We have hired a new curate!

I am pleased to announce to the wider world that we have hired a new curate: The Rev. Matthew Potts will be with us beginning on Sept. 27. Matthew, 31, will be with us on weekends and will help with all church matters but will concentrate on the youth and teens. He has a good deal of experience and is excited about the possibility of forming an active youth group and an alternative service! We can't wait to support him in these efforts.

Matthew is married to Colette and they are expecting their first child in December. Colette works at Boston University but is looking forward to living part of each week in Creighton House and moving here full time next June. Matthew is working towards a doctorate at Harvard and has one more year of class work; after that he will live here while he finishes his thesis. Matthew is ordained out of the diocese of Western Michigan; graduated from Notre Dame and earned his MDiv from Harvard.

I know we will like Matthew and I can't wait to work with him - we already have lots planned and are looking forward to an exciting fall. Be sure to be with us on Sunday, Sept. 27, when we welcome him and Colette to St Barnabas with open arms.