Staff - Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Keith Grogg was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois, and is a graduate of Indiana University and McCormick Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Vivian Hare, have two children. Until his ordination he was a lifelong member of Second Presbyterian Church in Bloomington IL. For one year between college and seminary, Keith served as a PC(USA) Mission Volunteer with a British program called Time For God, through which he served St. Andrew's Church in Bedford, England. From 1994-2000 he was both pastor of Kirkwood Presbyterian Church and associate pastor of Bethpage Presbyterian Church in Kannapolis, NC. He has been pastor of Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church since August, 2000.

Keith's Links

The 2007 Session approved a sabbatical for the pastor to take place in 2009. More thoughts on Ministry Renewal Leave can be found by following this link to the Sabbatical Page.

My blog from sabbatical, including narrative, photos and (mostly useless) video clips, can be seen at www.sabbaticalnotes.blogspot.com.

Please don't feel slighted if I don't "friend" you on facebook. As a matter of policy, I've decided not to have church members on my friends list, a decision I arrived at from a couple of different perspectives. One, who in the world wants their pastor looking over their shoulder all the time, even in semi-public conversations among friends? And two, who in the world wants to look over their pastor's shoulder all the time, even in his or her semi-public conversations among friends?

On that note, I believe I have a page, but nothing on it, on MySpace. I practically never check it.

Vivian Hare
became organist and choir director in the fall of 2002, and in October 2005 was named full-time Director of Music and Christian Education. She holds degrees in both religion and church organ performance from Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. She earned her Master's degree in Christian Education from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (now federated with Union Theological Seminary) in Richmond, VA. She is a certified Christian Educator of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Her experience has included two years of mission service in Taiwan as a PC(USA) Volunteer in Mission. She worked in the Global Missions Unit of the national office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville, KY for several years, culminating in her service as the director of the Mission Volunteer (USA) program. Prior to coming to Carolina Beach, she worked as a Christian Educator in the Kannapolis/Charlotte area. She is married to Keith Grogg and they have two children.

Pat Varno

Pat Varno has been our church secretary since August 2006. She and her husband have four children. Her responsibilities include office administration, editing and printing, reception, and managing about 1,000 details at any one time. The office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M. (Please call first if you are planning to stop by to be sure someone is there.)

The church office can be reached at 910-458-5417 or cbpc@bellsouth.net.