John Yates is Rector of The Falls Church Anglican, where he has been serving since 1979. The Falls Church was established by English settlers as an Anglican church, its leaders were instrumental in the development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the late 1700s. But in 2006, the members of the church voted overwhelmingly to leave the Episcopal Church and have been deeply involved in the establishment of the new Anglican Church of North America. This church of around 4,000 active members is well known for training young pastors, planting daughter churches, biblical preaching, a strong focus on family life, vibrant worship, outstanding youth ministry.

John is married to Susan Alexander Yates. They have five adult children and 21 grandchildren. Susan is well known for her many books on family life and as a speaker and teacher. John has written a number of books as well.

John has been an instrumental figure in the Anglican renewal movement here in the U.S. over the last several decades. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, graduating in 1968, Phi Beta Kappa and a Morehead scholar. He received his Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1971, and in 1984 earned a Doctorate of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. His work over the years with Christian young people and young families has especially equipped him as a spokesman on family life. He and his wife are deeply involved in the Little Rock, Arkansas-based ministry, Family Life, and they speak regularly at Weekend to Remember conferences around the country.


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Rick graduated from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, and earned a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell. Ordained in 1984, he has served here since 2000. Rick Wright is married to Colleen, and they have two children, Jonathan and Elizabeth.

Bob, who is a native of Northern Virginia, received his degrees from Virginia Tech and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1988, and has served in several parishes both here in Virginia and in Texas. Before attending seminary he worked in the field of architecture in the Washington, D.C. area. His primary ministerial interests have included pastoral care and spiritual formation. Bob is married with one child, Katie. His wife, Debbie, currently teaches music at Trinity Christian School in Fairfax.

Kathleen Christopher was born and raised in Chattanooga, TN, but calls Northern Virginia “home,” having lived here since graduate school. Kathleen’s original field of study was archaeology: she received a BA in classical languages from St. Louis University, followed by a Master’s degree in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen served as Reference Archivist for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Anthropological Archives for ten years, working especially with visiting Native Americans and the records of their history and culture. Although she was raised in the church, Kathleen had departed from the Christian faith for many years when the Lord revealed himself to her in a life-changing way, and called her to ordained ministry. Since graduating from VTS in 2000, Kathleen has served with a number of area churches, most recently as Acting Vicar of Christ the Redeemer, Centreville. Kathleen has a special calling in the area of healing ministries, and has received extensive training and experience in that field. She has recently established a non-profit Christian ministry called HealingWay Ministries, which works to bring healing, strengthening, and renewal to churches, groups, and individuals seeking to live into the fullness of God’s vision for their lives. A unique application of that ministry will be to churches and leadership groups who have been affected by the realignment currently taking place in the Anglican Communion. Kathleen also has a heart for missions, and has done mission work in South Dakota (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation) and Africa (Kenya/Uganda).

Kathleen lives in Alexandria with her two cats, Sasha and Kaya. Her greatest joy in life are her children: Erin, 26, who lives in Canada with her husband and their 5-year old son; and her son Brendan, 23, just graduating from Syracuse University and moving to Baltimore to teach in the public school system.

Having faced many challenges in her life, Kathleen’s signature Bible verse is Rms 8:28: God uses all things for the good of those who love Him, and who are called according to His purpose.

Robert is the pastor overseeing outreach and missions. Before joining the staff of The Falls Church in 2001, he served as a pioneer missionary in Central Asia where he planted churches among unreached peoples. A graduate of Rhodes College and Trinity School for Ministry, he lives in Arlington Virginia with his wife, Phoebe and their son, David.

Dean Miller was born in Washington, D.C. and then grew up in Southern California where he attended Claremont McKenna College and Azusa Pacific University. His dominant loves growing up were soccer, any other sport, and reading. After college he spent five years on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, both in the President’s Office and at the University of North Carolina. He then spent fourteen months working in business before heading to Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia for seminary. At Regent his dominant loves were his girlfriend (now wife) Mary Ellen, his seminary classes, soccer and any other sport. Dean graduated from Regent in 1999 and was the Board of Governor’s Recipient in Proficiency for the Master of Divinity degree. Shortly thereafter Dean and Mary Ellen married. In keeping with Regent’s emphasis on the value of the laity, they then settled into Austin, TX and found jobs in the marketplace. Dean spent three years in higher education sales with Apple before returning to staff with InterVarsity as an Area Director in the western half of Virginia. He joined the staff of The Falls Church in the fall of 2005 as the Director of Kairos, then the young adult ministry, and has been the Director of the new Spiritual Formation and Discipleship department since its creation in the spring of 2010. His dominant loves now continue to be Mary Ellen, his three children (Corwin, Duncan, and Clary), any sport, ice cream and reading.

Rev. Bill Haley serves as the Associate Rector at The Falls Church, and Director of Formation with The Washington Institute, and Director of The Peregrine Group. Bill is also a spiritual director and leads personal retreats at Corhaven, a place for spiritual retreat in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

From 2004-2010, he served as the founding Rector of St. Brendan’s in the City in Washington DC, a community for transformation through contemplation and action, a daughter church from The Falls Church. From 1996-2002 he served The Falls Church as Director of Outreach as well as founding Kairos, the young adults community. From 1998-2002 he also served as President of The Regeneration Forum and Publisher of re:generation quarterly, a magazine devoted to “community transforming culture.” He has served on staff at the Servant Leadership School in inner-city Washington, a ministry in the tradition of Church of the Saviour, and was founding board member and then President of the Southeast DC Partners, an urban-suburban partnership devoted to showing the love of Jesus to the youth and families of Washington DC’s most desperate inner-city neighborhoods.

Bill has served on many boards and is currently on the board of Samaritan Inns, a leading alcohol and drug rehab program in Washington DC, and as a trustee of The Anglican Relief and Development Fund. He has assisted often with the International Justice Mission, and is currently chaplain to The Falls Church Fellows Program, a member of the Evangelical-Jewish Dialogue sponsored by Christianity Today, and is the liturgist and spiritual director for The Transforming Center’s East Coast community.

His degrees include a B.A. in Communications from Bethel College, MN (1991) and a M.Div. (magna cum laude) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MA (1994), and certificates in Leadership from the Arrow Leadership program (1995) and Spiritual Direction from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation (2008). Throughout these years he has traveled extensively in various capacities to almost 60 countries, many of them in the developing world.

Bill is currently writing regularly for The Washington Post and other publications include articles for The Washington Institute and in re:generation quarterly, Prism and Sojourners magazines, Inward/Outward of The Servant Leadership School, and The Cry of Word Made Flesh. He also contributed a chapter to Disorganized Religion: The Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults (Cowley, 1998). He has compiled several original editions of poetry and prayers.

