Clergy, Staff and Leadership
The Reverend Noah H. Evans, our Priest-in-Charge and pastor, has been with Grace Church since March 2008. Ordained in 2004, previously, Noah served as the Associate Rector of St. Anne's in the Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln Massachusetts. Noah is a graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis and The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. Noah lives in Waltham, with his wife, the Reverend Sara Irwin, who is the Pastor of Christ Episcopal Church in Waltham. Their daughter Adah was born in 2009 and their son Isaiah was born in 2007, and they live with cat, Boaz, and Saint Bernard dog, Cyrus. Noah loves cooking, his local CSA farm, current events and politics, movies and television and teaching the bible. Noah also serves as the Chair of the Board of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts Young Adult Internship Program, as well as on the boards of Episcopal City Mission and the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center. He can be reached at noah@gracemedford.org or 781-396-7215.
Ruth Roper, our Minister of Music, has worked in Congregational (UCC), Unitarian Universalist, MCC, and American Baptist churches, and was Coordinator of Music and Worship Programs at the Harvard Divinity School, where she received her Masters of Theological Studies. Her undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton was in Music History and Performance, studying organ, piano, flute, and choral conducting. She has directed or accompanied numerous vocalists and choral ensembles around the Boston area over the past decades, most notably the lively, popular 250+ voice Mystic Chorale. She has a personal interest in music by women, in revising the language of traditional sacred music to include all people ("inclusive language"), and is a passionate hymn-lover, always eager to share musical, historical, and poetic notes to draw the choir and congregation into the magic of this incredible body of song. She can be reached at ruth@gracemedford.org
Rachael Pettengill our Lay Associate for Student Ministry has been with us since September 2009. She works with Tufts University students helping them explore their faith as Episcopalians through fellowship with one another and outreach to our local community. Rachael is a graduate of Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack New York. During seminary she joined the Episcopal Church and was confirmed at Grace Church Nyack in the Spring of 2008. She originally grew up in Haverhill MA and after living in NY for nine years she moved back to the Boston area to serve with the Diomass Life Together Internship program and Grace Medford. She currently lives in Boston with her fellow second year Emmaus Interns and a kind little bunny she calls Peter who lives on their front lawn. Rachael loves to cook and invent new interesting and healthy recipes, read adventure novels or spirituality books, hike, and spend time with her friends. She can be reached at rachael@gracemedford.org or 781-396-7215. Carol Koskelowski, our Parish Administrator, can be reached at Coreen Gauvin, our GraceWorks Childcare Program Director, has been with GraceWorks since July of 2006. Previous to that she spent 25+ years working for the Federal Child Care program Head Start. Here she held many positions with program management being the most recent. Coreen first received an A.S. degree in Early Childhood Development from The Council of Early Childhood Professionals in Washington DC. Coreen holds an A.S. Degree from Wheelock College in Early Childhood Education as well as a B.S. from Lesley University in Behavior Management. During a sabbatical from Head Start, Coreen attended a program where she received a certificate as a computer application specialist. Besides being a life long advocate for your children Coreen is a member of the Boston Association for the Education of Young Children Conference Committee. Coreen enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, sisters and traveling with her husband, Tom. She can be reached at graceworks@verizon.net or 781-306-0060. Visit the GraceWorks website at www.graceworkschildcare.org Grace Church Vestry Margaret Smist, Sr. Warden Linda Rogers, Jr. Warden Naida Gavrelis, Treasurer Kathy Mumma, Clerk Steve Duggan Sean Kerans David Lee Ann Frenning Kossuth June Pietrantoni Jonathan Hunt Larry Rogers Branwen Smith–King Kristen Spence |
