BYRON TINDALL, Priest Associate
Licensed Lay Reader (NY 1964); Vicar (Denmark, SC – retired 2006); joined Holy Family in 2007
- Byron’s career has been one of work and ministry together – beginning his long career in ministry as a licensed lay reader for 5 mission churches in 1964; entering a 5-year pilot program for ordination while continuing secular work; and retiring as a full-time City Editor for the Orangeburg Times and Democrat (SC) while serving as a part-time Vicar at Christ Church in Denmark, SC.
- Easter is his favorite liturgical season, because it is “part of what defines us as Christians” and he is partial to choral music composed before 1850. EfM (Education for Ministry) is obviously near and dear to his heart, faithfully mentoring this course for 24 years at Holy Family.
- He is active in the Sons of the American Revolution in the Robert Forsyth Chapter; an amateur radio operator, licensed by the FCC; and an accomplished wood-worker, always surprised by what the interior of the wood holds.
- He and Anne have been married for 62 years and have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren.
- Byron has celebrated 84 birthdays and calls his life fantastic. Chips, dark chocolate, nuts and ice cream, plus a good mystery novel, may be the key to the good life for our beloved priest and friend.
CHRISTIE BEIRING, Parish Administrator
Joined the staff of Holy Family in 2021
- The greatest joys of Christie’s life are her four sons: twins Christian and Cameron (28), Grey (20), and Ian (18).
- During her childhood, Christie lived in India, Uruguay, Spain, Germany, Greece, and Mississippi as her parents worked for the CIA. She graduated high school from TASIS (The American School in Switzerland) in Kississia, Greece and completed her bachelor’s degree in International Business and master’s degree in Spanish and TESOL at MSU, but says the place that has felt most like “home” is Jasper.
- Christie was determined to be a mermaid when she grew up, but her parents were not supportive of that idea.
- She used her language skills to teach Spanish at MS State, the Univ. of S. Alabama, UMS-Wright Preparatory, and locally at Wildwood Christian Academy. She loves writing YA fiction and has self-published one of her YA novels, A Pile of Stones, on Amazon.
- As the Parish Administrator, Christie wears many hats – office management, finance assistant, publications and communications, facility use, and event/calendar scheduling. She is responsible for processing contributions and statements, assisting finance, annual reports for the Diocese, SafeChurch compliance, church membership and service reporting, the Memorial Garden, employee onboarding, assisting various ministries with special tasks such as the annual stewardship campaign and the annual parish meeting, and other projects.