CLERGY
The Reverend Michelle Fritch
The Rev. Michelle Fritch was ordained to the diaconate in 2011 and the priesthood in 2012. Michelle is a graduate from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Communications, a Master of Divinity from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, and recently obtained a Master's degree in Counseling from Mercer. Born and raised in Florida, Michelle grew up in the Diocese of Central Florida and served in SW Florida before moving to Atlanta in 2015. Michelle has experience in youth and family ministry, pastoral care, facilitating support groups, centering prayer, retreat planning, preaching, teaching, and leading worship. Michelle’s favorite scripture passages are Romans 8:38 and John 15:1-17. She fiercely believes that love can change the world and that hugs heal.
Michelle is a proud mom of three adult children; Isaiah, Zachary, and Victoria, and a dog named Bailey girl. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking, and taking Sunday afternoon naps.
Photo credit: E. Lane Gresham
STAFF & MINISTRY TEAM
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PAULA GIBSON
Music Director & Pianist
Paula Gibson is a lifelong musician. She has served as an educator in Habersham County schools with most of her career teaching chorus and drama to middle school children at North Habersham. She has also served in church ministry since she was a pre-teen, helping with children’s church and playing the piano and organ at various churches. In 2004 she landed at Clarkesville First UMC where she was first the accompanist, then the director of music and worship arts. This was followed in 2024-25 with a short stint as music director at Grace UMC which then merged with Cornelia UMC in February of 2025. At that time, she began her ministry at Cornelia UMC in Fresh Expressions, a form of community outreach that is patterned to take Christ to the community in various ways, such as her favorite, art! Paula is excited to come back to her first love, music, and to begin a new ministry of service at Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church (with a dash of art!).
TERESA FRANKLIN
Financial Administrator
admin@grace-calvary.org
​Teresa Franklin has served as our Parish Administrator or Financial Administrator since September, 2013. She is a native 2010 and, having graduated from Habersham Central High School in 1978. Teresa graduated from Georgia Tech in 1982, lived in the Metropolitan Atlanta area until 1996, then moved back to Clarkesville to be close to family. Teresa was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 2010 and has enjoyed getting to know multiple congregations while serving as an interim pastor. Teresa has been married to Phillip Franklin since 1999, and together they are raising two grandchildren, 9-year-old Arianna and 6-year-old Isabella. They live in a 100-year-old farmhouse that has been in Teresa's family since it was built in 1923.
JENNIFER BOYDSTUN
Office Manager
office@grace-calvary.org
706-754-2451
Jennifer has had the blessing of serving in a church office setting since 2005. Born and raised in Oklahoma, she graduated from Okla. State University with a BS in Forestry. Jennifer and husband, Blaine, have called Clarkesville home since 1988. They have two sons & daughters-in-love, and four precious grands. In 2012, Jennifer was commissioned as a deaconess in the United Methodist Church, confirming a call to a ministry of administration and support for the local church.