His interests include fly-fishing and hiking, the visual arts and music, reading, sometimes playing farmer, and long conversations over a good cup of coffee. He loves being with Tara and their four children (Liam, Iona, Karis, and Maira) at their home at Corhaven.

Sam Ferguson serves at the Falls Church as a Timothy and coordinates the Young Adults Ministry. His passion is to see people of all ages intimately connected to Jesus Christ and to increasingly discover, by way of both spiritual and intellectual growth, the surpassing worth and satisfaction of knowing and experiencing God.

He first felt called into pastoral ministry while an undergraduate in Philadelphia and, following graduation, worked for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as a high school basketball coach in West Philadelphia.

He received his theological training at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and The University of Cambridge and was recently ordained in the Anglican Church. Sam has been shaped by the ministries of John Piper and Tim Keller and says his personal heroes include Charles Simeon and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

In his free time, Sam loves to read – he names Charles Dickens as his favorite author – and play basketball.

John Yates is Rector of The Falls Church Anglican, where he has been serving since 1979. The Falls Church was established by English settlers as an Anglican church, its leaders were instrumental in the development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the late 1700s. But in 2006, the members of the church voted overwhelmingly to leave the Episcopal Church and have been deeply involved in the establishment of the new Anglican Church of North America. This church of around 4,000 active members is well known for training young pastors, planting daughter churches, biblical preaching, a strong focus on family life, vibrant worship, outstanding youth ministry.

John is married to Susan Alexander Yates. They have five adult children and 21 grandchildren. Susan is well known for her many books on family life and as a speaker and teacher. John has written a number of books as well.

John has been an instrumental figure in the Anglican renewal movement here in the U.S. over the last several decades. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, graduating in 1968, Phi Beta Kappa and a Morehead scholar. He received his Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1971, and in 1984 earned a Doctorate of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. His work over the years with Christian young people and young families has especially equipped him as a spokesman on family life. He and his wife are deeply involved in the Little Rock, Arkansas-based ministry, Family Life, and they speak regularly at Weekend to Remember conferences around the country.

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Rev. Bill Haley serves as the Associate Rector at The Falls Church, and Director of Formation with The Washington Institute, and Director of The Peregrine Group. Bill is also a spiritual director and leads personal retreats at Corhaven, a place for spiritual retreat in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

From 2004-2010, he served as the founding Rector of St. Brendan’s in the City in Washington DC, a community for transformation through contemplation and action, a daughter church from The Falls Church. From 1996-2002 he served The Falls Church as Director of Outreach as well as founding Kairos, the young adults community. From 1998-2002 he also served as President of The Regeneration Forum and Publisher of re:generation quarterly, a magazine devoted to “community transforming culture.” He has served on staff at the Servant Leadership School in inner-city Washington, a ministry in the tradition of Church of the Saviour, and was founding board member and then President of the Southeast DC Partners, an urban-suburban partnership devoted to showing the love of Jesus to the youth and families of Washington DC’s most desperate inner-city neighborhoods.

Bill has served on many boards and is currently on the board of Samaritan Inns, a leading alcohol and drug rehab program in Washington DC, and as a trustee of The Anglican Relief and Development Fund. He has assisted often with the International Justice Mission, and is currently chaplain to The Falls Church Fellows Program, a member of the Evangelical-Jewish Dialogue sponsored by Christianity Today, and is the liturgist and spiritual director for The Transforming Center’s East Coast community.

His degrees include a B.A. in Communications from Bethel College, MN (1991) and a M.Div. (magna cum laude) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, MA (1994), and certificates in Leadership from the Arrow Leadership program (1995) and Spiritual Direction from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation (2008). Throughout these years he has traveled extensively in various capacities to almost 60 countries, many of them in the developing world.

Bill is currently writing regularly for The Washington Post and other publications include articles for The Washington Institute and in re:generation quarterly, Prism and Sojourners magazines, Inward/Outward of The Servant Leadership School, and The Cry of Word Made Flesh. He also contributed a chapter to Disorganized Religion: The Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults (Cowley, 1998). He has compiled several original editions of poetry and prayers.

His interests include fly-fishing and hiking, the visual arts and music, reading, sometimes playing farmer, and long conversations over a good cup of coffee. He loves being with Tara and their four children (Liam, Iona, Karis, and Maira) at their home at Corhaven.

Rick graduated from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, and earned a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell. Ordained in 1984, he has served here since 2000. Rick Wright is married to Colleen, and they have two children, Jonathan and Elizabeth.

Firmly committed to orthodox Christianity and the Anglican church as represented by The Falls Church Anglican, I was nonetheless a cradle Episcopalian who attended an Episcopal school in the Philippines until graduating from high school, when I came to the United States to attend college. I married George Middleton Dykes, III, in 1965, and his job immediately took us to Panama. We spent most of a decade in Latin America, and our sons George and Dirk were both born in Puerto Rico. We lived in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela before returning to the U.S. When we moved to Virginia in 1983, we joined Christ Church in Alexandria, where we remained members until, because of doctrinal issues, we transferred to The Falls Church in 2004, a year before my husband of 40 years died. TFC has been my lifeline ever since.

Perhaps because of the way I came into the world, I have always known that the Lord is in charge. My parents set off for the Philippines in 1936, shortly after they were married in Colorado, and remained for more than 30 years. My father was a mining engineer, but also a Reserve Officer in the U.S. Army called into active duty when Japan invaded in 1941. When the American troops retreated into the mountains on the island of Panay, my mother fled into the jungle with a group of Baptist missionaries. Later, my father did not surrender and instead formed a guerrilla unit on the island. Three weeks before I was born in 1944, the Japanese found the Baptist missionaries and killed them all, including children. My mother and another mining wife narrowly escaped, rejoined my father, and remained on the run before and after my birth, successfully evading capture until evacuation by submarine three months later. We returned to the Philippines right after the war ended, and I grew up in Baguio City, in the mountains north of Manila. There was no earthly reason we should have survived the war. I always was keenly aware of the sacrifices of others to keep us alive – Filipinos gave their lives saving us. I grew up knowing I had the burden of those lives quietly urging me to find a way to give something back to the world in Christ's name.

I was fortunate to be a stay-at-home mom during my children’s early years. But volunteer work and church activities kept my professional skills honed, and transition back to the workforce later was not difficult. When we moved to Kansas City in 1981, our two sons were old enough for me to go back and finish my undergraduate degree in communications at University of Missouri, and the whole family supported me, helping with cooking and chores so I could get school assignments done and do freelance work for local cable companies. I then joined KSHB-TV, a Scripps-Howard super station, as Public Service Director.

