Meet Our Chapel Staff

Grant Lowe
Chaplain (2013)

706.419.1411
grant.lowe@covenant.edu

Grant has served as Chaplain since 2013 and is an ordained teaching elder in the PCA. His call to Covenant follows thirteen years of pastoral ministry in Pasadena, CA and Peabody, MA. Since coming to faith through reading the gospels in college, Grant has remained passionate about God’s word and its ability to transform hearts and minds. 

Grant graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in English literature and received his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Sandi, who is also a University of Kansas graduate and holds an M.A. in church history from Gordon-Conwell, have two daughters, Henri and Flannery.

Edith Dryden
Associate Director of Women's Ministry and Discipleship (2024)

706.419.1109
edith.dryden@covenant.edu

Prior to coming to Covenant, Edith worked for twenty years at the English L’Abri, ministering to students through hospitality, prayer, and many conversations over a cup of tea or on a long walk. She brings to Covenant a passion for truth, relationships, and the joy of the Lord.

Edith grew up in South Africa in a missionary family, establishing churches and schools in rural KwaZuluNatal. She studied Music, Philosophy, and English Literature at Potchefstroom University, and went to Covenant Seminary for a Masters in Theology. She then completed an advanced masters in Philosophy at the Free University in Amsterdam. She first met her husband, Dr Jeff Dryden, at Covenant Seminary and they also worked together at L’Abri in England.

Kathryn Wieldraayer
Chapel Department Coordinator (2017)

706.419.1360
kathryn.wieldraayer@covenant.edu

Kathryn Wieldraayer is a Covenant College alumna, having played varsity soccer and graduated with a bachelor’s in fine art. Before joining the staff at Covenant, she worked full-time as the owner and operator of Rangemark, a small business she founded that block prints textiles. Kathryn is responsible for overseeing the logistics of the College’s tri-weekly chapel program. Kathryn is married to Derek, and they have two sons, Davis and Benji. They are members of New City East Lake in Chattanooga.