PAstor-to-Pastor Team
Who will pastor the pastors, educators, and their families?
Ministers, educators, and their families are special people. Yet, like the proverbial "shoemaker's children who have no shoes," many of those who minister to others have no pastor themselves. The Presbytery would like to be more available to those who minister to others and more involved in their pastoral care. Therefore, we created a Pastor-to-Pastor Team.
The Pastoral Team maintains strict confidentiality and honors the pastoral relationship. The Pastoral Team’s function is solely pastoral. Please feel free to call one of us for a confidential cup of coffee. The Team represents some of the rich diversity that we have in our presbytery.
Team Role
The Pastor-to-Pastor Team Will...
Initiate contact. It is our goal to be in touch with each of our 400+ clergy and educators.
Be responsive. If there is a crisis, illness, or need for a confidential conversation about personal matters, please contact a Team member.
Coordinate Clergy gatherings virtually or in person. All clergy – installed, contract called, validated, retired, at large, interim, members of other presbyteries living in this this area
Encourage relationships. Healthy relationships outside of their own communities are encouraged for all clergy. For clergy desiring to convene/participate within the Presbytery, GRIT Cohort Toolkit provides process and suggested resources on grief, resilience, innovative, truth. The Pastor2Pastor Newsletter provides many opportunities for cohorts.
Share news. The Team sends out Pastor-to-Pastor Team reports via email. Reports detail prayer concerns/requests, joys/celebrations, and other news related to pastors and educators throughout the presbytery. To receive the report or submit news for the report, please contact Jane Hubbard at jhubbard@atlpcusa.org
The Pastor-to-Pastor Team Will Not...
Betray the pastoral relationship. The Team will maintain total confidentiality.
Serve as a relocation helper or reference. The Team's function is pastoral. For relocation assistance, please contact Presbytery staff.
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Contact Us
Want to talk?
Reach out to Jane Hubbard to connect with a team member.
jhubbard@atlpcusa.org or (470) 801-6003
Clergy Gatherings
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Location: Positano Pizza Napoletana, 300 City Circle, Peachtree City GA 30269
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, 11/21 @ noon
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Location: Fox Bros BBQ 1238 Dekalb Ave NE, Atlanta GA 30307
Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday, 11/20/24 at 11:30am
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Location: North Decatur PC
611 Medlock Road, Decatur, GA, United States, 30033Lunch Provided $15
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, January 16, 2025 @ 12 noon
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Location: Zoom
2025 Upcoming Dates: Wednesdays 12pm - 1:30 pm
February 19
May 14
August 20
In person brunch late October
Meet the Team
Jane Hubbard
P2P Team Coordinator
In 2019, Jane became P2P Team Coordinator following a rich 30 year history of leadership by the Rev Drs Joe Sandifer and Phil Nobles. Presbyterian background includes ordination as a ruling elder at Columbia Presbyterian Church and serving on COM as the Acting Coordinator and Facilitator with the First Call Pastor program for several years. Currently, she is a member of North Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Jane, a Kentuckian, coach, consultant and Intercultural Intelligence Facilitator, comes to P2P with leadership experience in government, education, Delta Air Lines, as well as ten years at First Presbyterian Churches in Norfolk, Va and Douglasville, Ga in Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Care. Her education includes Hanover College, the University of Louisville - Masters in Counseling, a certificate in Spiritual Formation - Columbia Seminary, and post graduate hours in Global Leadership - Fuller Seminary. She became a Commissioned Ruling Elder for the P2P team in 2020.
Janes greatest joys are her two children, who along with their spouses, give the gift of five fabulous grandchildren and one very lively grand dog.
Sally Foster
Sally brings many gifts to the Pastor2Pastor team including Stephens Ministry, teaching Sunday School, mission work in Cuba and graduating from Columbia Theological Seminary. After completing her MDiv, Sally became a Chaplain after completing CPE at Northside Hospital Gwinnett and was ordained. Currently Sally attends Covenant PC and is involved with the Women’s Spirituality Group, Mission Committee, worship/liturgy, music ministry and assisting the Senior Pastor as needed. Sally shares "At the beginning of this year, 2024, I began serving on the Committee for Preparation for Ministry. Sally serves on the Honorably Retired Pastors' team with Joan Gray and Jerry Leath.
