Pastors and Staff

Pastors & Staff

Steve Keeler

Pastor

Pastor Steve, a graduate of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky, has been an active member of the Charleston Atlantic Presbytery since 1982. While serving the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, he was recalled to active duty as a Navy Chaplain in 1988. After a brief assignment at the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA, Pastor Steve served the crew of the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto CG-56 during Desert Shield/Storm. He was installed as pastor of Sea Island during the summer of 1991 while the congregation worshiped at the nearby Lady’s Island Elementary School. Since moving to the present campus, the congregation has continued to grow and flourish. Pastor Steve and his wife Kay have four children and seven grandchildren.

Richard Norris

Lay Pastor

Richard is originally from Walterboro and grew up attending Bethel Presbyterian Church. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of South Carolina. In 2009, he Graduated from the South Carolina Presbyterian Lay School of Theology. Richard is married for to Jean Gurley, a retired school teacher and also a South Carolina grad. They have two children – daughters Jordan and Meredith – and both daughters are elementary school teachers. They also have two grand children, Mason and Lily. Richard and his family joined SIPC in 1993 and was called to be the Lay Pastor in 2019.