In the Episcopal Church, members elect a team of leaders to work with the Priest in Charge who are entrusted with taking care of the business of the parish. This team of leaders, the Vestry, takes care of the building and grounds and works with the priest to use the consecrated giving of participants to fund the priorities and goals for the mission of the parish through an annual budget. St. Timothy’s Vestry is comprised of seven lay leaders. We elect vestry members to serve for three-year terms. The terms are staggered so that there is always a mix of new and experienced members on this leadership team. Each member of the vestry works with the priest to insure the vitality of the parish’s ministry.
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Two members of the vestry, the Senior and Junior Wardens, have special responsibilities in providing oversight and support for the work of the vestry; they serve with the priest on the Executive Committee. The Priest in Charge and the Senior Warden work hand in hand to plan and preside over vestry meetings. The Senior Warden leads the congregation in the absence of a Priest. The Junior Warden oversees Buildings and Grounds. The Clerk acts as a secretary, maintaining minutes and official correspondence. The Treasurer is responsible for insuring the integrity of our financial processes.
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The vestry normally meets on the second Sunday of each month at 12:45. At our Annual Parish Meeting (on a Sunday in late January close to the Feast of St. Timothy), two or three new vestry members are elected each year for a three-year term by participants who are Communicants in Good Standing of St. John's. To be a Communicant in Good Standing, you must have your baptism recorded in the parish register, attend worship regularly, and be a contributor of record to the mission of the parish through its budget.
Vestry Members
Bill Sandberg
Senior Warden
Serving through 2024
Joanne Moody
Junior Warden
Serving through 2024
Kathy Thomas
Serving through 2025
Herb Blake
Serving through 2024
