Staff
Kendall Kookogey
Parish Administrator
office@Stgregoryathens.org
706-546-7553 Ext. 1
Office Hours: Mondays: 12-5
Tuesdays: 10-5:30
Wednesdays :12-5
Thursdays: 10-5
Fridays: 10-4
Jonathan Klein
Music Director & Organist
jonathanfk@gmail.com
Jonathan Klein currently serves as the pianist, organist, and music director at St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church in Athens, GA. In addition to his work in the church, he also owns and operates a private piano studio of over 50 students. He received his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Georgia where he was the recipient of the UGA Athon-Hughes-Cook Piano Pedagogy award. In 2009 he was the sole recipient of the Steinway Piano Galleries Educator Grant in the state of Georgia. A dedicated and sought-after teacher, his students regularly earn top honors at local and state level competitions and festivals. Jonathan is a member of the American Guild of Organists, Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Association, and has held several executive board positions including GMTA Vice President of Publicity, GMTA Financial Advisory Committee, GMTA State Auditions Chair, and Athens MTA President and Program Chair. In his spare time he enjoys sleeping, traveling, and running the occasional half-marathon.
Catherine Holton, Director of Children’s Ministries
Catherine directs the children’s Sunday School and Chapel programs at St Gregory the Great. Catherine received her Masters of Theology and Biblical Studies, and a Masters of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California, and she has been involved in church ministry for twenty years in various streams of Christianity. Catherine worked internationally as a school teacher, and stateside teaching English to international students. She is currently involved in the Clarke County School System as a parent volunteer and community organizer. Catherine attends St Gregory with her husband and two children.
Wade McGlamery, Youth Minister
After working with, teaching, and organizing youth in the fine arts, Wade came to St Greg’s in the Summer of 2021. He is proud of where the St Greg’s Youth Program has come after starting from scratch following the COVID-19 pandemic, and has enjoyed starting and growing the “Blindspot,” St Greg’s ministry for those in their 20’s and 30’s.
We are blessed to have multiple Gregorian youth that feel called to leadership in our parish and diocese and Wade enjoys traveling and working with them to serve youth throughout the Diocese of Atlanta at various diocesan events and camps.
Wade enjoys reading (recent favorites include Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers, Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, and Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher), Dungeons and Dragons, and time spent with family and friends, particularly his wife, Abi, and their cats, Hadley and Stevie Nicks.
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