Clergy, Staff, & Vestry

Jennifer Dill was born in Huntsville and baptized at Nativity.  Her family moved away when she was two years old and she spent her childhood and early adult years in Birmingham.  During that time, she was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, where her mother, Susan Sloan, was the Christian education director.  As a child, Jennifer regularly attended Sunday School, served as an acolyte, and was an active member of EYC.  As a young adult, she volunteered as a VBS teacher and as an acolyte leader, and was an active member of the young adults group.  Jennifer was a social studies teacher at Hoover High School for 14 years before moving back to Huntsville in 2008 when she married Randy Dill, who was living in Huntsville and working as a prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney’s Office.  They welcomed their daughter, Sloan, in 2009, and joined Nativity when Sloan was a toddler.  Jennifer taught online for ACCESS for several years while Sloan was in preschool and then went back to classroom teaching in 2015.  She worked at Huntsville Junior High School teaching 8th grade history until 2024 when she retired.  Jennifer is currently working as a part-time receptionist for UAB Family Medicine and is enjoying having a more flexible schedule and learning the ropes in an entirely different type of workplace.    Over the years at Nativity, Jennifer has served as an adult Sunday School teacher, a VBS volunteer, a lector and an usher.  She has helped provide food for the EYC suppers and First Stop breakfasts.  One of the reasons Jennifer retired from full-time teaching was to be able to have more time for her family and for giving back to the community.  She is currently volunteering as the president of the Huntsville High School Swim and Dive Team Booster Club to support her daughter, now a sophomore student-athlete.  Jennifer is now looking forward to doing more to serve Nativity as a member of the Vestry.  This parish has been a second home for her and her family, and she has been very excited about all of the growth the church is experiencing.  Whether it be increased membership, increased outreach endeavors, or increased physical footprint in the form of the One Body campaign, Nativity is growing and thriving, and Jennifer is excited to be a part of this growth by serving on the Vestry.

I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. My father was raised a Roman Catholic and my mother a Southern Babtist. We were not really a family until, when I was a teen, we discovered the Episcopal Church and it has been a love affair ever since.

I graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Accounting and received my J. D. law degree from the University of Alabama where I later also received a Master of Laws (in taxation) degree.

I practiced law in Huntsville from 1969 to 1994 with my wife, Nancy and her father Jeff D. Smith. While in Huntsville I served as the part time United States Magistrate Judge until Nancy and I retired to Magnolia Springs, Alabama. There we attended St.Paul’s Episcopal Church. While there I served on the Vestry, prepared the monthy church newsletter and the weekly service bulletins and acted as legal counsel for the church. Also, while living in Magnolia Springs I served on the Board of Directors of the South Alabama Land Trust, the Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuary and the Baldwin County Master Gardeners among others.

After my wife of 54 years passed away last year I moved back to Huntsville where I joined Church of the Nativity and I immediately found a home. While only a member for less than a year, in addition to regular attendance at the 11:00 service I have volunteered to help Lane Tutt and her committee with the grounds around the church. I also attend Deacon Bob Serio’s Men’s Bible Study and I have helped out with the Wednesday night spaghetti suppers. I look forward to serving on the vestry and to support it’s amazing outreach programs and the church’s ever expanding needs.

Andrea is just 3 years shy of being a Huntsville native. She was raised in a church of Christ, and has fond memories of her mother bringing her to organ concerts at Nativity throughout her childhood. Andrea joined the Nativity Choir in 2017, and was confirmed in 2021. She also serves as a Lay Reader. Her husband Richard was confirmed at Nativity as a teenager. They have been married for 21 years. They have two Yorkshire terriers who never miss getting blessed each October! Andrea has a BS in Language Arts Education from the University of Alabama and an MS in Communicative Disorders from Alabama A&M University. She works as a speech-language pathologist for the Huntsville Hospital Outpatient Therapy department in the Parkinson’s Care Clinic. The highlight of her work week is leading a choir for people with Parkinson’s at Parkinson’s Dynamics. Andrea is looking forward to serving Nativity as a vestry member and is excited for the opportunity to become more broadly involved in parish life. 

I was born in Macon, Georgia into a Southern Baptist family going back to my great-great grandparents. I have lived in Huntsville since my marriage in 1999 to Mary Beirne (Arnold) Miller (who has been a lifelong member at Nativity). We have two daughters, Lauren Regan, who is finishing her 2nd year of Pharmacy School at Samford University in Birmingham and Emma Lane, who is a 7th grader at Buckhorn Middle School.I am a 1997 graduate of Mercer University in Macon, GA with a BBA in Business Administration/ Marketing. I also graduated in 1999 from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA with my master’s degree in Health Care Administration. I have been employed at Huntsville Hospital in the Professional Services Revenue Cyle Department as a Provider Enrollment/ Credentialing Team Lead since 2014.

I was confirmed at Nativity back on March 30, 2025. I am currently serving the parish as an 8:45 am Sunday Usher and I am also on Team 3- Brotherhood of the Biscuits. I enjoy serving on both teams and have met some wonderful church members especially on the Men’s Retreat and at the Parish Family Weekend at Camp McDowell.