Clergy & Staff

The Rev. H. Miller Hunter, Jr.

Rector

Miller_Hunter.jpgMiller has been rector of St. Paul’s, Ivy since February 1994. He graduated from the General Theological Seminary in New York and served at the Cathedral Church of the Advent prior to his call to St. Paul’s, Ivy.

Send email to Miller at: ivyrector@aol.com.

The Rev. Shelby Ochs Owen

Associate Rector

Shelby_Owen.jpgShelby has been at St. Paul’s, Ivy since August, 2007. Her primary responsibilities include Christian Education, and she is the liaison to the Spiritual Growth Committee. She is a 2005 graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria.

Send email to Shelby at: spivyowen@aol.com.

The Rev. William P. Peyton

Associate Rector

Will_Peyton.jpgWill coordinates youth ministry and serves as the clergy liaison to IMPACT, among other duties at St. Paul’s. A lifelong member of the Diocese of Virginia, he is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and has served at St. Paul’s on a ten-month-per-year basis since 2006. From mid-June to mid-August, he works for the Diocese of Virginia as the director of St. George’s Camp at Shrine Mont.

Send email to Will at: willpeyton@gmail.com

Alice Layman

Organist and Choir Director

Alice_Layman.jpgAlice has been the Choir Director and Organist at St. Paul’s, Ivy since 2000. She is a member of the American Guild of Organists (Dean, Charlottesville Chapter, 2007-2008) and of the Choral Directors Association. Alice graduated from Hollins College in 1974 with a major in music (organ performance); she studied organ there with Dr. James Leland. In 1977, she received a Masters of Music degree (organ performance) from the University of Kentucky; her teacher was Dr. Arnold Blackburn. Subsequently, she studied with Bruce Stevens and Richard McPherson. Alice has taught music in the St. Anne’s Belfield Lower School in Charlottesville since 1992.

Alice Layman’s music webpage may be found here.  To contact Alice, please click this link.

James Sivley

Associate Organist/Choir Director

Jim_Sivley.jpgOur Associate Organist/Choir Director attended James Madison University where he studied with George Hicks and Dr. Richard McPherson.  His other teachers included Jeryl Powell, Bruce Stevens and Dr. Elizabeth Melcher.  He is married to Joanna Dickson Sivley and has a daughter Kelley, a student at Burley Middle School.  He is also employed as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Virginia Health System.

To contact Jim, please click here.

Bonna Lewis

Office Manager

Bonna and her family have been parishioners at St. Paul’s, Ivy since 1995.   Bonna, a Randolph-Macon College graduate, began volunteering in the church office in 1999.

Send email to Bonna or the church office at: spivyva@aol.com.

Molly Crowell

Office Assistant

Send email to Molly at spivycrowell@aol.com.

David Scott

Senior Warden

SPI Miscellaneous 011.JPGDavid Scott was elected Senior Warden in the fall of 2007. He held the position of Junior Warden the prior year.  David also serves on the Finance and Spiritual Growth committees. David and Debbie, his wife, and their two children, Justin and Sarah have been attending St. Paul’s Ivy since 1994.

To contact David, please click here.

2008 Vestry

Cricket Barlow (Junior Warden)
Ann Claiborne Dandridge (Register)
Dean Dass
Cary Kast
Lisa Keeler
Bob Pate
Tom Payne
David Scott (Senior Warden)
Karen Smith
Tony von Thelen
Alf Weaver
Kate Wood