Since then, I’ve held appointments in the Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43 Administrations. At the Veterans Administration I was director of Broadcast Service and, in addition to dozens of public service announcements, produced 17 one-hour TV programs, Medical AdVAnces, distributed nationally through cable networks. After that I ran my own production company for three years before going on staff at the Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural Committee in 1988 as director of media information. In 1989 I was appointed to USDA as director of publishing and visual communication, where I served in the Senior Executive Service until the end of the Administration. Recently, I have spent the last six years at USAID leading a team of democracy and governance specialists working in Europe and Eurasia in 20 former communist countries from the Balkans to Russia to Central Asia. I completed my MPA from Norwich University, cum laude, while working full time, and now serve on the university's Board of Fellows, advising on academic programs for the College of Graduate Studies.

In between Bush 41 and Bush 43, my husband and I spent six years in the Balkans during and after the Bosnian conflict. From 1993-1997 I established and managed branches of the Institute of Cultural Affairs (an international civil society NGO) in Croatia and Bosnia, facilitating and training facilitators in inter-ethnic/inter-religious consensus building. In 1997 I joined World Vision to set up a civil society program and manage their human resources. World Vision brought me to the U.S. where I served as their international recruiter from 1999-2002 when I left to accept the position at USAID.

During my time in Bosnia and Croatia, I was a presenter at civil society and development conferences in Egypt (1996) and Japan (1995), was an official observer delegate at the UN Women’s Conference in Beijing (1995) and led a workshop at the concurrent NGO “Shadow Conference” in Huai Roo. I authored a chapter on civil society in Croatia and Bosnia for Beyond Prince and Merchant: The Rise of Civil Society in the 20th Century, a book published by ICA and PACT in 1997 and reprinted several times since. I helped coordinate a 1993 USIS conference on “The Role of the Media in a Democracy” for 80 Croatian journalists, and scheduled notable women political figures (including former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro) for World Net broadcasts linking with the US from Zagreb. In 1994, I coordinated a USIS conference for leaders of all registered Croatian parties. From 1993-1995, I worked intermittently for Hrvatska Radio-Televizia (HRT), providing English dubbing for dozens of documentaries and a variety of children’s programs and also consulted for Jadran Films.

I am thrilled to be on staff at The Falls Church--it is a dream come true. I would love to hear from you how we can make communications at TFC best meet the needs of the congregation and best represent our church to the community and the world beyond.

Bill started life’s trail in suburban Philadelphia, Pa., as the oldest of three sons. He prepared at William Penn Charter, a Quaker school, and received a BSE degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University. After college, he worked in the space program with General Electric and continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toledo, earning a combined master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Business Administration. That degree led him to positions in corporate planning, mergers and acquisitions, division financial controller, and international management with Owens-Illinois, Inc., in Toledo, Ohio, where he held a nine-year assignment expanding and overseeing their manufacturing/trading operations in Asia. He also was Vice-Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Governors of the United World College of South East Asia.

Moving from SE Asia to Washington, DC, in 1984, Bill began attending The Falls Church with his two sons; he was then a single parent. Soon he met Nancy, also a single parent with two children. They were married at TFC and for the next two years, the family lived in Los Angeles where Bill was the Vice-President for North America of an international trading company. They returned to Virginia and The Falls Church in 1987.

Because of his desire to take the Word into the world, Bill has long been involved with TFC outreach ministries, especially in Kazakhstan, at the SE White House and DC Partnership. Additionally, he served on the Vestry during the construction of the main (new) sanctuary, started the Personnel Committee, and administered the startup of The Falls Church Fellows Program. In addition to managing church financial operations, human resources, facilities and Vestry support, he continues to oversee all TFC mission work and spiritual formation and discipleship ministries. He serves as Chairman of the Trustees for the Anglican Relief and Development Fund associated with the Anglican Church of North American located in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He also serves on the non-profit organization - Peregrine Group’s Board of Directors.

Since 1996 he has served as TFC Parish Administrator.

Lois, a member of The Falls Church since 1986, spent thirteen years in both administrative and teaching capacities in The Falls Church Day School before becoming the church’s office administrator in June 2008. She has been involved in various ministries in the church, including MANNA Meals, the annual church retreat planning committee, and Kid Connection. Currently, she attends St. Brendans in the City, a daughter church of TFC.
Although Lois was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her parents were missionaries, she spent most of her formative years in Southern New Jersey where she became enamored with sandy beaches, mysterious Pine Barrens, and teeming wetlands. She loves the thrill of the open road, especially when experienced in her red Jeep Wrangler. She enjoys reading, writing, watching 70s TV programs, and spending time with her four young adult children who keep her young at heart.

Karen currently serves as the Comptroller for The Falls Church. Before coming to The Falls Church, Karen was Treasurer of U. S. Energy Corporation, a private alternative energy development firm in Washington.

A native of Iowa, Karen grew up in Colorado, where her parents and brother still live. She earned a B.A. degree in English at the University of Northern Colorado, and later an M.A.T. from Georgetown University’s School of Languages and Linguistics. She has taught English in public and private schools here and abroad, and recently taught Italian at Trinity School at Meadow View. Her academic interests have always been language, literature, art history, and music, supplemented by keeping abreast of international affairs, national politics, and American culture.

Karen grew fluent in Italian when she was a Fulbright Scholar in Italy in the late 1970s. An avowed Italophile, she likes Mediterranean cooking and eating. She enjoys the wide-open spaces of the West and beautiful vistas everywhere.

Karen and her husband, Paul-Noel Chretien, live in McLean and have three children: Spencer, Claire, and Stephen, all of whom attended Crossroads and Cornerstone.

The Chretiens have strong roots in the Christian tradition and worship at St. John the Beloved in McLean.

Patricia serves as the IT Program Manager at The Falls Church overseeing the ever expanding role of IT. Her current duties range from ensuring the day to day functioning of all computer and network equipment to planning for future changes in the IT industry. Previously, she has worked for various private, nonprofit and government organizations in the Washington DC area.

Patricia was born in Tawas City, MI but being the daughter of an Air Force fighter pilot, didn’t stay long and was packed up on a regular basis to live in a variety of places in the U.S. However, she was fortunate that when her father retired, he moved the family to Philadelphia where she developed a lifelong mania for Philadelphia’s sports teams.

Patricia is a graduate of Goucher College in Towson, MD with a B.A. in Economics / Computer Science and has over 25 years’ experience in the IT Industry in a number of different disciplines such as programming, software, hardware, web, internet, network, training, consulting, and project oversight.

