Our Team

The Rev. Dr. Allen Hughes

Senior Rector/Pastor

Allen is married to Louise and they have four children: Chaplin, James, Josh, and Dargan. He is originally from Mt. Pleasant, SC. Allen attended the University of South Carolina, received his MDiv from The University of the South (Sewanee), and completed his Doctor of Ministry at Asbury Seminary.

Allen is the Executive Director of The Anglican Mission in America (AMiA), the Three-Stream Anglican Society of which The Abbey is a part. He has planted churches in Texas and South Carolina. A pastor for 30 years, Allen has a deep commitment to coaching and training leaders and discipleship. Allen oversees The Abbey and mentors the clergy, staff, and ministry leaders.

Rev. Percy Strickland

Assistant Rector/Pastor

Percy is married to Dr. Angie Strickland (a local Emergency Room physician) and they have six children: Tamon, Essence, Ala, Huck, Jasper and E.D. Lu. He grew up on a hog farm in Spivey’s Corner, NC, but many of his country ways were smoothed out a little when he attended Duke University for his undergraduate studies. Percy received his MDiv from Union Presbyterian Seminary, several years doing doctoral work in Hebrew Bible and a certificate in Anglican Studies from the Ridley Institute.

Before his time here, Percy was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Richmond. He was also, for 17 years, the CEO of a ministry to at-risk youth in the East End of Richmond, VA. Percy loves to speak God’s truth (through teaching and preaching), seek God’s truth (through strategic investments in community) and leak God’s truth (through life-on-life discipleship and leadership development) and has been doing that full-time since 1999. Percy works alongside Allen and the entire staff and ministry team to ensure that folks are invested in, encouraged and activated to the ministry to which they are called.

Mr. Capers Barr

Executive Pastor/Operations Guide

Capers and his wife Jodi grew up in Charleston and Mt. Pleasant and have been married for 33 years. They have two sons, Capers and Cannon, and a granddaughter, Lee. Capers and his wife, Mary, live with their daughter, Lee, in Mt. Pleasant, and they are expecting their second daughter, Lucy, to arrive in January of this year. Cannon is married to Marguerite, and they live in Georgetown.

Capers is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Law. After almost 30 years of practice, Capers left the law and began working full time for the church, most recently as Executive Pastor of an Anglican church in Mt. Pleasant.

Capers grew up spending his summers in Pawleys Island, and he and Jodi are very excited to now call Pawleys Island home.

They are passionate about sharing their story of God’s work in their lives and in their marriage, and they are also passionate about working with the LAMB Institute, which serves orphaned and otherwise underprivileged children in Honduras. They are honored and excited to get to know everyone at The Abbey and to join together to help expand God’s kingdom.

The Rev. Dr. Bob Grant

Associate Rector/Pastor

Robert (Bob) Grant is celebrating 58 years of covenant marriage with his wife Sue and they have two adult children, Kelley and Richard. Bob completed a B.A. in Religion, M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and Th.D. in Applied Christianity.

Spanning 55 years of ordained ministry, “Dr Bob” has served as a church planter, pastor, family and marriage counselor, and a certified leader development coach. For 12 years, he hosted “The Dr Bob Grant Show,” a weekday 2-hour live talk radio program in Colorado addressing faith and culture. He currently serves as the U.S. Department of Defense Endorsing Agent for active duty military chaplains in The AMiA. Bob assists at The Abbey in worship, preaching, pastoral care, and discipleship.

The Rev. Graham Schuyler

Associate Rector/Pastor

Graham is married to Wendy, and they have two children: Hannah Grace and Graham Jr. He is originally from New Jersey but left after middle school to attend an all-boys boarding school in North Carolina and he has been in the South ever since. After a term serving in the United States Marine Corps and getting his combat action in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he graduated from the College of Charleston, where he met his wife Wendy, who is a talented interior designer and furniture salesperson.

Graham and Wendy attended seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, at Trinity School for Ministry. After three years in Knoxville, Tennessee, they discovered the need to get out of the church and go out in the local communities and preach the Gospel to the unchurched. They realized that there are many people out there that are wide open for the Gospel, but do not find themselves going to a church. So together they formed G3 Ministries, which is now home based in Pawleys Island, SC. They are a mission outreach ministry that plants the seed of the Gospel through relationships and earning the right. Graham assists at The Abbey in worship, preaching, discipleship, and youth ministry.

Paula Johnson

Children’s Discipleship Pastor

Paula is married to Todd and they have four children: Scott, Noah, Sarah, and Hope. She is originally from Sumter, SC. Todd is from Michigan and their children are what locals refer to as “creek ratz” because they have been raised on the inlet.

