Clergy and Staff
During the month of June, the spotlight shines brightly on our incredible Clergy & Staff. Each week we will be highlighting these devoted and dedicated persons who work tirelessly to make sure that our parish is inspired, cared for, informed, safe, and clean, among many other things. It is possible that the only place you see them is robed at church on Sunday mornings or perhaps you may not even know who they are. Each one has led an amazing journey to come to this place in this time and through sharing of their experiences, we hope that you might come to know and appreciate them better. There are notecards in the Parish Hall for you to express your appreciation and offer prayers of thanksgiving for all they do!
THE REV. DR. TED HACKETT, Priest Associate
Ordained in 1965 (Batavia NY); Professor Emeritus from Candler School of Theology (Emory) in church liturgy, history and ministries; joined Holy Family in 2006.
His love for liturgy has produced several Eucharistic prayers which are used often at Holy Family.
“Big Ted” was one of the East Coast’s premier rock-n-roll disc jockeys in the early 1960’s for WKBW in Buffalo, NY.
As a member of the “Concerned Clergy of Atlanta”, Ted served as a guard at Dr. Martin Luther King’s vigil.
Advent is his favorite liturgical season because “it is pregnant with new life.”
Ted was appointed the first director of Episcopal Studies at Candler for his design of the “Supervised Ministry” seminar which combined existing MDiv curriculum with the canonical requirements of The Episcopal Church.
JOHN KING CARTER, Choirmaster & Organist
Choir Director, Organist & Pianist, and Composer; joined Holy Family in 2008.
- John was born in Greenville, Alabama, where his ancestors have lived for 200 years.
- His first job was as a church organist – while he was still in high school. He would continue his musical education at Birmingham Southern College (majoring in piano) and earning a Masters Degree in Choral Conducting from Reinhardt College.
- As the choral director of the Canterbury Choristers (Retirement Community), John directed the Gilbert & Sullivan opera, “Trial by Jury”, sung by an ensemble of 80-90 year olds.
- Beside many of the Psalters in the service leaflet, the initials JKC indicate an original arrangement by John.
- During COVID, John creatively utilized various technologies to ensure that music was still integral to the worship experience, thereby initiating Holy Family’s entrance into the virtual world.