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Contact Us The St. John's parish office can be reached at 617-242-1272, or by email at stjohns02129@verizon.net. Our mailing address is St. John's Episcopal Church, 27 Devens Street, Charlestown, MA 02129. In case of pastoral emergency, the rector, Gareth Evans can be reached at 617-930-3728. Directions to St. John's St. John's is located at 27 Devens St. in Charlestown, two blocks south of Thompson Square and one block West of Main Street. By public transportation, take the Orange Line to Community College. From the T-stop exit, use the footbridge to cross over Route 99, toward the 99 Restaurant. Turn right at the end of the footbridge, and cross over Austin Street, near the ice rink. Walk alongside the ice rink parking lot, which joins up to Old Rutherford Avenue. Old Rutherford Avenue will dead end into Devens Street, and St. John's will be on your left. For a map and driving directions from any location, please see this link (courtesy of MapQuest). The Rev. Gareth C. Evans, Rector Fr. Evans is the 13th Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. Gareth, 39, was born in Lancashire, England. He is of Welsh Protestant and Irish Catholic heritage, and grew up in Southport, a sedate seaside town just north of the port city of Liverpool. “My identity has been shaped by distinct religious and cultural influences,” he explains, “and continues to be shaped by the challenges and opportunities of life in the City of Boston!” He attended college in Wales and afterwards worked for the Episcopal Church in Egypt and while there, in an orphanage run by Mother Teresa Sisters. Upon returning to England, he began seminary at Oxford in 1993. Ordained in 1996, he served as an assistant priest in a large suburban parish in the North-East of England. In the fall of 2000, he received a scholarship to attend Harvard Divinity School and graduated with a Master’s degree in 2002. Before joining St. John's, Fr. Evans served on the staff of St. Peter’s Church in Cambridge and at the Church of the Messiah, in Auburndale. He joined St. John’s in September 2004 and has begun his fourth year in the parish. Over the last three years he has helped shaped congregational life by encouraging creative partnerships within the Episcopal diocese and across the community. His style combines British formality with disarming humor, a blend that finds particular expression in his preaching. His doctorial studies focus on the role of humor in interfaith dialogue and church life. He was recently engaged to Ms. Frances Bean, 28, a middle school math teacher in the Boston Public Schools. They plan to be married next summer. St. John's Staff Rev. Jack Aber, Priest Associate Rev. Sue Fisher Seeger, Deacon Scott Buquor, Intern and postulant for ordination Douglas N. Witte, Director of Music Brian O'Neill, Sexton Kara A. Lammi, Nursery Care Provider St. John's Leadership Stratton McCrady, Senior Warden Kathleen McCormick, Junior Warden (Acting) Kathleen Steen-Walsh, Treasurer Steve Locke, Clerk Vestry Members (with term expiration date): Steve Locke (2008), Stratton McCrady (2008), Tom Weber (2008), Anna Anderson (2009), Rosie Sprague (2009), Elizabeth Stoddard (2009), Pell Osborn (2010), Stephen Spinetto (2010) Jonathan McCormick, Stewardship Chair Building Committee Chair Heidi Clement and Marie Hubbard, Garden Committee Co-Chairs Kathleen McCormick, Altar Guild Liason Nancy Armstrong and Robert Stoddard, Flower Guild Chairs Sue Fisher Seeger, Welcoming Committee Chair Rosie Sprague, Women-In-Touch Coordinator To Be Named, Harvest Fair Chair Marjorie Ringrose, Arts-In-Action Coordinator Stephen Spinetto, Deanery and Convention Delagate |