Joan Gray
Joan S. Gray was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (US) in 1978. Since then she has served in fourteen ministry settings, most frequently as interim pastor. Her educational degrees are from Presbyterian College, Columbia Theological Seminary, General Theological Seminary (Episcopal) in New York City (Master of Sacred Theology in Spiritual Direction), and Wesley Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry) in Washington, DC. She is the co-author of Presbyterian Polity for Church Leaders, and the author of Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers and Sailboat Church, all published by Westminster/John Knox Press. She served as Moderator of the 217th General Assembly of the PC(USA). Joan grew up in South Carolina, as did her husband Bill Gray, a Presbyterian ruling elder. The Grays live in Atlanta.
Joan teams with Jerry Leath and Sally Foster for Honorably Retired Pastors.
Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson has been a member of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta since 1988. She served as an associate pastor, Director of Spirituality Programs at Columbia Seminary, and throughout the presbytery and country as a trained spiritual director, retreat leader and congregational consultant. In 2017, Julie completed Inter-Cultural Intelligence Coaching. Currently Julie is on the staff of the Samaritan Counseling Center at First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta working as a spiritual director. Julie also served on the Pastor 2 Pastors team 2017-2010 and currently serves as the spiritual director providing support and resources for the P2P team.
Jerry Leath
Jerry Leath is a native of Alamance County North Carolina. He moved to Atlanta in 2002 from Lansdale, PA to support his wife Barbara who relocated here in 1998 to become a caregiver for her mother. They are parents of two sons, their oldest lives in Atlanta and the youngest resides in Dallas, TX. He entered the military after graduating from college and began his working career in 1970 with Bristol Laboratories Division of Bristol Myers-Squibb in Syracuse, NY. While living in Syracuse he joined and participated in several community organizations including Child and Family Services the oldest adoption agency in upstate New York and Regional Learning Service an adult learning project supported by the New York State Department of Education.
In 1977, Jerry and his family relocated from Syracuse to Lansdale, PA where he was employed by Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The family joined Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church in Lansdale where he was ordained an Elder and participated in many of the ministries and activities. He chaired the Pastor’s Nominating Committee, served on the Stewardship committee and was a commissioner to the Synod Of The Trinity. Jerry joined Church Of The Master in 2002 where his wife is a charter member after moving to Atlanta. He has served on the session, trustee board, finance committee as treasurer and many of the other committees and ministries since becoming a member. His work at the presbytery level includes chairing the Nominating Committee, serving on Personnel and Operations Committees. He is now retired and spending his spare time doing “church work”.
Jerry teams with Joan Gray and Sally Foster for the Honorably Retired Pastors.
Catherine Lukens
Catherine Lukens is a native of Atlanta. She currently serves as a Registry Chaplain at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Associate Chaplain at Canterbury Court. Catherine has also served as a chaplain at Northside Hospital, Winship Cancer Institute, and Emory Orthopedic and Spine Hospital. These positions have led to a great passion for meeting people where they are and bringing comfort in the form of presence and beyond. Catherine attended Vanderbilt Divinity School for her Master of Divinity and was ordained in the PCUSA in 2017. She is a wife to Davis and “dog-mom” to Tito.
Catherine teams with Mary Beth Walker for the validated ministers.
Sam Pope
Sam Pope is a native of Atlanta and grew up in North Avenue Presbyterian Church. After graduating from Davidson College and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, his ministries took him across the South. Following his official retirement, he served five churches as an interim before moving to Atlanta in 2016 to be near his daughter and her family. Sam and his wife, Cora Jane, are involved in Trinity Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Throughout his ministry, his presbytery focus has been on the care and support of ministers, i.e. committees such as Committee on Ministry, Care and Development of Church Professionals, Preparation for Ministry, Cluster Support, and Retreats for Church Professionals.
After six years of service on the P2P Team, we are honored to have Sam as our Pastor2Pastor emeritus to provide wisdom, prayer and host the annual Honorably Retired Annual Christmas Luncheon.
Steven Son
Rev. Dr. Soon Steven Son is a native of South Korea with deep Presbyterian roots with infant baptizing by an American missionary, studied in Mission schools from middle to college established by Presbyterian Church, US and worked a teacher in the same middle and high schools.
He received his M. Div. and Dr. Min. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA and was ordained a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church USA. He served churches in Birmingham, AL; Roswell, GA; Huntsville, AL; and retried from Covenant Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, AL at the end of 2015 after 33 years of service as a Presbyterian minister and DCE. He has worshiped in Hanbit Presbyterian Church, Johns Creek, GA and is serving as President of Korean Alumni of Columbia Theological Seminary.
