Clergy & Staff

I was ordained to the diaconate on May 16, 2009 in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. My focus of ministry was social justice, primarily in helping the congregations I served discern the needs of the marginalized and empowering them to carry out feeding and clothing programs in the local communities. This included opening a clothing thrift store and assisting my last congregation in becoming a Center for Jubilee Ministry. On the diocesan level, I served as a mentor to students at the Diocese of NJ School for deacons where I also co-taught Foundations of the Diaconate.

Judith Nichols has spent 30+ years working in the corporate laboratory as a microbiologist and analytical chemist. She has contracted as a chemist with the U.S. Secret Service and large corporations like Procter & Gamble.

Organist and church musician C. Justin Smith is an active member of the classical music community of Wilmington, North Carolina, where he serves as Organist & Choirmaster at St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound Episcopal Church. He is also the business operations coordinator at UNCW for Campus Life (student union), working with student organizations and student government on their finances and accounting. Musically, he has previously served as Minister of Music and Organist at Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church and as Organist/Choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Very active in the American Guild of Organists, he is currently treasurer of the Wilmington chapter, and has served as the District Convener for the state of North Carolina overseeing the state’s chapters, as well as past dean, secretary, newsletter editor, and member-at-large for the Wilmington chapter. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University, having majored in political science and music. At Wake, he studied organ with noted composer and organist Dan Locklair, while being awarded prizes in music and inducted in the political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha. During college, he directed the music for the Wake Forest Episcopal Student Fellowship and was Chapel Organist for services of University Worship. After college, he moved to Wilmington to take up the full-time Director of Music and Organist post at Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church in Wrightsville Beach, where he served for five years. In addition, he earned his Master of Public Administration degree in public and nonprofit management from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, graduating as the valedictorian and receiving the MPA Graduate of the Year and MPA Research and Service awards.

Caroline Johnson is the Director of Children and Family Ministry at St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound. She attended Cape Fear Community College and Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, NC studying Elementary Education. While she organizes both small group Sunday school classes for children and intergenerational large group events throughout the year, Caroline, herself, recently graduated from the Education for Ministry (EFM) program through the School of Theology at Sewanee. She is thankful for the opportunity to foster a love for learning for young people and support their spiritual growth in the church. She is a mother of four, has a love for nature, making art, and having fun with her family.

Tracy was born and raised in Hudson, New York and is a graduate of Siena College. After her husband Ken completed his service in the Navy, Tracy and Ken moved to Wilmington where they have lived for the past 25 years raising their two now adult sons, Nathanial and Kellen. The Hansons were invited by a friend to attend St Andrew’s On-the-Sound 19 years ago and have been here ever since. Tracy had served as a Sunday school teacher before being asked in 2005 to join the preschool staff as a teacher in the 2-year-old classroom. In 2017, she accepted the position of preschool director. Together with her amazing and creative team of teachers, she is committed to providing families with a loving and developmentally sound foundation for a lifetime of learning.

Director of Youth Formation