The Reverend William Eddy, Interim Rector.

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The Reverend Elizabeth Whitmore, Deacon. Elizabeth is originally from Brooklyn, New York. She attended the Episcopal School for Deacons in Berkeley, CA and was ordained to the diaconate in 1992. She has served in parishes in the Bay Area and was a member of the Board of Directors of Kyros Ministries. In the Diocese of Northern CA she served on the Ecclesiastical Court. Elizabeth is a registered nurse with experience in Neurology, Oncology, and Chemical Dependency. Working as a hospice nurse in San Francisco at the height of the AIDS Epidemic was a transcendent experience. Elizabeth lives with her brother and sister-in-law in Barnstable Village and describes herself as a very happy soul to be on the Cape, with her family and at St.Mary’s. Her CA dog is adapting well tho’ after the recent winter, he wishes she had moved to Arizona.

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Daniel Romero is Organist and Director of Music for St. Mary’s where he over sees a program including adult choir, children’s and youth choirs, and instrumentalists. A native of Denver, CO, Daniel received a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from Metropolitan State College of Denver. There he studied organ with Dr. Joyce Shupe Kull, FAGO. Daniel has served as organist and music director at several Denver area churches and most recently at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Downtown Denver from 2001-2009. From 2005-2009 Daniel served as accompanist and assistant director of the Cherry Creek Children’s Chorus. He holds the Colleague Certificate (CAGO) from the American Guild of Organists. In 1999 Daniel received the rank of Eagle Scout from Troop 130 in Golden, CO. Daniel’s other interests include playing the theater pipe organ, organ building, running, travel, and history. Daniel is very happy to be here at St. Mary’s and is enjoying the people and natural splendor of Cape Cod.

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Kathy Read, Director of Family Ministries is originally from Old Greenwich, Conn., Kathy Read “washed ashore” on Cape Cod in 1998. She and her son, Connor, who is a senior at Sturgis Charter Public School, live in Yarmouth Port with two rather demanding cats. Kathy’s “faith journey” has taken her from the Roman Catholicism of her childhood to the mighty fortress of ELCA Lutheranism. She gives her mother, a lifelong Episcopalian, most of the credit for her current position here at St. Mary’s. A member of Christ Church in Greenwich, Conn., Virginia Reed had her Education for Ministry group praying for her oldest daughter to “find her niche.” In addition to writing, travel, swimming and biking, Kathy enjoys all kinds of word, card and board games (with the possible exception of “Twister”). She received her Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and is looking forward to putting her faith into action here at St. Mary’s. 

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Barbara Hersey, Parish Administrator, native of Manhattan, grew up on Cape Cod and in Western New York and now resides in Hyannis with her husband of 13 years, Michael, and their sons Matthew, age 10 and Joshua, age 8. They share a family love of sailing, exploring New England, reading, music and sports. She received her B.F.A. from Syracuse University in 1995 with a major in Illustration. After college, Barbara worked in art, education and retail. She also served as Christian Education Director at Saint Mary's for 7 years. She is an artist working for private clients, a partner in the liturgical art project (www.zhibit.org/nowisee) and shows her artwork in the Frying Pan Gallery on Wellfleet Harbor. She also volunteers many hours in the public schools and other community oranizations. Most recently, Barbara worked for Columbia Trading Co. Nautical Bookstore, West Barnstable as administrative assistant from January 2009 to May 2011. In June of 2011 she was hired as Saint Mary's Parish Administrator.

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Jon F. Ferguson, Maintenance Supervisor, was born in Albany NY and graduated from Bethlehem Central High school class of ’58. He worked in a gas station for a year before enlisting in the Air Force. Jon spent his entire career in the strategic air command on long range bombers. After the first three years he cross-trained into computers. Jon was sent to Alaska for three years. When his tour finished, an opportunity came to join a friend in a startup company. Systomation Inc made test equipment and Laser drilling machines for large industry. The company ran into an economic slow down in the mid ‘70s. This was the only time in Jon's life that he spent time out of work. Big house, three kids, two cars, two horses, and no job. Thank God for good credit. A friend at St. George’s Episcopal Church knew a neighbor that needed to fill an Instrument Technician position at General Electric, Knolls Atomic Power in West Milton NY. After the security clearance process Jon started on a new career. He spent 25 years at KAPL in many areas of testing and design. Divorced in 1983, Jon remarried in September 2000 to his soul mate, Diane McGuire, who also worked for KAPL. When Jon retired in 2002, they moved to Cape Cod. His family includes 4 girls and 1 boy, 9 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren, (one more on the way) who enjoy visiting Cape Cod often.

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Jim Cranitch joined St. Mary’s Church in 2004. He became Financial Administrator in July 2007. Jim had previous experience as a banker for 26 years, in customer service, student loan officer, loan officer, and mortgage officer. Formerly of Dorchester Mass., he moved to Cape Cod in 2004. Jim has a B.A. in Political Science & History. He was married to Bruce Vandebrock in May 2004. They live in Hyannis with their two Shi tzu’s, Duffy and Casey. His interests include reading, gardening, theology & cooking. Jim also volunteers in many ways at St. Mary’s including being lector, leading Bible Study, and serving as a Eucharistic minister.    

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