Our Team

Jordan Davis

Pastor/Head of Staff

Is a proud graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary. As an ordained teaching elder, Jordan has served on the Union Presbyterian Seminary staff as Church Relations Officer and as the Associate Pastor for Youth & Young Adults at Kirk of Kildaire, Presbyterian in Cary, NC. She is active within the varying ministries of New Hope Presbytery, with a special passion for supporting seminary students and younger pastors. At Saint Giles, Jordan especially enjoys spending time with members of all ages in the more informal settings - over a cup of coffee, walking around the campus, and laughing in the office.

Jordan was born and raised in Raleigh and is married to Marc. Together, they enjoy "going on adventures" with their daughter, creating new recipes in the kitchen, and embracing all that life has to offer.

Jordan has served with St. Giles since August 2022.

Jim Hodge

Pastor Emeritus

Jim Hodge served Saint Giles from August 1998, until his retirement at the end of April 2012. He graduated from The Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and was ordained in June 1972. He and his wife, Carol, served churches in Winter Haven, Florida, Elba, New York, and Bel Air, Maryland prior to coming to Raleigh. Carol and Jim have three grown sons, Greg, Phill, and Andy, and two grandchildren, Max and Violet. Upon his retirement, the congregation conferred the status of Pastor Emeritus on Jim. He continues to do a little preaching in retirement and can be seen, from time to time, enjoying his motorcycle or heading off in his camper.

Rachel Taylor

Director of Family Faith Formation Ministries

Rachel Taylor grew up attending West Raleigh Presbyterian Church. She is a double graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (BA and MSW) and earned her MDiv at that university down the road with dark blue. During the week, she is an outpatient therapist at UNC serving teens and adults with psychotic disorders. She loves hiking, reading, playing with yarn, cooking, poking around her garden, caring for her chickens, keeping up with family and long-term friends, snuggling her cats, and collecting far too many children's books.

Web Payne

Office Administrator

Is a Raleigh, NC native who enjoys traveling, mid-century architecture, spending time with his family, and of course technology. He nurtured his love of graphic design and multimedia creativity at the School of Comm. Arts. After college, Web moved to Portland, Oregon for a while and was able to further his creativity by helping local churches and organizations with marketing designs and branding. 

Web has been back in the triangle for the past few years where he has worked at both the local and state government levels. His previous full-time job was with a local green energy startup where he served in the role of Marketing Strategist/Designer.

Janet Wherry

Accompanist

Janet's musical abilities are not limited to the keyboard - she also plays clarinet and cello. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio and a Master in Education from the University of Cincinnati.

Janet has been a member of Saint Giles since 2007 as an active member of our choir and mission ministry. As an ordained ruling elder, Janet is thrilled to answer her newest call in ministry in this way!