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On this page you will find contact information for our clergy, staff, and vestry, as well as some personal data
for our rector and chaplain. For information on the
duties and responsibilities of the rector, staff, and vestry, go to Parish Administration. For information on our church committees, click here. | | | |
| | | | Clergy | | | | | | | | | The Rev’d J. Scott Baker
Rector (757) 817-6072
jscottbaker@verizon.net  | | Scott was born in Greensboro, N.C., in 1967, the youngest
of three boys, and grew up in Lexington, N.C. In 1990 he graduated from Western Carolina University with a B.S. in psychology,
and after working in a state orphanage, he moved to Greenville, S.C., where he married Sheryl. Raised a Baptist, in college Scott discovered the Episcopal Church. While in Greenville,
he became deeply involved in Christ Church Episcopal and entered seminary at the University of the South in Sewanee,
Tenn. Receiving his M.Div. in 2000, he was ordained to the diaconate at Trinity Cathedral of Columbia, S.C., then
to the presbyterate at Grace Episcopal of Anderson, S.C.
In 2002, Scott became rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ayer, Mass. It was there that Ian was born to
Sheryl and Scott. In 2005 the Baker family moved to Newport News, Va., when Scott became our rector. | | | To learn about the rector’s duties in the parish, click here. | | | |
| | | | | | | | The Rev’d Lauren McDonald
Chaplain (224) 723-0424
revlauren4@gmail.com | | Originally
from Fayetteville, Ga., Lauren did her undergraduate work at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., earning her B.A.
in Speech and Theatre Arts. She moved to Norfolk, Va., in 1993, where she spent 12 years as the Production Stage Manager for
the Virginia Stage Company. In 2000, she went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and began discerning a call to the priesthood.
Lauren graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 2008 and was ordained a priest on August 23 of the same year.
For three years Lauren served as the Associate Rector at
Hickory Neck Church in Toano, Va. Now she works part-time as the Canterbury Chaplain at CNU and part-time as the Director
of Community Programming of SpiritWorks Foundation, a nonprofit in Williamsburg that works with people in recovery from addiction. Lauren resides in Williamsburg with her two cats, Spirit and Shadow. | | | | | |
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| | Parish Staff | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | To learn about the duties of the wardens and treasurer, click here. | | | | Tracy Lynch
Parish Administrator
(757) 595-5512
ststephens372@verizon.net | Rick Waynick
Director of Music
(757) 597-7055
organ31@aol.com |
Sexton
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Senior Warden
(757)
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Junior Warden
(757)
| Jeff Dunham
Treasurer
(757) 472-2931
jeff.gail@cox.net | | | |
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| | Vestry | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | |
The vestry is the main administrative organ of the parish. The members of the vestry are pictured here, along with
their contact information, last year of term, and committee assignments. The organization, eligibility, election, and responsibilities of the vestry can be found
here. | | | | Terry Arnold (’14)
Communications
tarnold@JBWK.com | Chris Carter (’14)
Christian Formation
cmcplc@verizon.net | John Cooke (’14)
Christian Formation
jrcookejr@cox.net | John Haytko (’14)
jhaytko@gmail.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (’12)
Senior Warden
(757)
| (’12)
Registrar
(757)
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(’12)
Junior Warden
(757)
| Lana Nunnally (’13)
Outreach
(757) 596-1836
larry_mcinnis@verizon.net | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | Carolyn Underwood (’13)
Hospitality
(757) 596-9547
suzieunderwood@cox.net | L.T. Vaughan (’13)
(757) 930-2202
ltandpat@wans.net | | | | |
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This page last updated January 21, 2013. |
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