Regular office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
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Janet Askew (Accountant)
Janet grew up in South Carolina and graduated from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She currently lives in Hillsborough with her husband and two sons. She has almost twenty years of non-profit accounting experience and began working for Chapel in the Pines in 2009.
Teresa Balatico (Office Manager).
Teresa, a Georgia native, brings her strong administrative skills as well as a friendly and welcoming disposition to the church office. She is a person of faith who has worked in churches of various denominations, as well as in government offices, and a children’s psychiatric hospital. Having moved often within the US as well as abroad due to her husband’s military career, they are happy to be in Tar Heel Country. She has a grown daughter who lives nearby with her husband and two very cute cats named Emily Dickinson and Theseus. In her free time she enjoys nature walks with her husband, attending dance, musical and theatrical performances, thrifting/antiquing, and traveling. She also can be found watching a Georgia Bulldogs, Jacksonville State Gamecocks, or Baltimore Ravens football game.
Katherine Brekke (Director of Handbell Choir)
Katherine has done a little bit of a lot of things in her time. A NC native, she has been ringing handbells and singing in the choir since she was in elementary school in New Bern, NC. She made the jump to directing bells in 2005. and has been directing the bells of Chapel in the Pines since 2011. She received a bachelor’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill and a PhD in biological chemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She loves reading, knitting and crafting.
Katherine and her husband Monty have three children, Johnson, Casey and Ellie and a collection of cats.
Joelle Brummitt-Yale (She/Her) (Director of Children’s and Youth Ministries)
Joelle came to Chapel in the Pines in July 2017. She holds a BA in English from SUNY Geneseo in NY, a MEd in Middle Grades English Education from NC State University, and Christian Education certification in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). She completed her certification coursework at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Joelle has also served as a children’s curriculum writer for Presbyterian Outlook. Joelle and her spouse David have one child, Finn, who will be attending Warren Wilson College. They share 5 acres of land with a menagerie of dogs, chickens, and ducks. Joelle enjoys baking, doing puzzles, attending concerts and spending time in the most magical place in the world–Montreat, NC.
Dennis Dallke (Custodian)
Dennis grew up in southern California, has lived in Oregon, Alaska and Florida before finding his home in Carrboro. He has enjoyed caring for various church denominations in the area for the past 30 years and sees his work behind-the-scenes to be his calling. Dennis and his wife Becky (retired school teacher) have three children and two beautiful grandchildren.
Jeremy Nabors (He/Him), Director of Music
Jeremy became the first Director of Music at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian in the summer of 2006. He has been a public school educator in North Carolina since 2004, first at Chapel Hill High School and now at the Durham School of the Arts. As a member of the DSA choral faculty, he co-directs a middle and high school choral program of 15 sections of choir.
Jeremy Nabors is a music educator, conductor, and church musician in the Triangle region of North Carolina. A native of Birmingham, Michigan, he holds degrees from both the University of Michigan (BM in Music Education) and Michigan State University (MM Choral Conducting) where he studied with Jerry Blackstone, David Rayl, Jon Reed, and Sandra Snow.
Jeremy is also a guest conductor and lecturer to choirs throughout North Carolina, and the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of Vox Virorum TTBB Chorus of the Triangle. He has choral compositions published with Hinshaw Music, National Music Press, Santa Barbara Music Publishers, and the Choristers Guild.
Jeremy and his wife Susan live together in Durham NC with their puppy, Odie. They love to host friends and provide food for as many humans as possible!
Daniel Seyfried (Assistant Director of Music Ministry)
Daniel is a flexible performer with broad interests including Debussy and early twentieth-century composers, Nikolai Kapustin and other jazz influenced classical composers, the classical era with a special interest in historical practice on the fortepiano. He grew up in Boise, Idaho, where he developed passions for cross-country running, freestyle skiing, skateboarding, and (of course) music. After finishing high school, his piano studies brought him to the East coast. Daniel earned his D.M.A. in Piano Performance and a Cognate in Pedagogy from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 2017. He works as a staff pianist at Duke University where he has the pleasure of working with some “great students and colleagues.” (He says, if it’s any consolation, he likes the Tar Heels’ brand of basketball better than the Blue Devils’.) Daniel misses family and big mountains every day, but he has a beautiful wife (Shihhan) and daughter who make him feel at home wherever he goes.
Antonine Sharpless (Nursery Staff)
Antonine was born in Haiti and has lived in Chapel Hill, NC, since 2008. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Family Studies from UNCG and a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner certification. Her passion is working with children, helping them develop their full potential, and overcome challenges related to dyslexia and other learning differences.
The Reverend Dr. Andrew S. Taylor-Troutman (Pastor and head of staff)
Andrew Taylor-Troutman came to serve Chapel in the Pines in January 2018. He and his wife, Ginny, have three children and a rambunctious dog named Ramona (after the family’s favorite literary heroine). Andrew is a writer and regular contributor to local and national publications like the Chatham News + Record and Presbyterian Outlook. His most recent books are Little Big Moments, a collection of essays about parenting, and Tigers, Mice & Strawberries, a book of poems. Andrew loves hiking, coffee, and finding the extraordinary in the everyday muddle and miracle of life.
The Reverend Ginny Taylor-Troutman (Minister of Member Engagement)
Ginny is a Tar Heel born and bred. She earned her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and Masters of Divinity and Masters in Patient Counseling from Union Presbyterian Seminary and VCU, respectively. Ginny has enjoyed serving in diverse ministry settings as a hospital chaplain, in Christian Education, as a college campus minister, and as pastor to a rural church. She is wife to Andrew and mom to three amazing kids who give her plenty of opportunity to nurture her adventurous spirit. In her free time, Ginny loves to be active and outdoors, especially running, hiking, and camping.
Emily Williams (Youth Assistant)
Emily is in her twentieth year as an Elementary teacher, currently teaching Fourth Grade. She has been a member of Chapel In The Pines for almost ten years. In that time, she has worked with our young disciples in various aspects of our church. She always looks forward to seeing our young disciples on Sundays!