Clergy & Staff
Steven Brown
Sexton and Shelter Staff
Douglas Casey
Sexton
617-251-5304
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Bruce Dillenbeck
Office Assistant
617-547-2724, ext. 123
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Sarah Higginbotham, LICSW
Director of Communications & Christian Formation
617-547-2724 ext. 242
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Jean Dany Joachim
Poet in Residence
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Rev. Kate Layzer
Minister of Street Outreach
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Mónica Maher
Community Minister in Latin America
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Kirsten Manville
Director of Operations
617-547-2724, ext. 124
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Rev. Karen McArthur
Minister of Stewardship & Finance
617-547-2724 x236
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Emma Mitchell
Pastoral Associate
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Kevin Newell
Sexton and Shelter Staff
Lee Prouty
Facilities Manager
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Rev. J. Michael Solberg
Interim Senior Minister
617-547-2724 ext 223
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Jim Stewart
Director of First Church Shelter
617-661-1873
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Peter Sykes
Director of Music
617-645-0833
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Patricia Van Ness
Staff Composer
Lily Piper Worth
Nursery Coordinator
Lay Leaders
At the heart of historic Congregationalism is the belief that the best, most faithful decisions are worked out in groups where each person has a voice. This belief shapes First Church’s approach to decision making. Like all churches with Congregational roots, First Church is governed by its members in trusting partnership with its pastors—guided and inspired by the Holy Spirit. Members prayerfully call ministers to serve, discern directions for ministry, draw up and approve budgets, and organize ourselves for ministry and mission in the world.
First Church is led by the following Officers, Boards, and Committees. The Executive Council, which meets once per month, is made up of the church’s officers and the chairs of each committee.
Officers
Phil Servello-Jones, Moderator
Moana Bentin, Vice Moderator
Laurie Friedman, Clerk
Jim Cairns, Treasurer
John McCarty, Associate Treasurer
Jim Greaney and Connie Pyle, Assistant Treasurers
Rachel Carlson, Controller
Claire Morgan, Member at Large
Board of Deacons
Will Erickson, Co-Chair
Casey Marsh, Co-Chair
Audrey Bellinger
Lisa DiNardo
Dean Eaton
Lisa McCarty
Beth Spaulding
Mary Martha Thiel
Laurie Williams
Linda Ziebell
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Peter Byerly, Chair
Don Johnson
Rachelle LaMaster
Angela Servello-Jones
David Torrey
Christian Formation Committee
Susan Reynolds, Chair
Brent Coffin
Ingeborg Haug
Lindsay Ludwig
Beth Spaulding
Heather Stanford
Communications & Arts Committee
Ami Brenner
Tim Brenner
David Grotrian
Bruce Hoppe
Fellowship Committee
Caitlin Anderson
Finance Committee
Jim Cairns, Treasurer
Laurie Burt, Investment Committee Chair
Rachel Carlson, Controller
John McCarty, Associate Treasurer
Winnie Yip, Stewardship Committee Chair
Gifts Discernment Committee
Gail Breeze, Co-Chair
Beth Loomis, Co-Chair
Lindsey Baker
Bruce Hoppe
Jenny Stuart
Investment Committee
Laurie Burt, Chair
Chris Baker
Bill Hsiao
Elizabeth Lovance
Marc O’Brien
Stephen Weller
Jim Cairns, Treasurer (ex officio)
Missions & Social Justice Committee
Martha Mueller Cook, Co-Chair
Kathy Williams, Co-Chair
Barb Hume
Dave Kidder
Holly Marple
Ann McCann
Jennifer Montana
Shelter Oversight Committee
Jan Jeffers Lo, Chair
Courtney Crummet
Arthur Downey
Brian Funck
Steve LaMaster
Alex Steinert-Evoy
Staff Policy Committee
Moana Bentin, Vice Moderator, Chair
Peter Byerly, B&G Chair
Jim Cairns, Treasurer
Laurie Friedman, Clerk
Jan Jeffers Lo, Shelter Oversight Chair
Laurie Williams, Deacon
Stewardship Committee
Chris Reynolds Co-Chair
Winnie Yip, Co-Chair
Ann McClintock
Caroline Newton
Rose Whaley