Our rector is The Rev. Polly H. Robb. Polly came to Saint Luke’s in the summer of 2019. After two decades working in education as a teacher and administrator, Polly went back to school and received her MDiv. from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Polly and her husband, Robert, moved to Scottsboro from Huntsville, AL. They have three grown children and two grandchildren. Polly enjoys reading, riding her bicycle, and writing sermons on the dock.
Polly serves the Diocese of Alabama in several capacities. She is a member of the Bishop’s Commission on Ministry and the diocesan Christian Formation committee. She is also one of four deputies from Alabama to The General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2022. Polly is dedicated to creating a loving and dynamic Christ-centered ministry that strengthens the community of faith and inspires people to live with hope and work for God’s justice and peace.
Contact Polly via email: [email protected]
Alicia Bell is our Bookkeeper. She has been a member of Saint Luke’s since 1974, when her parents moved the family to Scottsboro. She and husband Brett raised their two daughters, Courtney and Carley, at Saint Luke’s.
Alicia graduated from Auburn University in 1993 with a degree in Accounting. She has earned a Master’s in Mathematics Education and Administration and holds an Educational Specialist degree in Instructional Leadership.
Alicia taught for 24 years in Arab (4 yrs) and Scottsboro (20 years) before “retiring” to commute to Trenton, GA where she is now an 8th grade mathematics and Algebra I teacher at Dade Middle School.
Contact Alicia via email: [email protected]
James Kuykendall, our Organist, Choir Director, and Communications Coordinator, was raised in Pisgah, AL and currently resides in Scottsboro. He began playing the piano at the age of 3 and played regularly at church throughout his life. He holds a degree in Music from Northeast Alabama Community College where he also served as the Vocal Director for the college theatre department from 2006 to 2019. James has served as a director of both traditional and contemporary music for various local churches. James is very excited to make the move to the Episcopal Church, with its long-standing beautiful liturgy and traditions.
In addition to his work with the church, James teaches private voice and piano and heads the Scottsboro Choral Music Academy at Saint Luke’s. He also works as Vocal Director for the Kevin Dukes Career and Innovation Academy Theatre. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his husband, Matthew, and their cats, Loki and Ellie.
Contact James via email: [email protected]
Cheryl Miller is our new Administrative Assistant. Cheryl retired from the Scottsboro Police Department after 28 years. She has two children and three of the grandest of grand children. And we can’t forget about her best friend, Buster, her 100 pound boxer baby.
Contact Cheryl via email: [email protected]
Matt Roney is a senior seminarian at the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, and a candidate for ordination in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan (soon to be part of the new Diocese of the Great Lakes). He will join us this fall semester as our seminarian in training.
Prior to entering the ordination process, Matt had a ten-year career in marketing and communications that took him from Michigan to Seattle and back again. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, reading (particularly fantasy and science fiction), and music (he plays bass guitar, guitar, and ukulele). Matt and his wife of 5 years, Nora, an early childhood educator, live in Sewanee.
Jace Nixon is our Youth Director. He is a parishioner of St. Matthews in Madison and has been since 2022 after moving to the Huntsville area for college. He is pursuing degrees in Engineering Technology and Theatre from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and plans to graduate in May 2025.
He is also the president of the Campus Ministry Canterbury Huntsville and deeply involved in his parish.
He and his fiancé have three lovely pets: 2 cats and a dog. In his free time, he likes to hike, bake and research church history.