Leadership
Clergy
The Rev. J C Woods
Father Woods
The Rev. J C Woods (Father Woods), originally from Memphis, TN, is a graduate of Grinnell College in Grinnell IA, where he received his BA degree. He received his MDiv. at the Episcopal Divinity School, then located in Cambridge, MA. Fr. Woods is a scholar at heart, having published books on Plato’s Symposium, T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, Dante’s Divine Comedy, and is currently working on a commentary of the Gospel According to John. He is a fascinating person to chat with, a Bible scholar, but is extremely visually impaired, and no longer has facial recognition available to him. If you choose to join him at coffee hour, please identify yourself. He would love to have an enjoyable chat on any topic of your choosing.
The Rev. Elise Kinney
Mother Kinney
The Rev. Elise Kinney (Mother Kinney), originally from Forest Hills, NY, is a graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, where she received her BA degree. She received her MDiv. at the Episcopal Divinity School, then located in Cambridge, MA. Mother Kinney is an artist at heart, enjoying many creative fields from gardening, to sewing, to theater. She spent several years as the associate priest at St. Andrew’s Church of the Deaf in Brookline, MA, and you will occasionally see her break into American Sign Language during the Mass. Good liturgy is important to her – and remember the theater began in the Church.
Organists
Robert Humphreville
Robert Humphreville has played the organ at St. Paul's on a part-time basis for over a decade. He is a freelance pianist and organist in greater Boston and plays regularly at Brooks School in North Andover, for the Apollo Club of Boston (an amateur men's singing group), at the Bethany Convent in Arlington, at the Society of St. John the Evangelist monastery in Cambridge, at Temple Isaiah in Lexington, and at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge. He likes to play both classical and popular music and frequently accompanies silent movies. He graduated from Harvard in 1980.
Carol A. Dixon
Carol A. Dixon studied at Boston University with Dr. Max Miller, and then at New England Conservatory with Donald Willing, Chair of the Organ Department. She has served as Assistant Organist at Christ Church, Andover; Organist-Choirmaster at Calvary Episcopal Church, Danvers; Organist-Director of Music at the Congregational Church of Topsfield; and most recently as Organist-Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church, Melrose. She served several years as Director/Accompanist for the Concert Singers of the North Shore and Accompanist for the Paul Madare Chorale.
Vestry & Lay Ministries
Anne Mejia
At Saint Paul’s, we affirm the dignity of every human being. And we believe that God calls each of us to serve and care for God’s world. Some of us serve mostly in the wider world. Some of us serve mostly in church. Most of us do both. Liturgy means “the work of the people” and our worship reflects this, with leadership by all ages and a variety of voices. Leadership of the congregation is shared between clergy and people, with the Vestry (an elected board of church members) functioning as the formal leaders of the church. The Vestry is led by Saint Paul’s Warden Anne Mejia.
