Staff & Leaders

Reverend Terri Landers has been a rostered leader and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) for nine years. She graduated, Magnum Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Leadership from Northern Kentucky University.  She then earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  She completed a Lutheran Year of Studies at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. Prior to moving to the Augusta, GA area, she served as a…

Emily Holsclaw came to St. Stephen’s April 2023.

A native of Winston-Salem, Brent grew up in the Moravian Church, which has a long musical heritage. He earned his Bachelors degree in Music Education from Appalachian State University. After being the music director at Christ Lutheran in Hickory, he joined the staff at SSELCA in 2017. Brent also works full time as a senior sales associate at Music & Arts in Hickory. Brent has lived in Hickory for over 30 years and is married to Carol and has a…

Nathan joined our St. Stephen’s staff in 2019. He has a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from Appalachian State University. He previously worked at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Lenoir as Music Director/Organist from 2010 to 2019. Nathan enjoys spending most of his time playing organ and piano, reading, listening to all kinds of music, and visiting with his family.

Bobby Elmore has been our Sexton since 2004. He is the point person on our facility maintenance needs; doing an excellent job of keeping our church property inviting! Bobby was born and raised in Bluefield, WV. He worked in the coal mines of West Virginia for seven years. In 1977 he married Tami and together they moved to the Hickory area. Here, he had prior employment with R R Donnelly (a printing firm in Newton); while also running his own ongoing cleaning service (from 1982…to present).  In his free…