LEADERSHIP
OUR PRIESTS
The clergy, in addition to their sacramental, preaching, teaching and administrative responsibilities, offer pre-baptismal and pre-marital counseling, provide support during relationship challenges and are available at time of crisis and death.
The Rev. Joyce Woolever Holmes
Senior Pastor
Mother Joyce grew up in Sarasota, attending Church of the Redeemer and graduating from Riverview High School and Florida State University, majoring in political science and religion. She continued doing graduate work at FSU for another year. After marrying her college sweetheart, she spends the next several years as a full-time Christian Educator. Mother Joyce graduated from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. She has been ordained for over 30 years, serving churches in Kansas and Florida. While working in the Diocese of Central Florida, she was asked to do a restart of a congregation and served as chair of Congregational Development. She has also served as a supply priest for the Diocese. In 2021, she was chosen by the Vestry to become the priest in charge at St. Wilfred.
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Email: JoyceWHolmes@gmail.com
The Rev. Dr. Andrew MacBeth
Assisting Pastor
Father Andy also grew up in Sarasota. In fact, he was a classmate of the Rev. Joyce at Riverview High School. Andy and his family moved to Sarasota from Philadelphia in 1960. They built a house in Southgate Ridge and joined St. Wilfred while Father Ricker, the founding priest, was still vicar. He graduated from Riverview in 1967 and went to Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. While there, he married Sybil, his wife of more than 50 years. During college, he worked as a youth minister and music director for a small rural church. After college, Andy attended the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass. He was ordained in 1975 and his first church job was at Trinity-by-the-Cove in Naples, FL. Other appointments took him to Shaker Heights, Ohio; Painesville, Ohio; Virginia Beach, Va. and Memphis, TN. Since his retirement, he has done a number of interim rector jobs around the country, including in Grosse Pointe, MI, and Breckenridge, CO. He has also served at St. George’s College in Jerusalem.
The Rev. Canon Everett Walk
Assisting Pastor
Reverend Ev was born in Washington, DC, grew up in Reading, PA, graduated from Virginia Seminary, and was ordained in 1977. He has moved steadily southward in Florida since his first position at St. John's Church, Tallahassee. After serving as the interim for two years, he moved to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, where he was Canon Pastor. In Orlando, on Saturdays, he served as Pastor in the emergency trauma unit of Orlando Regional Medical Center. This is where his love for Celtic Spirituality deepened and gave him a focus and direction that has enriched his life and aided others. Before retiring, he was rector of St. Margaret's of Scotland and moved the mission to parish status. During retirement, he has assisted the Diocese by teaching in the School for Deacons, doing supply work throughout the Diocese, remaining faithful to his dedication to prayer life, assisting individuals in the discernment process, and is a spiritual director to many.
Meet Our Team
THE VESTRY
The Vestry is a commission of seven members elected by the congregation to represent them in the affairs of St. Wilfred. They meet the fourth Wednesday of every month.
Senior Warden
Connie Anderson
Junior Warden
Lyn Wheeler
Treasurer
Buddy Edwards
Clerk
Ruth Hendricks
Member
Joel Swallow
Member
Diane Tennant
Member
Bruce Wilson