Our Rector (Senior Pastor) planted grace with his wife Penny (left) and our founding members back at the beginning of 2015. Originally from London, Ontario, he spent much of his career as a vice-president of human resources for an international IT company.  He is a lifelong Anglican, and during his retirement in The Villages he perceived the need for more Anglican churches in central Florida. He subsequently received a call to holy orders and was ordained to the priesthood in 2015—just as Grace was getting started. Wayne and Penny, along with our founding members (like Dana Saura, pictured right), have faithfully and sacrificially stewarded the vision for Grace ever since. Wayne is beloved for his practical wisdom, patience, faithfulness, integrity, and pastoral care. 

You will regularly see him throughout the week conducting maintenance of the church grounds (he's a gifted multi-disciplinary handy man). He enjoys golfing, road-tripping, and mentoring the younger generations. His dream is to see Grace grow into a robust church which blesses our local community and passes on our traditional Christianity—in morals, doctrine, and worship—to the future generations.