Paula attended Coastal Carolina College for her undergraduate degree and the University of South Carolina for her MEd. Paula has a passion and heart for children to know they are loved by Jesus. When Paula is not serving the local church she also serves local nonprofits as a board member and through assisting with planning events. She is also active with her children’s schools serving as chaperone, board member, and Team Mom. Paula serves as the Church Administrator and oversees Children’s Ministry at The Abbey.

Peyton Andreucci

Student Discipleship Pastor

Peyton has a passion for helping students grow as disciples of Jesus through Scripture, intentional discipleship, and authentic community. At The Abbey, his heart is to help students learn what it means to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did in every area of their lives. He loves seeing students grow in their faith and discover what it means to follow Jesus in their everyday lives.

Peyton is married to Drew. Outside of ministry, he enjoys spending his free time reading and cheering on his favorite sports teams.

Kasey Weston

Administrative Guide

Kasey is married to Taylor, and they are expecting their first child in April. She is originally from Northern New Jersey and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was a student athlete on the women’s ice hockey team. Kasey moved to South Carolina during Covid, and she and Taylor have happily made the Lowcountry home.

Kasey serves on staff at The Abbey at Pawleys Island, where she oversees administration and communications, from staff coordination to event planning and outreach. She is known for being exceptionally organized, and she brings that gift to everything she does. What she loves most about her work is helping people: making sure ministries run smoothly so that others are free to connect, serve, and grow in faith. Kasey is grateful to be part of The Abbey family and to play a role in its mission and community.

Anne Nolen Howard

Community Discipleship Guide

Anne Nolen Howard is a lifelong resident of Pawleys Island, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and a devoted wife and mother. She and her husband, Will, a banker with First Citizens Bank, married in 1999 and have three children: twin daughters, Adams and Nolen, and a son, William.

Anne Nolen grew up in Pawleys Island after her father, The Rt. Rev. Chuck Murphy, was called to serve as Rector of All Saints Church in 1982. Her family later helped plant The Abbey Pawleys Island, founded in 2012 under her father’s leadership.

After working in pharmaceutical sales, Anne Nolen devoted herself to raising her children and later worked alongside her mother, Margaret Murphy, at As For Me and My House, a local shop dedicated to filling homes with the truth of God. Following the shop’s sale in 2019, she spent six years traveling domestically and internationally with No Boundaries International, helping lead others toward restoration and transformation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Today, Anne Nolen feels called to bring her experiences, training, and personal testimony to her work at The Abbey. With a heart for spiritual breakthrough, authentic community, and the advancement of Kingdom culture, she believes in the power of vulnerable, personal witness to inspire transformation. She is passionate about equipping the Church, fostering meaningful connections, and creating opportunities for people to encounter the living God and experience His transforming work through the Body of Christ.

Shana Grugan

Creative Communications Guide

Shana Grugan is a visual artist working in acrylic. She was born in Greenville, SC, and studied art at The University of Georgia (BFA, Drawing and Painting). Shana continued her post-graduate studies at The University of South Carolina (MAT, Art Education) and was recognized with the Art Education Graduate Assistant Award. She has taught art in public schools throughout the Carolinas, levels K-12. Beginning in 2017, Shana decided to pursue art after several years of teaching and starting a family.

Her work has been included in juried shows, exhibits, and art collectives throughout the Southeast. A selection of Shana’s work is available at Gregg Irby Gallery, Atlanta, GA, and The Campbell Collective, Greenville, SC. She works from her home studio where she has developed a unique process of arranging and layering images through her preferred medium of acrylic on paper, panel, and canvas.

Recently, Shana has extended her creative calling to work alongside others in The Abbey community. She has collaborated with leadership to visually connect The Abbey logo with the church’s unique model of discipleship, communicating this relational vision in the form of The Abbey Map. Shana enjoys exploring ways visual imagery can communicate conceptual ideas, drawing inspiration from the many ways in which God does this in Scripture. She believes that each person has been given a creative inheritance and has a passion to walk alongside others as they discover this beautiful gift.

Kevin Figgins

Deacon/Pastoral Resident

Kevin is married to Tara, and they have five children: Ashtyn, Jada, Elliana, Malachi, and Ivy; two sons-in-law, Andrew and Jonah; and two grandchildren, Auggie and one more on the way. Kevin grew up in Augusta, Georgia. He attended Columbia International University for both his undergraduate and graduate studies in Bible and Theology. He also has a certificate in Anglican Studies from Trinity Anglican Seminary.

Before coming to The Abbey, Kevin and Tara served for more than 20 years in a number of ministry capacities, including church planting, preaching and teaching, inner-city ministry, university ministry, and hospitality. Kevin’s desire is to teach and clarify God’s truth in a way that forms people into maturity, while building and equipping leaders who multiply that maturity in others.