Father Tyler Proctor, Priest in Charge

A lifelong South Carolinian, I grew up in Gaffney and attended North Greenville University, graduating with a degree in English. I joined the Episcopal Church in 2017 while serving in a year-long volunteer program in Chicago. After returning to South Carolina, I worked as an assistant librarian in Spartanburg County while getting involved in my sending parish, the Church of the Incarnation, in Gaffney. I attended seminary at Sewanee for my M.Div from 2020-2023. After seminary, I completed a two year curacy at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, where I honed my teaching, preaching, and pastoral skills. My immensely hospitable parishioners showed me the best restaurants in Greenville and in my free time I explored the Blue Ridge Mountains. I am passionate about the Daily Office, monastic and contemplative spirituality, and bringing theology to the parish. I love reading, hiking, and being outdoors and look forward to discovering the bookstores and state parks of the Midlands and Lowcountry. I love traveling to experience new places and visit old friends. I look forward to learning and growing with the congregation of St. Timothy’s, and welcoming the wider community to come worship with us!

Elaine Sandberg, 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.

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.

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.

The Vestry

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Diane Carr, Senior Warden; Penny Fletcher, Junior Warden; Lynda Neese, Hanna Wilson; Greg Wood; Regina Crolley; Dale Lowder, Treasurer; Aaron Falls, Secretary