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Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
3601 Seminary Ave.
Richmond, VA 23227
804.359.5049

804.355.4884 (fax)

Carla Pratt KeyesCarla Pratt Keyes, Pastor

Carla Pratt Keyes began her ministry at Ginter Park Presbyterian church on May 14, 2007. She was drawn to Ginter Park’s ministry of hospitality, embodied in its worship, witness, and fellowship - a life characterized by playfulness and wonder. She continues to rejoice at the opportunity of serving God in the midst of this diverse body of believers, sharing GPPC’s aim to “find in God’s Spirit a prod to our imagination, a shock to our laziness, and a source of power to take more risks in building a committed community of faith.”

Carla was born in Virginia, but moved from place to place growing up as part of a Navy family. She received her B.A. in History and International Relations from the College of William and Mary and her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. After a year of post-graduate study in the U.K. and a nine-month residency as a hospital chaplain, Carla was ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament as Associate Pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge, LA. She served there four years as the Associate and one year as the Interim Pastor, then moved with her husband Brint (also a Presbyterian minister) and two children (Deborah and Elijah) to Atlanta. Carla served as the Interim Associate Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Covington, GA, then as Associate Pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Tucker, GA, before accepting the call from Ginter Park Presbyterian Church.

When she isn’t working, Carla enjoys exploring Richmond and Williamsburg with her family, swimming, practicing yoga, reading, writing, and creating or admiring things of beauty.

 

Doug BrownDoug Brown, Director of Music

Doug Brown is a Richmond native and a second generation church musician. He received his bachelor’s degree from Duke University, and he completed a master of music degree in both choral conducting and organ performance at the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music. He has served churches in New Haven, Stamford, and Pittsburgh. In addition to his position at Ginter Park, Doug is director of Music at Union-PSCE. He and his wife, Jennifer, are renovating their Church Hill home, spending most of the weekends covered in some combination of sawdust, paint, and caulk.

On February 28, 2008, Doug wrote an Op/Ed piece on “Music for Worship” for The Richmond Times Dispatch. Read it here.

 

 

Noell Rathbun Noell Rathbun, Intern

Noell Rathbun is a graduate of Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Following graduation she served as the coordinator of children's ministry at North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.  She spent a semester studying Child Development in Chicago, Illinois before discerning she was being called to seminary. Noell is in her final year of the MDiv program at Union Presbyterian Seminary. She enjoys cooking, knitting, gardening, playing with her furry "children" Sophie and Liza, and sharing morning cups of coffee with her partner Jessica. Noell loves her GPPC family and is so excited to serve as an intern with them this year!

 

 


Faith WilliamsFaith Williams, Intern

Faith Williams is a third-year seminary student at Union-PSCE.  She completed her Master of Christian Ed. degree in May and is continuing on to earn a Master of Divinity with pastoral ministry in view.   Faith’s undergraduate degree was in Elementary Education, and she had been a school teacher for many years with a mission agency.  Her first assignment was in Recife, Brazil where she started a school and taught a variety of grade levels, also working in a church planting ministry.  From there she went to China and taught in a local Chinese elementary school, and did mission work on the side.  Now Faith looks forward to her internship here at Ginter Park, and anticipates rich growing experiences with our congregation as she prepares for new types of ministry

Roxanne Mucklow, Office Administrator

Meth San, Sexton