Patricia is a member of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church in Falls Church, VA and in her spare time, enjoys doing the sort of things that geeks are notorious for such as debating who the better captain, Kirk or Picard.

I grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State on a dirt road with 100 acres of land. Moving to Northern Virginia in 2008 required some adjustment (especially understanding why it takes more than an hour sometimes to drive only 7 miles). In that same year I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Political Science/International Relations via eCampus at Troy University.

My previous employment was with a national nonprofit in Washington, DC where I worked as a Development Assistant.
I know that I am called to full-time ministry and was delighted to find a place at The Falls Church Anglican, first as Children’s Ministry Administrative Assistant and now as Database Administrator.

I also serve at my own church, The Journey, as a Kindergarten teacher for Sunday services.
I have a 20 month old daughter, Lydia, and am deeply grateful for the spiritual family that God has given me here in Virginia. I enjoy learning about history and reading when I have spare time. I also enjoy oil painting or doing other various arts and crafts.

The deep desire that God has placed on my heart is for the healing work of the Holy Spirit to be made manifest over Russia. I feel called to mission ministry in Russia and the Far East and am waiting for the Lord’s perfect timing to be made known.

Michael is the IT Specialist and Programmer at The Falls Church Anglican. He solves most computer, networking, and programming issues. Also, enjoys writing new programs to solve real world issues.

Michael was born in Twenty-Nine Palms, California to a Marine Corps Officer and Iconographer where he spent the first 5 years of his life as a Military Brat, moved to Alexandria VA in 1995 and has lived there since. Graduated from West Potomac High School. He continues to study at Radford University, focusing on Computer Science.

Michael is a member of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God (Saint Mary) Orthodox Church in Falls Church, VA.

In his spare time, he writes iPhone, Android, Java, Visual Basic, C# programs, plays video games, and learns about new technologies. He is also very open to debates on which Star Trek captain is the best.

In this newly created role, Steve is responsible for recruiting, training, scheduling, and caring for the community of volunteers needed for our Sunday morning experience of Worship Services and ministry programs.

Steve entered into a more personal and transformational relationship with Jesus in college, where he met an authentic, healthy, and vibfant community of young men and women alive with a love for God, each other, and their neighbors.

Building on the sense of calling that began in those years, Steve went on to chair the Virginia Student Leadership Forum, serving on the Community Leadership Team at Grace Bible Church, to serve as a C.S. Lewis Institute Fellows Program mentor, and also discipling young men in the community. After 15 years in banking, most recently as Vice-President at Bank of America, Steve left that career to start The North Star Company, whose mission is "to educate, equp, and inspire leaders to improve performance and achieve results." Steve is married to Libby, the Women's Ministry coordinator at TFCA.

Jennifer is a native of Falls Church, VA and has worshipped in our faith community since she was 5 or 6 years old. If she had to sum it up, the message she heard Sunday after Sunday growing up in our church would be the following: God loves you and wants to be in relationship with you! Although she heard of God’s salvation in Jesus repeatedly since childhood, it wasn’t until she was in her mid-20s that Jennifer made the commitment to follow Jesus as her Savior and Lord. She was Confirmed at The Falls Church in 1988.

Jennifer earned a degree in History from the College of William and Mary and returned to Northern Virginia after graduation to work in the technical services industry. She began her career as a technical writer and advanced quickly to become Principle at SRA, International, Inc. Her business expertise is in Quality Assurance, Business Process Engineering and Process Improvement. Jennifer held a Top Secret Security Clearance with a Special Background Investigation for most of her time in the defense industry. Although successful and happy in her business career, Jennifer first began to sense God’s call into full-time church leadership in the mid-1990s. She was interviewing at churches around the country when the position in Children’s Ministry at The Falls Church opened up in 2000. She joined the staff of The Falls Church in May of that year and has been ministering to parents, children and leaders in our community ever since.

Jennifer has been active in many capacities in our church family. It is no surprise she taught Sunday School and led Children’s Church as a volunteer before joining the staff, but she has also served on the Vestry and several Vestry Committees; provided leadership to the Saturday session of the Women’s Lenten series; sung in various praise choirs; been active in local outreach initiatives; and led many Bible studies in her home over the years. In addition to her full-time work on staff, Jennifer currently volunteers as a Prayer Minister in TFC’s Healing Ministry.

Jennifer is passionate about children coming to faith in the Lord Jesus and helping parents to minister to their kids. She has taught church leaders both nationally and internationally about reaching children with the Gospel of Christ. Jennifer’s international teaching experience includes conferences in such far-flung places as Russia, Kenya and Sudan. She enjoys the challenges of teaching internationally; however, Jennifer’s great love is ministering in the local church.

Tammy Palusky grew up as a missionary kid in the jungles of Peru, and is the youngest of 8 children. Her parents instilled in her the importance of a personal relationship with the Lord, and her older siblings led her to the Lord at a very early age. In her early adulthood, Tammy came to know her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in a fresh new way and to love Him more dearly. She has a heart to see children come to know the great love of Jesus for them, and to see families grow together in their love for Him.
Tammy has spent the past several years living in various places around the globe with her husband Chris, who works for World Vision, and with their two children—Sienna, age 9 and Gavin, age 6. Their family moved to the area last August and first attended TFCA in September. They instantly knew that this would be their church home, and have been enjoying getting settled into the area and into the church community.
Tammy received her undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in Spanish Literature and Education, and has taught Spanish, mostly to middle school and high school age youth, but also to pre-school children. In addition to her teaching experience, Tammy has an eclectic work background, from Executive Assistant and various administrative roles to working with war widows and their children in Kosovo. At All Saints’ International Congregation in Beirut, Lebanon, Tammy briefly volunteered as coordinator of the Children’s Church and Church Administrator before their family once again moved on to another country. They are looking forward to finally putting roots down in an area, and Tammy is very excited about being a part of helping families connect their kids to Jesus at TFCA!

Jane Webb is the Assistant Director of Children's Ministry for Christian Education and oversee the Sunday morning programming. She has a B.A. Religion degree from Taylor University and a M.A. Education/Administration degree from the University of Virginia. She is a former elementary school teacher, assistant principal and US Department of Education Special Assistant. She is from Sandusky, Ohio, has 2 sons and lives with her husband, Hudson in Fairfax, VA. Her goal in life is to use what God has given her to bring glory to His name.

Carolyn has been serving the families of nursery-aged children here at TFC since 2004. When she came on board, she brought with her a wealth of first-hand knowledge about parenting, having spent the prior 10 years at home raising her three daughters. Carolyn has a genuine love for very young children, understands the needs of families during these formative years and has a passion to share Christ’s love with them.

