INTRODUCING THE CHURCH STAFF...

Minister

Stephen Williams has served as minister of First Presbyterian Church since 1994.  A native of Indiana, he and his wife Claire are parents of three daughters.  He is a graduate of Yale University and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.  He received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.  Dr. Williams is a former Merrill Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, is presently a member of the Pastor-Theologian program sponsored by the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton, and served as moderator of Savannah Presbytery in 2005.

 
Associate Minister
 
William Shelburne graduated from Presbyterian College with a major in religion and philosophy.  He received a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.  A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Will was an East Lake Scholar while in seminary and participated in a student group, Claiming Justice.  He lived and served in the innovative East Lake Villages building community life.  He also did a two-semester unit of clinical pastoral education at an inner city mission.  He is married to the former Sara Winegar.