Our Staff
Reverend Esta Jarrett, Pastor
Rev. Esta Jarrett has been the pastor of Canton Presbyterian Church since 2011. Although she was born and raised in Virginia, she has deep family roots in the mountains. She graduated from the University of Virginia with bachelor degrees in English and Anthropology, and got her masters degrees in Divinity, Theology, and Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond. Esta came to Canton after working and assisting in churches in Richmond VA, Granville OH, Burnsville NC, and Asheville NC. ​In addition to the all-consuming calling of pastoring, Esta loves live music, minor league baseball, poetry, storytelling, and trying to be friends with every pet and baby she meets.
Jeffrey Gonce, Organist/Director of Music
Jeff has been very active in church music since a young age. He has studied both organ and piano since elementary school, and formally studied organ performance at Montreat.
He is currently following his passion for music, as well as his love of travel. After eight years of working in the banking industry, he joined the travel team at AAA in the summer of 2013.