Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2017

90 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com feature L ike so many other natives of beautiful South Carolina, Terrell Glenn has come home again after many years spent on a different mission. A graduate of the University of South Carolina and Virginia Theological Seminary, Glenn has served “a variety of churches,” including St. Andrew’s in Mount Pleasant, where he has just returned for his second time to be the pastor of City Church. Never heard of St. Andrew’s City Church? If you’ve lived in the Lowcountry for a while, I’m willing to bet that you’ve been to its location for a show or two. It’s at the Music Farm on Ann Street – yes, the same place where you watched Yo La Tengo and the Flaming Lips on stage. On Sunday mornings for the last seven years, “the Farm,” as locals lovingly call it, transforms into a place to sip coffee and contemplate the good news of the Gospel. Originally headed by Pastor Todd Simonis, who, according to Glenn, “had a heart for everyone in the community,” City Church has flourished into a welcoming, inspiring place for those looking for a slightly different venue to celebrate the Christian faith. “It’s just the kind of thing that St. Andrew’s would do,” Glenn remarked. “It reaches a different crowd: college students, young professionals.” As the new pastor at City Church, Glenn comes from a long, fulfilling background of both planting new and leading existing congregations. The “short version” of his story, which he shared with me over a cup of coffee at Metto on Coleman, was startlingly impressive. About 18 years ago, Glenn was serving at St. Andrew’s Church as rector, a position he held for a decade before deciding that God was calling him elsewhere. BY DENISE K. JAMES Caring Profoundly About the Community Terrell Glenn of St. Andrew’s City Church Terrell Glenn with his wife, Teresa, at their home in Mount Pleasant. Photo by Jenn Cady.