Grace Episcopal
Church

Mt. Meigs, Alabama

Parish Leadership

The Rector of Grace Church is the Reverend David Peeples and his wife Margaret and three children, Anna (10), Will (8), and Cate (4 years). David has been the chaplain at Holy Cross Episcopal School since arriving in 2000 from seminary. He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He received a B.S. in Engineering from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. After ten years in the aerospace industry, he left to be a missionary in Honduras, where he was a teacher and chaplain at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in San Pedro, and served as a lay missioner to two local congregations. After Honduras, he attended the School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, receiving a Masters of Divinity.

Our Musician/Choirmaster is Sandra Allen who directs our adult and children’s choirs and leads the congregation in music. Sandra is a graduate of Huntingdon College and studied organ under the renowned Dr. Harald Rohlig.

The Vestry of Grace Church transacts all of the temporal business of the parish and assists the rector in the nurture and extension of the church. The vestry and their terms are as follows:

Vestry Members:

Senior Warden:  Gordon Odell ('10)
 
Junior Warden:  Jim Walsh ('10)
 
Paul Scott ('10)
 
Cindy Bisbee ('11)
 
William Martin ('11)
 
Lynn Payne ('11)

Xris Blonk (’12)

Carol Jones (’12)

Dowe Littleton (’12)
 
Treasurer:  Steve Brown
 
Clerk for the Vestry:  Sallye Longshore