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Jerry Worley

Jerry most recently served as Church Business Administrator at St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church here in Wilmington and is familiar with the broad aspects of managing a Christian organization of our size.

Jerry is a native of East Tennessee and is a graduate of Carson-Newman College with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Accounting. He served in the U.S Air Force as a radar controller and has worked as a corporate credit manager in the furniture industry. He is a member of the National Association of Church Business Administrators and helped start their Coastal Carolina Chapter which meets locally.

Jerry is married to Phyllis and they have one son, William who is married to Denise and they have five children. Wil was installed as Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Mt. Olive, NC in September. Jerry is the bi-vocational Pastor of Currie Community Baptist Church in Pender County.

Maria Hollopeter

Maria joined the staff of St. James in June, 2019. For the past 16 years, she has been employed with a CPA firm in Concord, NC. During her tenure in public accounting, she formed many long-lasting relationships with her corporate and individual clients. She also has experience in private sector accounting and experience in the banking industry as well. Maria attended the University of North Carolina – Charlotte majoring in Business Administration.

Maria is married to her husband, Clifton. They have been married 35 years and have 2 children, Kristen and Zachary. Clifton and Maria relocated back to Wilmington in 2019 and are glad to be back at the coast.

Walking on the beach, watching sunsets, and enjoying nature are activities she enjoys the most. These are activities where she can see God at work. Maria has always been a “church-girl”. Choir, handbells, VBS, mission trips, bible studies, and scripture are some of her favorites.

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10