Clergy, Staff & Vestry

The Rev. Colin Ambrose

Priest-in-Charge

The Rev. Colin Ambrose joined the St. George’s team in 2019.  Prior to his call to St. George’s, Colin served for a decade at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Colin received his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following college, Colin worked with Lehman Brothers in New York as a financial analyst followed by five years as Managing Partner and CFO of a company in the construction and remodeling industry that he co-founded in Chapel Hill, NC.  Discerning a call to ministry, Colin received his Master of Divinity, cum laude, from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in 2009.

Colin is married to Trisha, and the Ambroses have three children, Clara, Henry, and Adel.

The Rev. Dr. David Barr

Associate Rector

The Rev. David Barr has been on staff at St. George’s since the summer of 2019. Before working at St. George’s he was in Charleston, South Carolina at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.

David grew up in South Carolina and went to Covenant College on Lookout Mountain. He then completed a Master’s degree in Theology and Ethics from the University of Virginia and is completing a PhD in theology from the University of Toronto. He and his wife Caroline are proud parents of William.

The Rev. Roger Senechal

Priest Associate for Senior Ministries

After serving parishes in New England, Roger became Priest Associate at St. George's in 2007 and retired in 2017, after which he remained in various ministries at the church, focusing attention on Ministry to Seniors.  In October 2019 he accepted the invitation to rejoin the staff as Priest Associate for Senior Ministries.

Roger is passionate about beekeeping and astronomy, and is married to Diana; their son, Gerry, serves St. George's as Associate Director of Music Ministries & Organist.

The Rev. Caroline Osborne

Associate Rector

Caroline previously served as Associate Rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Ocala, FL, in offices of the Diocese of Central Florida, and as a professional family counselor. Caroline attended Asbury Theological Seminary where she earned an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where she completed an Anglican Studies Certificate. The child of foreign missionaries, Caroline has a rich Christian story to share and will bless St. George’s with many vital gifts. She is married to Robert, also a priest in the Episcopal Church who has just been called to serve as the Priest-in-Charge at St. Joseph of Arimathea in Hendersonville. The Osbornes are expecting their first child in January!

The Rev. Richard Kew

Priest Associate

The Rev. Richard Kew was born and raised in England, was educated at the University of London and London College of Divinity, and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, in 1970.

Almost forty years ago the Kew family moved to the US for what they thought would be a few years! Since then Richard has served parishes and ministries in Massachusetts and Upstate New York, moving to the Diocese of Tennessee in 1985. He was for a year Interim Rector at the Church of the Resurrection, Franklin. From 2007 until his retirement in 2013, Richard was Development Director at Ridley Hall theological seminary, Cambridge, England, during which time he was appointed a Canon Missioner of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Owerri, Nigeria. The Kews returned to their home in Williamson County in 2015.

Rosemary Kew taught foreign languages and literatures at Middle Tennessee State University for nearly twenty years. The Kews have two grown daughters, Olivia and Lindy, and are immensely proud of their four grandchildren.

The Rev. Margery Kennelly

Associate Rector

Margery has most recently served as Episcopal Chaplain at the Harvard Episcopal Chaplaincy in Cambridge, MA. Prior to that ministry she was Assistant Rector at Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, MA.
 
Margery received her Master of Divinity degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in 2010, followed by an Advanced Degree in Anglican Studies from Episcopal Divinity School in 2011. Prior to her ordination, Margery was a professional portrait painter, taught drama and music in schools, and directed an acting summer camp.

In addition to sharing in overall liturgical leadership, preaching, teaching, and pastoral care responsibilities with other staff clergy, Margery brings experience and passion to spiritual direction, small group discipleship, as well as to our ministry of faith and the arts.

Margery is married to Richard whom she met while they were undergraduates at Harvard and where she graduated magna cum laude, 1987. Richard is an attorney and entrepreneur, a founding member of an innovative cleantech startup, as well as an Olympic medalist in rowing. The Kennellys have two young adult children, Julia and Henry.

The Ven. Dr. Martin Odidi

Priest Associate

Martin is a priest in the Anglican Church of Nigeria in the Diocese of Kaduna. He has recently been awared his Doctor of Ministry degree from The University of Sewanee Fr. Martin is married to Funmi, and the Odidis desire to remain in the US gaining further experience in a strong local congregation before returning to Nigeria in a couple of years or so. In addition to having experience as vicar (rector) of congregations in his native Nigeria, Fr. Martin served as Diocesan Education Secretary for the Diocese of Kaduna, Nigeria from 2011 to 2016.

The Rev. Timus Taylor

Priest Associate

The Rev. Tim Taylor joined St. George's clergy staff in 1993. Originally from western Kentucky, he attended Vanderbilt University, was a member of the US Air Force, and attended Yale Divinity School and Virginia Seminary. He was ordained in 1964 at Washington National Cathedral.

Father Taylor has served churches in Maryland, California, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. He was the first director of Paducah Cooperative Ministry, an organization of 40 local churches serving the needy.

Tim married Mary Ready Weaver Parrent of Belle Meade in 1957. His family at St. George's includes son, Stephen, daughter-in-law, Carolyn, and grandchildren Avery and Eleanor Taylor.

The Rev. James K. Polk Van Zandt

Priest Associate

The Rev. James K. Polk Van Zandt grew up in New Orleans and graduated from Christ School in Arden, NC, before matriculating at Sewanee. He graduated in 1974 with a BA in History.  

After several years in Mississippi with his family, Polk returned to Sewanee’s School of Theology, graduating in 1994. Polk was named Deacon-in-Charge of the Church of the Incarnation in West Point, Mississippi. Three years later he became the first rector of that 130-year-old mission (now parish).  In 2000 he was called to be the 20th rector of St. Paul's Parish in Selma, Alabama. After eight fruitful years of ministry in Selma, he served as the seventh rector of St. Paul's in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Polk retired from full-time ministry in 2017 and spent the next three years traveling with his wife Mary Jo in their motorhome before deciding to settle down once again. St. George's welcomed Polk as Priest Associate in 2021.

Polk and Mary Jo have three grown children: the Rev. Mary Balfour Dunlap (Murray), Knox, and Thomas (Marion).  

Dr. Woosug Kang

Director of Music Ministries

Dr. Woosug Kang, Director of Music Ministries, joined St. George’s staff in 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Woosug came to the United States for undergraduate study at Yale University before earning his Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from Indiana University. Known for his dynamic career as a church musician and a concert organist, Woosug has performed in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, and has led successful music ministries throughout his career. He is a founder and the artistic director of Elevare, a professional choral ensemble in Nashville. He is actively involved as both a musician and a board member with arts organizations in Nashville and other areas.