The reverend j. gary eichelberger, rector
Father Gary began his tenure as the 15th rector of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in October 2016. Prior to accepting the call to come to Saint Andrew's, Father Gary served as an Associate Priest at Christ Church Greenville for two years. A native of Upstate South Carolina, Father Gary received his undergraduate degree from Furman University in 1994 and then went on to Duke University, where he completed a joint degree in law and theology. When he later entered the ordination process, Father Gary spent an Anglican studies year at the School of Theology at the University of the South, where he ultimately completed a Masters in Sacred Theology with a Certificate in Anglican Studies.
Gary and his wife, Kacey, have three school-aged children and live — along with their dog, Newman, and several backyard chickens — in the North Main neighborhood of downtown Greenville.
Father Gary can be reached by e-mail at rector@standrewsgreenville.org.
Miranda mason,
Parish administrator
Miranda Mason started as Saint Andrew’s Parish Administrator in July 2025, having relocated to Greenville in February of 2025 from Washington, DC, where she served as the Parish Administrator of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, for three years. While in the Washington Metropolitan Area, she also served as the Director of Christian Education at Vale United Methodist Church in Oakton, Virginia. Miranda began her career in Church Administration following the completion of a Masters of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) from Boston University’s School of Theology (2022) and a Bachelors in Biblical and Theological Studies (B.A.) from Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, GA (2018).
When not in the office, Miranda can be found crafting or chauffeuring for her 94-year-old grandfather, with whom she resides and cares for. She is an active member of the Knitting Guild of South Carolina, and an avid Country and Swing Dancer.
She can be reached at office@standrewsgreenville.org or by calling the church office at (864)-235-5884.
JOHN GILBERT, ORGANIST/CHOIRMASTER
John Ezra Gilbert was born in 1945, in Dayton, Ohio. He attended the public schools of West Alexandria, Ohio, graduating in 1963 as class Valedictorian. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude and as Valedictorian of the class of 1967, from Ashland College (now Ashland University), Ashland, Ohio, where he majored in music and English. In 1971, he received the Master of Sacred Music degree in organ performance from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he studied organ with Vernon deTar and harpsichord with Eugenia Earle. It was in New York while in graduate school that John was confirmed in the Episcopal diocese of Long Island by Bishop Jonathan Sherman in 1968. For over twenty years John taught organ, music history, and harpsichord at his undergraduate alma mater, all the while serving area churches—Presbyterian, Congregational, and Episcopal—as organist and/or choirmaster. In 1993, John was called to become full-time Organist/Director of music at All Saints Parish, Waccamaw, in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and served there until 2003, when he was called to Greenville to serve as Organist/Choirmaster at Christ Church Episcopal upon the retirement of Robert J. Powell. John retired from Christ Church in September of 2008, and was hired by the Rev. Trey Garland to serve St. Andrew’s Church as Organist/Choirmaster beginning in January of 2009. John is the proud father of two adult children: Sarah Gilbert Murray, who with her husband Dr. Douglas Murray of Atlanta are the parents of John’s three grandchildren (Thomas, Julie, and Elizabeth), and Drew Joseph Gilbert of Charleston, SC.
John Gilbert has composed numerous hymns, hymn-tunes, canticles, metrical psalm settings, organ solos and instrumental arrangements for use in his various parishes and by commission.
John can be reached by e-mail at choir@standrewsgreenville.org.
FRances Twomey,
Director of communications
Frances Twomey, Director of Communications, grew up here in Greenville. She has served in multiple church music and communication roles over the past 15 years. Frances and her husband moved back to the upstate in 2020 after serving in Atlanta, GA for a season. They have one son.
Mrs. Twomey has a Bachelor’s of Music in Worship (Anderson University) as well as two master’s degrees from Northern Seminary, a Master’s of Arts in Worship and a Master’s of Divinity. During her masters’ studies she grew her love of writing and communication. Frances is passionate about intertwining the beauty of art with the majesty and inviolability of faith in Christ, and she believes that effective and aesthetic communication is a vital part of ministry work.
Today, Frances is a musician, author, and creative. She is working on her second album currently which is part of a larger project on the intersection of faith and grief. When not working or playing music, Frances can be found exploring local coffee shops, sewing, or spending time outdoors with her family.
Frances can be reached by e-mail at info@standrewsgreenville.org.
