Growing in Christ through Worship, Learning, Fellowship, and Service.
Growing in Christ through Worship, Learning, Fellowship, and Service.
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Pastor Bill Ridenhour assumed the Office of Senior Pastor at St. James in September 2023 following a twenty-six year tenure at a downtown parish in Wheeling, WV. A native North Carolinian, with ancestral roots in Concord, he was reared in Gettysburg, Pa. and holds degrees from Elizabethtown College and Duke University.
Jill joined the staff as Finance Administrator in August 2015. She is a life-long member of St. James Lutheran Church where she is active in the Altar Guild and the Bells of St. James. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 1982 with a B.S. in Mathematics. She began her career in Bank Accounting/ Finance and was most recently employed as Finance Officer with Cabarrus Arts Council, a local non-profit. She is married to Frank and has four children.
Scott is a native of Memphis, TN where musical studies in both piano and organ began at an early age. A Keenan Organ Scholar at the NC School of the Arts with a double major in Voice, subsequent studies followed at Winthrop University, Mars Hill University and the University of Michigan. Holding a BMus, MMus, ServPl and CAGO private studies continued with Dr. Gerre Hancock at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue in NYC in Organ Improvisation, with William Whitehead and G. Thomas Hazleton. Critically acclaimed as a recitalist, theatre organist and silent film accompanist he is active in the AGO, ATOS and OHS. In 2001 his choir toured Italy and sang at the Vatican after which they were presented to His Holiness Pope St. John Paul II. To date he has made 8 solo organ CDs and is also an Accompanist /Organist at Temple Beth El in Charlotte.
Holly is a native of Concord and joined St. James in March 2024. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from UNC-Charlotte. She has been involved in non-profit and local government planning and programming.
Kathryn is a long time Concord resident and St. James member in charge of nursery coordination for the church.
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