The Reverend Doug Dailey, Rector
  
The Reverend Doug Dailey became the rector of Grace Church in the summer of 2002. Before coming to Grace, he served as the rector of Trinity Church, Statesville, NC for nine years. Doug grew up in Charlotte and Atlanta and graduated from Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs in 1974. After college at Emory University, he worked as a banker in downtown Atlanta for five years. It was during this time that he joined the Episcopal Church and felt an attraction and calling to ordained ministry. In the fall of 1985, Doug and his family moved to England where he undertook his theological studies. He was awarded a degree in Theology by the University of Nottingham in 1988 and ordained by the Church of England. After serving as an assistant in a parish in Herefordshire for three years, Doug returned to the US with his family. He was the associate rector of Church of the Ascension, Hickory, NC for two years before receiving the call to Statesville. Doug's wife Judi is a registered nurse and specializes in neo-natal care. She works at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in the Intensive Care Nursery. Doug and Judi have three daughters: Jennifer, Sarah,  and Christina.

The Reverend Michael McCann, Priest Associate

Born in Missouri, Michael grew up in New Jersey and attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and received his BA in History in 1968. He received his Masters of Divinity in New Testament and Theology from Harvard Divinity School in 1971. He then was ordained in the Diocese of Massachusetts and began his Episcopal ministry at St. Chrysostom’s in Wollaston, Massachusetts. In 1974 he was became Rector of Trinity Church in Hampton, NH. In 1980 he came to Grace Church as Assistant Rector. In 1987 Michael left Grace and began full time teaching at Lakeview Academy where he is now chair of the social studies department and sponsor of the Honor Council. At Grace Michael has taught puppetry, Centerpoint Jungian classes, EFM, and evening Bible study, and continues to lead Sunday morning Adult Bible study classes. He is married to Candy E. McCann, a physical therapist for the Hall County Schools and a certified Music Practitioner harpist working with Hospice, and a member of Daughters of the King and the Help Committee. Their children are scattered about the country, Chris married and writing in Seattle, Sarah a poet and teaching and holding the chair of creative writing at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Massachusetts, Dan married and editing films in San Francisco, and Amy a photographer and graphic designer in Baltimore.

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