She was blessed to have grown up in a home where Christ was loved and worshiped and came to know Him as her Savior when she was 12. Strong biblical teaching and training through churches, youth groups and Inter-Varsity have all contributed to her growth in Christ.

Her work experience previous to parenting was in Human Resources; she has a degree in Communication Studies, with a minor in Spanish, from Northwestern University. She is also an artist, working in water-based media, and she shows and sells her paintings through several venues in the mid-Atlantic region.

Robert is the pastor overseeing outreach and missions. Before joining the staff of The Falls Church in 2001, he served as a pioneer missionary in Central Asia where he planted churches among unreached peoples. A graduate of Rhodes College and Trinity School for Ministry, he lives in Arlington Virginia with his wife, Phoebe and their son, David.

I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. After high school, I went to Duke University where I studied cultural anthropology. There I also met my husband, Andrew Jones. After graduation, I came to Washington to pursue a master’s in museum studies at GWU. While in DC, I worked at various museums including the Decatur House, the Smithsonian Institution and the Textile Museum.

While I was not raised in a Christian home, God had other plans for me and I was led to faith though a series of coincidences that could only be from our Lord! Andrew and I have spent nearly half of our 20 married years living outside of the USA, working in Ecuador, Kenya & Rwanda. While Andrew worked for CARE (the humanitarian organization), God opened a variety of doors for me so that my resume includes volunteering at the Nairobi Museum, teaching English, teaching violin, and working at the Nairobi Museum and the US Embassy (Kigali). Whew! At the time, I had no idea how I would ever use these diverse experiences to further the kingdom of God.

We were called back to the Washington, DC area in 2006, bringing three children whose only experiences with the US were summer vacations with the cousins. Knowing we would be overwhelmed by life in big-city Washington, we quickly settled on finding a home in Falls Church City, close to The Falls Church, which Andrew had attended in the late 1980s. We were going to make The Falls Church our community, whether the Church was ready for us or not!

While our three children, Nate (15), Darcy (13), and Evan (9) quickly adjusted to life in the States, “Mom! You don’t know what Webkinz are?!?” I missed the daily interactions I had had in Africa with people from so many different cultural, economic, and religious backgrounds.

Searching for a role where I could use my intercultural experiences, I began volunteering with the ESOL Ministry. Here I found a fascinating group of students, with whom I could so clearly relate in their daily struggles to live in a foreign culture. When I was asked to coordinate the ESOL program for Kerry Wilson this spring, I was honored. I now feel ready to become a permanent part of the Falls Church staff, coordinating the ESOL movie nights this summer and planning for classes next fall.

When I am not at Church, you can find me chauffeuring the kids to their various activities. If I am lucky, I will be found walking around our neighborhood listening to sermons on my iPod, on the tennis court, or meeting a friend for coffee at Starbucks. I look forward to getting to know more of you and sharing with you the wonderful stories that come out of our Ministry.

Bob, who is a native of Northern Virginia, received his degrees from Virginia Tech and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1988, and has served in several parishes both here in Virginia and in Texas. Before attending seminary he worked in the field of architecture in the Washington, D.C. area. His primary ministerial interests have included pastoral care and spiritual formation. Bob is married with one child, Katie. His wife, Debbie, currently teaches music at Trinity Christian School in Fairfax.

Donna Wills is a native Texan who was born in Fort Worth, Texas a long, long time ago. She has been a career legal secretary for 20+ years before joining The Falls Church staff on July 26. She was involved in worship leadership for 15 yrs. and has coordinated worship workshops for several Dallas Metroplex area churches, as well as being a presenter and conference vocalist. Donna is very excited to have the opportunity to relocate to Falls Church where her son and daughter-in-law, Justin and Amy Wills, and two granddaughters, Sabine and Korinne, have lived for the past two years while attending The Falls Church. Her daughter, Leslie, lives in Las Vegas, NV and is a student and hair stylist there. Donna looks forward to meeting The Falls Church family and serving and worshipping together with you, to the glory of God.

Elizabeth Brunner, Pastoral Care Team (PCT) Director, has been at TFC since 1990. A former school psychologist, she helped establish the PCT in the fall of 1993. She has served as a Stephen Minister and Discovery Class small group leader. She is married to Mike, has grown twin sons, and 3 grandsons who also attend TFC. She is in the office Monday through Wednesday, September through June; she can meet individually with parishioners to assess concerns and refer to appropriate counselors and other resources.

My husband, Craig, and I have been attending TFC Anglican since 2004. We have 2 sons, who are 12 and 14, and they are active in Crossroads youth ministry. I have been involved in Women’s ministry, and my husband and I taught Sunday school for several years. I joined the PCT in 2009 and served in the office as weekly volunteer. I am an ordained Presbyterian minister and I served congregations in Wisconsin and California before we moved to Falls Church in 2003.

Glenis Pittman came to TFC in 1981. She has been involved with numerous TFC ministries with youth and children, home churches, retreat planning, prayer ministries, and outreach. Currently she teaches 8th graders Sunday mornings, participates in the healing prayer ministry, and serves challis with the worship team. While previously working as a coordinator of refugee sponsorship, manager of association programs and products, and substitute teacher, she currently works part time as the assistant to the director of the Pastoral Care Team at TFC. She has been a TFC staff member since 2004.

Jenny Byrne hails from Bristol, Indiana, a tiny town just south of Michigan. She grew up in a quiet, sheltered, Mennonite/Amish community not leaving the tri-state area until after
her senior year in high school.

While attending Taylor University in Indiana she studied for a semester in DC with the American Studies program under the cover of the Christian College Coalition.

Upon graduation from Taylor she moved back to the DC area promptly meeting Jim Byrne. They were married within the year and worked together in youth ministry until starting their family. They are the proud parents of two adult children, Jacob and Joshua.

Until recently, she worked in school fundraising helping PTA’s raise money for educational needs and school projects.

Since moving to Falls Church, Jenny has become an avid gardener, having inherited many flower gardens from the previous owner. While “avid weeder” may be more appropriate, the gardens provide many opportunities to reflect on Gods’ wonderful creation. The scriptures referring to pruning, soil, slugs, and fruit have come alive with new meaning!

She and Jim have experienced immeasurable blessings being part of the congregation and
staff at TFC. The Seniors’ ministry provides Jenny an opportunity to be the hands and feet of Christ while loving and ministering to the anchors of our church.

