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MEET
OUR CHURCH STAFF
MINISTER--Rev.
Jonathan Drury exclaims
that he is thrilled to have been called by the First Congregational Church
in Falmouth to be their settled pastor! Jonathan feels he has been
actively pursuing God’s call to Christian ministry since he was in
adolescence. Jonathan studied cultural anthropology and comparative
religion at Bates College and then attended Andover Newton Theological
School where he received his Masters of Divinity degree. He was
called to serve South Church in Andover as their Director of Youth
Ministry in 2002 and completed his call at South Church as their Associate
Pastor in June, 2012. Jonathan views himself as a compassionate person, a good
communicator, and a hard worker. He models his love for people on the love
demonstrated by Jesus Christ, and has always felt called to care for folks
who appear to have been carelessly disregarded or marginalized by the world.
Jonathan approaches his ministry with humility, and recognizes he is called
to bring people’s attention to the Gospel. He tries to do this in his life
by sharing the good news of Christ’s story and by helping folks to recognize
the presence of God’s Spirit all around them. Jonathan enjoys theater and singing, and has been
performing in one way or another his whole life. He has been an enthusiastic
participant in community theater productions and looks forward to
discovering the performance opportunities Falmouth has to offer. Jonathan’s time away from the church is shared with his
wonderful wife Jolie and their three beautiful sons, Nathaniel, Gideon, and
Elijah. Jonathan says living with three boys under the age of ten keep him
and his wife busy, but it also means they are swimming in love… in his
opinion there is nothing better than that.
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR--Mrs.
Martha Evans oversees our Church Office. Martha came to Cape Cod,
and our church, in 1992 from Laramie, Wyoming. Her educational emphasis was
in vocal performance and she has a Bachelor of Music in Voice from the
University of Wyoming and Masters of Music degrees in Voice and Opera
Production from Florida State University. She and her husband, David,
have a grown son and daughter.
DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
–- Mrs. Lisa McGillicuddy oversees our
Church School and the Wednesday morning Playtime Group.
As a child, Lisa attended the Congregational (Village) Church in
Wellesley, MA where she fondly remembers singing in the children’s choir and
being a part of her “extended church family”. After graduating from Babson
College with a BS degree, Lisa worked in various sales and marketing
positions across the country.
In 1996 she moved to Falmouth with her husband,
Dennis, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
They have 2 school-age daughters, Charlotte and
Corinne, who are enrolled in the Falmouth public schools.
Lisa is committed to providing an innovative
church school environment where children are inspired and have fun, while
engaging in an interactive exploration of their faith.
CHOIR DIRECTOR--Mr. Howard
J. Whitmore is the director of Music and conductor of all of
the choirs at the church. He is a Commissioned Minister in the United
Church of Christ and also heads the Communion Ministry. Howard holds a
Bachelors degree in Music from Ashland University in Ohio, and a Masters
degree in vocal performance from Kent State University.
ORGANIST--Mrs. Patricia M.
Crews serves as our organist at the twenty-six pipe organ built
by the Austin Organ Company in 1975. A graduate of the University of Maryland,
she studied piano and music theory at the Peabody Conservatory of Music
in Baltimore, and organ with Eleanor Heaps Thompson. She became a Commissioned
Minister of Music in the United Church of Christ in 2002. Also learn more about our Austin Pipe Organ SEXTON--Louis G. Cataldo (Lou) was born and raised on Cape Cod. He now lives in Mashpee with his wife, Nancy, and two loving daughters, Celia and Talia. Louis is a very well-known musician world-wide as well as an actor appearing in many local plays as well as TV and the silver screen. Louis leaves the Unity Church in Hyannis where he was in the music ministry for seven years.
"Reverend Nan" passed away in early 2005, after a long battle with cancer but lives on in the spirit of our church.
In his career he served as the Chaplin for The Loomis School, the assistant minister of First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver Colorado; the minister of South Congregational Church in Braintree, Massachusetts; instructor in Bible and then College Counselor at Mount Hermon School, now Northfield Mount Hermon School; Head of Upper School and College Counselor at King School in Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1944 and then entered the Navy V-12 program in W.W.II. Discharged in 1946 as a midshipman, He enrolled at Yale, graduating in 1949. Three years later He graduated from Yale Divinity School. It is now an honor to be able to serve as an Honorary Minister of the First Congregational Church of Falmouth.
--Rev. Barbara Miner is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and of Andover Newton Theological School. She was raised in Englewood, New Jersey and pursued careers in publishing and college administration as Director of Alumni Relations for Middlebury College before entering the ministry. Since being ordained eighteen years ago, she has served as the Senior Pastor of the Union Church of Stow, as an Intentional Interim Minister for the Wellesley Village Church, and as the Minister for Program at Craigville Conference Center. Bobbie came to Falmouth with her husband, Rich, from Concord, Ma. where they raised their two daughters. They have now lived in Falmouth for over ten years, during which time Bobbie has served as an Honorary Minister for the church with a focus in the area of Pastoral Care. She continues her practice as a Spiritual Director, having received her training through the Shalem Institute in Washington, D.C. and also serves as a volunteer chaplain at Falmouth Hospital. Bobbie's commitments in the community include her current term on the Board of Neighborhood Falmouth and serving as a volunteer for Friends of Falmouth Dogs, the Service Center, and Highfield Hall. She also enjoys gardening, kayaking, bicycling, and singing in the Falmouth Chorale.
Mr. Singer received his ministerial degree from the Yale Divinity School and his Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Psychology and Counseling from Andover Newton Theological School. During his 37 years in Connecticut and Massachusetts congregational churches, he specialized in adult Christian education, pastoral counseling, and housing for the elderly. After his retirement from the active ministry, he served as interim minister of several churches in the area. "Bob," as he likes to be called, enjoys several hobbies including travel, hiking, classical and New Orleans Jazz, reading, cosmology and astronomy. He has five grown children and nine grandchildren, with the oldest just graduating from college.
--Rev.
Dr. Allan C. Page is one of our honorary
ministers who is authorized by our congregation to assist in various ways. Dr
Page was ordained in the Lutheran Church and served as the Falmouth Hospital
Chaplain for many years. Prior to that he served two congregations and was
Chaplain at St Francis Hospital in Hartford, Ct. Presently, as a “retired’
minister, he continues to work as a counselor in private practice in Falmouth, a
position which he had done for many years as a licensed counselor while serving
in other church positions. At First Congregational Church, he served as interim
Minister to single adults prior to the arrival of Rev. William Tucker. All materials on this
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