Our Team

Meet our staff & session

The people who serve and lead alongside our congregation.

Rev. Lou Ellen Hartley

Senior Pastor

Lou Ellen Hartley has served PC(USA) entities since 1996. She was born in Oklahoma, raised in Colorado, and served congregations in Illinois, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, and Florida. She began her ministry serving in camp and conference ministry before becoming a director of Christian Education and eventually entering ordained ministry in 2000. Lou Ellen was raised in a faith-filled home and has never known a time in life when she did not know God. Lou Ellen graduated with her MDiv from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and is currently working on her Doctor of Ministry degree at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas. Lou Ellen and her husband Brett have been married 17 years. Brett is a middle school special education teacher which is its own very special calling. Among her hobbies, Lou Ellen enjoys making and filling junk journals, quilting, and reading. Brett and Lou Ellen enjoy outdoor activities like walking and bike riding, going to baseball games, and spending time with family and friends.

pastor@harborviewpc.org

Scott Graule

Lay Pastor

A New Jersey native and Navy veteran, Scott Graule came to ministry later in life. He served aboard the USS Frank Cable, including in Charleston during Hurricane Hugo, retired as a Hospital Corpsman, and settled on James Island in 2007. He ran Anchor Dental Lab for over a decade and then served as Executive Director of James Island Outreach, the local food and assistance ministry. Scott joined Harbor View as Parish Associate in 2023 before graduating from the South Carolina Lay School of Theology, and was installed as a Commissioned Lay Pastor in 2024. He also serves as a hospital chaplain and enjoys chaperoning youth trips and serving on mission trips. He and his wife, Pam, have three daughters and four grandchildren. Music has filled Scott's life since childhood, when his home was full of records and the sound of his mother at the piano. He still plays drums and percussion on many Sundays, even on the mornings he is also preaching and serving the congregation. A lover of nature, birds, and animals, Scott is happiest outdoors, whether hiking or walking Folly Beach. He also enjoys stargazing and a well-timed joke. He is famous around the church for the "best breakfast on James Island".

scott@harborviewpc.org

Dr. Anna Holley

Director of Music

A classically trained musician and performing arts instructor, Dr. Anna Holley joined Harbor View as Director of Music Ministries in 2024, coming from a church on the Isle of Palms. She holds a doctorate in Music Education from Liberty University, along with a music degree in piano and voice from the University of South Carolina, a degree in economics, and an MBA. Dr. Holley plays piano, organ, handbells, voice, guitar, and violin, and she teaches private music lessons and performs for special events across the Lowcountry. She has served in churches her whole life, and her own students perform in recital at Harbor View.

music@harborviewpc.org

Janice Blum

ECEP Director

Janice has guided our Early Care & Education Program for many years, always working to make it one of the best programs in the area and caring deeply for its teachers and children.

office@harborviewpc.org

Margie Wilkerson

Church Administrator

Margie Wilkerson has been Harbor View's Church Administrator since 2022 and a James Island resident for more than a decade. She runs the church office, keeps the congregation organized and connected, and built the church's photo directory so members and newcomers could put names to faces. She and Jordan are the parents of twin boys.

office@harborviewpc.org

Session & Elders