Kathleen Christopher was born and raised in Chattanooga, TN, but calls Northern Virginia “home,” having lived here since graduate school. Kathleen’s original field of study was archaeology: she received a BA in classical languages from St. Louis University, followed by a Master’s degree in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen served as Reference Archivist for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Anthropological Archives for ten years, working especially with visiting Native Americans and the records of their history and culture. Although she was raised in the church, Kathleen had departed from the Christian faith for many years when the Lord revealed himself to her in a life-changing way, and called her to ordained ministry. Since graduating from VTS in 2000, Kathleen has served with a number of area churches, most recently as Acting Vicar of Christ the Redeemer, Centreville. Kathleen has a special calling in the area of healing ministries, and has received extensive training and experience in that field. She has recently established a non-profit Christian ministry called HealingWay Ministries, which works to bring healing, strengthening, and renewal to churches, groups, and individuals seeking to live into the fullness of God’s vision for their lives. A unique application of that ministry will be to churches and leadership groups who have been affected by the realignment currently taking place in the Anglican Communion. Kathleen also has a heart for missions, and has done mission work in South Dakota (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation) and Africa (Kenya/Uganda).

Dean Miller was born in Washington, D.C. and then grew up in Southern California where he attended Claremont McKenna College and Azusa Pacific University. His dominant loves growing up were soccer, any other sport, and reading.

After college he spent five years on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, both in the President’s Office and at the University of North Carolina. He then spent fourteen months working in business before heading to Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia for seminary.

At Regent his dominant loves were his girlfriend (now wife) Mary Ellen, his seminary classes, soccer and any other sport. Dean graduated from Regent in 1999 and was the Board of Governor’s Recipient in Proficiency for the Master of Divinity degree. Shortly thereafter Dean and Mary Ellen married.

In keeping with Regent’s emphasis on the value of the laity, the Millers then settled in Austin, TX and found jobs in the marketplace. Dean spent three years in higher education sales with Apple before returning to staff with InterVarsity as an Area Director in the western half of Virginia.

Dean joined the staff of The Falls Church in the fall of 2005 as the Director of Kairos, then the young adult ministry, and has been the Director of the new Spiritual Formation and Discipleship department since its creation in the spring of 2010. His dominant loves now continue to be Mary Ellen, his three children (Corwin, Duncan, and Clary), any sport, ice cream and reading.

Sam Ferguson serves at the Falls Church as a Timothy and provides leadership for the Young Adults ministry. His passion is to see people of all ages intimately connected to Jesus Christ and to increasingly discover, by way of both spiritual and intellectual growth, the surpassing worth and satisfaction of knowing and experiencing God.

He first felt called into pastoral ministry while an undergraduate in Philadelphia and, following graduation, worked for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as a high school basketball coach in West Philadelphia.

He received his theological training at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and The University of Cambridge and was recently ordained in the Anglican Church. Sam has been shaped by the ministries of John Piper and Tim Keller and says his personal heroes include Charles Simeon and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

In his free time, Sam loves to read – he names Charles Dickens as his favorite author – and play basketball.

Libby Cannizzaro currently serves as the Women's Ministry Coordinator for The Falls Church in Falls Church, VA. Previous to her role here, she served for 21 years with Young Life, an international outreach ministry to teenagers, in Northern Virginia. She met the Lord in Young Life as a teenager in Southern California and has had a passion for ministry ever since. She grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and moved to the Washington area after college to work on Capitol Hill, and after five years there she made her transition to full-time ministry. She has been trained under Dr. Larry Crabb of NewWay Ministries' School of Spiritual Direction and has been trained as a lay counselor through Dr. Bill Clark's Lay Counseling Institute. Libby is married to Steve Cannizzaro from Norfolk, VA. They both have a passion for discipleship within the faith community and are so grateful that the Lord brought them together to live out this dream as partners in ministry.

Erin O'Keefe serves as the Coordinator of Connections and Community assisting clergy and staff with those beginning the discipleship process, encouraging new people how to find their place in the TFC family. She enjoys her “welcoming” role very much!

Previously, Erin worked in several ministry positions including youth ministry at TFC, a staff position with Young Life Capernaum in Arlington, and at two other Episcopal/Anglican churches, coordinating women’s ministry and worship leadership.

At TFC Erin also volunteers in areas she loves including the worship team, women’s ministry, community group leadership, and marriage ministry. Erin knows first-hand that serving in a ministry does help one “knit in” to the community!

Erin and her husband, Mark, have a daughter in high school, Katie, who is active in Cornerstone, and two sons, Kenan at James Madison University, and Tim, a JMU grad. As members of The Falls Church for eight years, Erin and Mark are grateful to be part of the family here, especially since all their close relatives live in Wisconsin where they grew up.

Erin is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee business school and also holds a graduate degree in communication from Regent University. Erin strives to serve TFC through assimilating our newest members and welcoming constant visitors. She hopes that all those in the TFC family will join her in greeting people in the pews, narthex and hallways each week, encouraging them feel welcome and keep coming!

Brian Klotz serves part-time as the Administrative Assistant to the Spiritual Formation and Discipleship team. He and his wife Sarah began attending The Falls Church in 2007 upon moving to the Washington DC area after they both spent time living and working overseas.

Brian was born in Nigeria. He spent his childhood in Africa and graduated from the Rift Valley Academy in Kenya. After graduating from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR, Brian participated in a one year discipleship training program and also worked for a non-profit organization. In the four years before joining the staff at TFC, he worked on Capitol Hill in communications. In addition to his work here at TFC, he is pursuing an MBA at George Mason University.

Brian is a proud parent to his one-year old, Harrison, who is very curious and constantly on the move. In his spare time, Brian enjoys drinking a good cup of coffee, reading, researching his ancestry and watching soccer.

Jackie Wallenmeyer serves in several capacities at the Falls Church, but is primarily devoted to the Young Adults Ministry. She is a writer by passion and graduated from Johns Hopkins University with majors in Writing Seminars and French Literature, and a minor in vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory.

Jackie's specific interests are food and health, empowerment for teens and young adults, and the popularization of God’s vision for righteous living and Biblical choices. The opportunity to serve God and reach out to the young adult community in Falls Church and beyond, is, for her, a huge blessing and a dream come true.

When she’s not running around enthusing about her job, Jackie loves playing basketball, devouring every form of French culture she comes upon, and dreaming about someday earning a pilot’s license!

With over 35 years of youth work experience, Jim has developed and revitalized ministries to youth in Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and California. He has spoken to over 12,000 youth in those years.

Jim is an ordained pastor in the denomination of The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, but enjoys working with this team of coordinators to serve Crossroads, Cornerstone, and The College Ministry at The Falls Church. Under Jim’s Leadership the youth work has more than doubled in size, scope, leadership and program.