Rev. Dr. Son serves as P2P team member for ECKAM pastors.
George Tatro
George Tatro, currently serving as Senior Pastor of Johns Creek PC, is a Decatur native who graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 2010 and served Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church through a decade of transformation. He is a graduate of Florida State University's School of Social Work and Columbia Theological Seminary. George and his wife share their home near Emory with a Bishon Frise, Poodle, and a hound.
George is passionate about building relationships - belly laughs, tears, prayer, and everything else that connects us to each other and God. His hobbies include: fishing, practicing with his ukulele, judo, kendo, and rugby.
George serves as the P2P Team member for male pastors
Scott Tucker
Scott Tucker is a native of Atlanta who earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wake Forest University before earning his Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary. He was ordained as the House Chaplain for a small Assisted Living facility in Sandy Springs and has served in a variety of roles within various non-profit organizations in Atlanta, often while teaching Middle School religion courses at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School concurrently. Scott currently serves as the Associate Pastor for Grand Adults at Peachtree Presbyterian Church. Scott and his wife, Lauren, are High School sweethearts who have a daughter, Clare; a son, Whit; and an energetic dog, Butch. In his free time, he enjoys trying to master new recipes in the kitchen and on the grill, spending time with his family, watching the Braves and Falcons, and reading bad science fiction.
Scott serves for the </= 40 Clergy.
Jill Ulrici
The Rev. Dr. Jill Ulrici is an Atlanta native who graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in Physical Therapy. She received her Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1983 and since then has served as a pastor in PCUSA congregations in New York City; Cleveland, Ohio; and the Atlanta area. She recently retired from Covenant Presbyterian Church in Atlanta after serving there as Associate Pastor for 17 years. Her special interests are in women’s spirituality and in interfaith relationships. Dr. Ulrici was president of FAMA (Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta) for several years and received her Doctorate of Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in 2008 with a focus on “Interfaith Dialogue.” Since her retirement in 2017, she and her husband, a retired Lutheran minister, have been traveling quite a bit. Dr. Ulrici also continues to work part-time as a Physical Therapist at Emory University Hospital.
Jill teams with Sylvia Wilson for female pastors.
Mary Beth Walker
Mary Beth is a native of Atlanta and grew up at Northside Methodist Church. She earned her undergraduate and master of education degrees from Vanderbilt University. Upon graduation, she worked as a student minister at Peachtree Presbyterian Church. After her time at Peachtree, she was the Lower School Chaplain at the Lovett School. While at Lovett she felt the call to ordination and left her role at Lovett to attend Columbia Theological Seminary. She graduated with her Master of Divinity and was ordained in 2022. She currently works as the Director of Pastoral Care at Canterbury Court. She and her husband Ryan attend Kairos Chruch along with their three boys.
Mary Beth teams with Catherine Lukens for validated ministers.
Sylvia Wilson
The Reverend Sylvia Wilson is an honorably retired member of Greater Atlanta Presbytery with a passion for mission and ministry. She’s served as a volunteer at all levels of the denomination and had the honor of serving as a first time Commissioner to the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, OR.
Rev. Wilson views her ministerial career as “a series of intentional and unintentional interims”. In that capacity, she’s served congregations and colleges, established the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) Program in Kenya and revived the PC(USA) Office of Collegiate Ministry in Louisville. For the past few years, she’s been the Contract Call Pastor at Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur, GA.
Sylvia earned her M.Div. from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary at the ITC in Atlanta. She’s also engaged in post graduate studies through McCormick Seminary and St. Paul School of Theology.
The proud mother, grandmother and great-grand loves travel, TV and going to movies on the big screen. Sylvia teams with Jill Ulrici for the female pastors.
Bruce McRae
Rev. Dr. Bruce McRae is the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Monroe GA. Bruce’s Scottish Presbyterian parents were from Vancouver, Canada, and ended up in midcoastal Maine, which Bruce calls home. His training at Fuller Seminary focused on sanctification through union with Christ and church revitalization in existing churches. In his previous ministry Bruce pastored churches needing spiritual and organizational renewal, and he taught adjunct in a seminary.
Bruce is married to Katie and they have three millennial children. Bruce loves cycling, movies, New England sports teams and spending as much time as he can back home “Down East” in Maine – which Bruce affectionately calls the land of “No Presbyterians.”
Bruce teams with Scott Tucker for the under 40 clergy.