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All Saints' Clergy
The Rev'd Geoffrey M. St.J. Hoare
Rector
Geoffrey Hoare has served as Rector of All Saints’ Atlanta since June 1998. A native of England, he came to America as a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina in 1976. After taking an additional degree from Cambridge University, where he is a member of Magdalene College, he returned to the United States and to the Yale University Divinity School together with its Episcopal component, the Berkeley Divinity School. He was ordained Deacon and Priest in the Diocese of North Carolina where he served at Christ Church in Raleigh 1982-1987, also teaching theology in the Vocational Deacons Training Program before becoming Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Alexandria, Va., 1987-1998. During those years he also served as adjunct faculty at the Virginia Theological Seminary.
Geoffrey has served church and community in a number of capacities including addressing issues of domestic violence, rape crisis and child abuse (Impact) in North Carolina; issues of homelessness (Carpenter’s Lodgings and Shelter) and AIDS (The Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry) in Virginia; and seeking to address issues of race, class and other “isms” on a national level (VISIONS-Inc). He has served on the Board of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and is a member of the Compass Rose Society of the Anglican Communion. He serves on the advisory board to the Anglican Observer to the United Nations He was selected to participate in the pastor-theologian program of the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton. He currently serves as an instructor in the contextual education program of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and is a published contributor to a major new lectionary commentary for preachers called Feasting on the Word edited by Barbara Brown Taylor and David Bartlett. (Westminster John Knox)
He enjoys singing in church, the shower and any other venue that will have him. He is an avid golfer, reader, writer and chef. He lives with his wife, Sage, and their children, Alexander (b. 1991), Joanna (b. 1996), and Ruthie (b. 2003), in Atlanta.
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The Rev'd Noelle York-Simmons
Associate Rector
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Noelle is the senior associate rector at All Saints'. She is responsible for congregational development and oversees adult Christian formation, global ministries and parish communications, including print publications and the website.
Native to Atlanta, Noelle was educated at Emory University and Yale Divinity School and is a member of the L.E.A.D. Atlanta class of 2006. She lives in Grant Park with her husband, their son and daughter and a rambunctious mutt.
The Rev'd Charles M. Girardeau
Associate Rector
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Chuck Girardeau is the associate rector directly responsible for Children’s formation and family ministry at All Saints’. In addition to general duties as part of the All Saints' clergy team, Chuck is responsible for all aspects of our ministry related to children, from their birth through the fifth grade.
These responsibilities include oversight of the nursery; the Children’s formation offerings for the three and four year-olds; Junior Children’s Church; curriculum preparation, teacher recruitment, and the logistics for the Children’s formation program called “Journey Into the Bible,” for kindergartners through fifth graders, and conducting the Children’s Liturgy of the Word during the 9 a.m. celebration of the Holy Eucharist each Sunday.
Chuck is an Atlanta native who lives in DeKalb County with his wife and their daughter, four cats and three dogs.
The Rev'd John F. Herring
Associate Rector
404-267-4277
John is the associate rector for youth ministries. He oversees and coordinates all youth ministries, providing for the Christian formation of teenagers and their families. John provides leadership to and supervision of staff members and volunteers involved in youth ministries.
John lives in Decatur with his wife and three children.
The Rev'd Elizabeth Shows Caffey
Associate Rector
404-267-4278
Elizabeth is the associate rector for worship and pastoral care. She works with the worship guilds, the numerous pastoral care ministries, GALAS (Gays and Lesbians of All Saints'), and the Neighborhood Committee. She is also the clergy liaison for Christian social ministries.
Elizabeth and her husband came to Atlanta from New York City. They live in Roswell with their daughter and their pack of animals - dogs: Sadie and Scully, and cats: Maximus and Sawyer.
Clergy Associates
The Very Rev’d Harry Pritchett, Rector Emeritus
The Rev’d Dr. Bill Clarkson
The Rev'd Dr. Jim Donald
The Rev’d Karen P. Evans
The Rev’d William L. Evans
The Rev’d Charles Scott May
The Rev’d Gary Mull
The Rev’d Milton H. Murray
The Rev’d Dr. David M. Moss III
The Rev’d Walter E. Smith
The Rev’d Tom Stubbs
The Rev’d Paul Thim
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