Born in New York City and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Jim met Christ in 1970 through the dynamic youth work of Fourth Presbyterian Church. Jim was greatly influenced by Fourth’s leadership -his youth pastor Russ Cadle, elder Paul Kokulis, and Pastor Dick Halverson. He has taught youth work at numerous seminars, workshops and at the seminary level. He helped found one of the first Jr High Conferences called The Great Escape, and gave strong leadership to youth ministry in his Presbyterian denomination. Jim has assisted with consultations for over 100 churches at various Youth Specialties Conventions and Youth Ministry Architects.

Jim received his Masters of Divinity at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena in 1990 and is presently working on his Doctorate of Ministry in Youth and Family. For three years, he served as a East Coast Coordinator for The National Network of Youth Ministries, setting up urban, rural, and suburban strategies to develop youth ministry nationally through different denominations working together.

He is married to Jenny Lynn and has two grown sons, Jacob & Joshua. He loves riding his motorcycle and has crossed the country eight times on his Yamaha.

Mike has been Assistant Director of Cornerstone since 2006. He previously worked with Young Life in Silver Spring, MD and Gainesville, FL. He has coached Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track at high schools in Florida, Maryland, and Virginia for over 13 years.
He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and grew up at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. He attended University of Florida graduating with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering. He met his wife Anne at TFCA and has been happily married since 2010.

Liz’s roots go all the way down to the deep south having been born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and then attending the University of Alabama. In 2010 she graduated with a BA in Public Relations and a minor in International Studies. In college Liz developed a passion for one-on-one relationships and discipleship through her four-year involvement with the Navigators campus ministry where she saw the fruit of discipleship in her own life and in others. After graduating she spent a summer interning with the youth group at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, working with middle school and high school girls.

In Fall 2011 Liz traveled up to Northern Virginia to start the 9-month Fellows program with the Falls Church Anglican. This was the start to her involvement with the Falls Church youth ministry program. With a specific interest in counseling and discipleship ministry, she felt that the Falls Church Anglican model for youth programming was a perfect fit for her. With an emphasis on one-on-one relationships and a staff that cares greatly for the heart of each individual student, she knows she has much to learn and glean from this new and exciting journey on staff!

Betsy Christian serves as the Crossroads Assistant Director. A Southern California native, Betsy left the warm sunshine and the cool ocean breeze to attend Grove City College in Pennsylvania where she initially majored in music education with a concentration in piano. During her sophomore year, she switched majors to history education and discovered her interest in politics. Betsy graduated in May 2006, worked at Summer’s Best Two Weeks (a Christian sports camp), and then returned to Grove City to student teach 8th and 10th grade United States history. In January 2007, she made her way to the nation’s capital to intern at a think tank. She then worked for the House of Representatives for four and a half years, advising on foreign affairs, military, and energy issues.

Betsy began attending The Falls Church in 2009, after the Lord put it on her heart to volunteer in the middle school ministry. Betsy is delighted to have made the transition from working on Capitol Hill to joining the youth staff, as she feels her passion to love and serve middle school students has grown deeper through her experience as a Crossroads volunteer. Having committed her life to Christ as a middle schooler, she is so excited to minister to the girls in Crossroads.

Betsy, the proud daughter of a Marine colonel and his fantastic wife, enjoys traveling to Guam to see her older sister, brother-in-law (a Navy doctor), and her adorable one year nephew. In her free time, Betsy likes to hike in the sunshine, eat peanut butter chocolate ice cream, and watch the Green Bay Packers.

Marti Alderfer grew up as Martha Joy Bontrager, in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY. Her grandfather was an Amish Deacon, chosen by lot, but left the Amish church and started the Alden Mennonite Church where Marti’s family were members. During Marti’s initial high school years, her church Youth Group experienced a spiritual revival which brought revival to the greater congregation – this had a profound effect on her life. For her junior and senior years of High School, Marti boarded with a Mennonite family in Harleysville, PA and attended Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, which is where she met her future husband, Ken Alderfer. She went to Eastern Mennonite College for 1 year before attending school for practical nursing, back in New York State.

Marti and Ken married in 1978 and lived in Harrisonburg, VA. Marti worked as Head Nurse and Office Manager for an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist while Ken worked as a CPA and then attended Law School at University of Virginia. When Ken graduated they moved to Richmond, VA and Marti returned to school at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Business Management while also working part-time for a group of Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians. However, Ken changed positions after one year and they moved to the Washington DC area in 1987. Marti returned to work in DC for another large Ear, Nose and Throat practice. They became members of Washington Community Fellowship, a congregation affiliated with the Mennonite Church. Their first child, Caitlin, was born in 1989 and Marti decreased her paid working hours to part-time. After Lucas was born in 1992, Marti happily became a full-time, stay-at-home Mom! Their last child, Rachel was born in 1995. When Caitlin began school at Rivendell, they heard about the day school at The Falls Church and enrolled Lucas and then Rachel there. This was Marti’s 1st introduction to The Falls Church. Eventually, at the invitation of their friends, all 3 children began attending Crossroads and Cornerstone at The Falls Church. Meanwhile, Marti and Ken started attending Cherrydale Baptist Church, which is only 5 minutes from their home. Marti volunteered weekly in the Rivendell School office.

In anticipation of their 2nd child going to college, Marti decided to return to work. She ruled out returning to nursing after being out of the field for so long. She heard about a possible job opening for an Administrative Assistant in the Youth Ministry Office of The Falls Church. Having a strong conviction from her own personal experience about the profound impact that Youth Ministry can have in one’s life, she contacted Jim Byrne.
The rest is history!

Wesley Buckley grew up in Brick, NJ, right on the Jersey shore. He grew up attending St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, the place where he came to faith. He recently graduated from Gordon College in which he majored in youth ministry and business administration. While there, he was involved in ministries such as Younglife, the local youth ministry, Gordon’s outdoor education program, and serving as an RA.

Wesley came to The Falls Church Anglican to participate in the Nehemiah Program as a means to gain practical ministry experience serving full-time and to discern what God may be calling him to do in the future.

After the program he hopes to go into full-time ministry. Wesley is a big New York sports fan, with favorite teams such as the Rangers, Giants and Mets.

Caleb Burr is one of the new Nehemiah Venture interns. He was born and raised in Beltsville, MD, and attended Fourth Presbyterian Church. In seventh grade, he moved with his family to Madison, Wisconsin. He has one older brother who is currently in the Republic of Georgia on assignment with the Peace Corps, and his family is moving back to the Silver Spring, MD, area.

Caleb attended Wheaton College (Class of 2013) and had extensive studies within the Christian tradition; he double majored in Biblical & Theological Studies and Christian Education with a certificate in Christian Spirituality. His time at Wheaton was transformative.

During his senior year, Caleb interned at Church of the Resurrection, an Anglican church in the newly formed Upper Midwest Dioceses. His internship focused heavily on youth ministry and worked to create intentional community within the growing group. This experience solidified his belief that he was called to full-time ministry.

Caleb joined the Nehemiah Venture because he wanted to learn how to better serve the youth of this generation. He believes that under the leadership of Jim Byrne this program will provide him with the tools and the strategy for this mission. Caleb's long-term goal is to work with Youth for the majority of his life. Most important, his deepest desire is to see his life reflect more of his need for Jesus and the Gospel. He is excited to be at the Falls Church Anglican and is ready to learn and serve.

Simon Dixon serves as the Director of Music and Worship. He and his wife, Caryn, have recently joined TFC from the UK .

Simon grew up in the Anglican Church tradition and gained a music degree and MA at the Guildhall School of Music and the City of London University in organ, piano, french horn, voice, orchestration and conducting. He went on to establish a career as a concert musician before joining the staff as Director of Classical Worship at Holy Trinity Brompton in London where he remained for 21 years.

Simon had a 'road to Damascus' conversion at a Billy Graham Convention in 1989 and has never been the same since. This transformation has included an understanding and teaching on the difference between 'performance' and 'praise' in worship.

Simon embraces worship which incorporates the best of our traditional Christian heritage and contemporary worship, so that all generations may come and worship in Spirit and truth. He has a passion to encourage others into God's presence and for them to know the good news 'if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed' !

Jamie Brown serves as the Associate Director of Worship and Music, providing leadership and oversight to the worship teams at The Falls Church, and leading corporate worship in song at the Sunday 11:00am informal service, as well as various other events and services.

Jamie grew up in Florida as a preacher's kid, began playing guitar at the age of 7, and leading worship at the age of 12. He attended George Mason University, and earned a B.A. in Psychology. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Religion through Reformed Theological Seminary. He married his wife, Catherine, in 2006, and they have two little girls, Megan and Emma.

Jamie authors a blog for worship leaders at www.worthilymagnify.com

Lindi Jenkins has just joined the Worship and Music Department. She was previously with the Children’s Ministry staff as Preschool Coordinator.

Lindi grew up in Luray and recently moved back to Northern Virginia from South Carolina where she and her husband spent 3 years. In South Carolina she served at Ebenezer Baptist Church as Music/Youth/Children’s Director. She holds her Bachelor’s degree in Music from George Mason University and studied Music Therapy at Charleston Southern University.

Lindi was blessed to have been brought up in a Christian home and came to know Jesus as her Savior at 5 years of age. She has been serving in church ministry since she was 10 years old and ministry is something she holds dear. She loves Jesus and loves sharing His love with others.
Lindi grew up on a family farm in Luray. Aside from music, cattle and Christmas trees are what Lindi knows best (And chickens. She had 14 chickens in her backyard while living in SC). Lindi and her husband, Chris, met at their church in Luray, VA. They served on the church’s Praise and Worship Team together in high school, became best of friends, and 4 years later were married.

Lindi and Chris welcomed the birth of their first baby, Nellie, last December. Nellie is a happy baby girl with a sweet smile who already has lots (and lots) of energy. Lindi enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, making music, gardening, and being active outdoors. She’s also a certified Spin instructor. Her husband, Chris, teaches music at St. Mark School in Vienna. He recently graduated from the University of South Carolina with his Master’s in Classical Guitar Performance.

Lindi and Chris both are excited about being part of the TFC family, and serving Him however they can.

Andrew Schooley serves as the Audiovisual Engineering Specialist at The Falls Church. He oversees the utilization of AV systems to support all church events, activities, and worship services, and guides the church in the best use of available technology to aid in ministry. He also attends to AV equipment maintenance and upgrade development, as well as the training and coordination of volunteers.

Andrew was born and raised in Northern Virginia, and grew up serving in Anglican music ministry. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and most recently worked as an Engineer for General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. He joined the staff of The Falls Church in October 2008.

Todd Fickley is the Organist of The Falls Church (Anglican) in Falls Church, Virginia. He is also the Organist and Assistant Choir Director at the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Fickley is the Associate Music Director and Chorus Master of the Cathedral Choral Society, the resident symphonic choir of Washington National Cathedral, and he also performs with the Washington Bach Consort, and teaches with the community outreach cast of the “Bach In Time” program, which introduces DC public school children to the history and beauty of classical music.
A native Washingtonian, Mr. Fickley began his organ studies at the Washington National Cathedral under Bruce Neswick. Mr. Fickley spent a year performing and teaching in Moscow and has taken master classes with Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Clerc, and David Higgs. His years of working with young people using the Royal School of Church Music System included teaching and preparing a 150-member choir of all ages for performances of repertoire such as Bach’s Passions and Cantatas, Handel’s Messiah, and annual Nine Lessons and Carols Programs. His groups presented outreach performances at embassies, colleges, and community centers singing pieces in many languages.
At the age of 23, Mr. Fickley was made a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). He also holds the AGO Choirmaster Diploma and holds an M.A. in Organ Performance with High Distinction from the University of Wales.
A prize-winning organist, Mr. Fickley has been featured numerous times on NPR and PRI and has performed and conducted across the United States, Israel, and Europe. He is frequently seen as conductor, soloist, accompanist and speaker in the Washington DC metro area.

Carolann Haley brings a wealth of Handbell Choir experience to her duties as Handbell Choir Director here at The Falls Church. We are sharing the talents of this very special musician with National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC where Carolann serves as the Assistant to the Director of Music Ministries. She also directs the handbell group, Grace Chimes, at NPC and has served for three years on the Board of the Area III American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR).
Carolann’s impressive educational background includes a Master of Music Performance/Instrumental Conducting from Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.

Michelle McCarten is the Director of Children’s Choirs. Currently the Children’s Choir Program consists of two choirs: Exaltation Singers (Kindergarten – 2nd Grade) and Celebration Singers (Grades 3-7). Michelle grew up at The Falls Church, attending choir and the Cornerstone student ministry through high school. She received a Bachelor of Music Education from Indiana University and a Master Degree of Music Education with a Kodály emphasis from the University of Hartford. Michelle is also the Lower Division music teacher and Choral Director at National Presbyterian School in Washington DC as well as a musicianship teacher at the Fairfax Choral Society. Michelle has studied voice and piano privately and currently sings in the Falls Church Adult Choir. Michelle is specifically interested in teaching music literacy and vocal development through general and choral music programs. As a life long member of The Falls Church Michelle enjoys serving in different ways, and most recently she has travelled to Rwanda with The Falls Church Global Engagement Teams.