Lewis Marshall was born in 1957 in Hope, Arkansas and had a Pan-Southern childhood with New Orleans as his hometown. He graduated from St. Joseph's College at St. Joseph's Abbey in St. Benedict, Louisiana in 1979 with a BA in English and Philosophy. His first job was in Washington, D.C. at the National Gallery of Art. After two years he returned to New Orleans and taught in various private schools and studied theology at Loyola University until he came to New York to the General Theological Seminary in 1989. He was ordained in 1992.

Lewis has worked in various parishes and at the United Nations and is now the priest in charge at All Saints Episcopal Church on Staten Island. He also works part time at the United Nations as a representative of a group focused on global citizenship called Kosmos Associates. He is also a member of the Institutional Review Board at The Rockefeller University. He is married to his partner of nearly thirty years, Alan Balicki. Our webpage is found at www.allsaintsstatenisland.org

I am a native of Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Whitman College with a degree in German.  The next many years were spent in the high-tech industry in California and Washington State, while at the same time I began to discern a call to the Priesthood within the Episcopal Church.  I came to New York as a student of General Seminary and began my first parish work as a seminarian at St. Mary the Virgin and Christ and St. Stephen’s, both in Manhattan. 

As I neared the end of my studies in 2007, I began a full-time year at St. Luke in the Fields, in the West Village.  While there I was ordained a transitional Deacon, and after being called to serve as Associate Priest at Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy in Manhattan in June of 2008, I was ordained Priest in August of that same year and have served St. Matthew and St. Timothy’s since then.  Coincidentally, I am the second Associate from St. Matthew and St.  Timothy’s to be called to serve Ascension as its Rector!  The first was Fr. David Taylor, who served at St. Matthew and St. Timothy under long-term Rector Fr. Jay Gordon.

I grew up in White Plains, New York where I attended the Congregational Church, saw the light in college and was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. My BA degree in biology is from High Point University. Then after four years in the Air Force, I returned to White Plains working at the Nestle Company for seven years and worshipped at Grace Church where I was a warden. While working I attended the Cathedral Institute of Theology and General Seminary, moved to Staten Island in 1978 as a seminarian to work at St. Paul's Church where I was ordained a priest. My ministry then moved me to the Church of St. Andrew and St. Mary's Church as a curate and in 2000 I became to rector of St. Alban's Church. I also served as chaplain to the Canterbury Club at Wagner College and to the Civil Air Patrol. It is a joy to have had my entire ministry together with the people of Staten Island.

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Previously Michael served in the diocese of Newark, New Jersey as the Director of Pastoral Care for Christ (Episcopal) Hospital in Jersey City, as the Priest-in-Charge of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Washington, NJ and as a member of the Pastoral Care Team at Hackensack University Medical Center. Michael was the first chaplain at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City and continues to be involved in the work of HIV/AIDS. Every year he returns to present his workshop entitled, “Connecting to your spirituality as a Volunteer.” Michael was a professed brother with the Augustinian Recollect Community in the Roman Catholic Church from 1979 until 1993. Michael holds a degree in Voice and Conducting from Seton Hall University and a Master in Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

The Reverend Cole is a transplant from the West Coast. Born in San Diego, California into a Navy family moving regularly and making new friends was just part of growing up. In 2002, Fr. Cole made his way to New York and, after completing a Masters in Sacred Theology at the General Seminary in Chelsea, and his dissertation for a Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary, he became the Priest-in-Charge of two parishes in Yonkers, New York. In the fall of 2008, Fr. Cole accepted the Call to serve as Rector of St. John’s, Staten Island.

In addition to the responsibilities associated with any growing, active parish, Fr. Cole has served as Adjunct Faculty at the General Seminary in the field of Pastoral Theology and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion at Hunter College/CUNY in Manhattan. His love of teaching is undergirded by an even greater love of learning.

Recently Fr. Cole joined this love of learning and teaching to another great delight, international travel. As a Missioner of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, Fr. Cole led a very successful pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2011 and has another one planned for 2013.

As a part of the vital ministry of St. John’s, Fr. Cole also has responsibility for Canterbury House, comprising 84 units of affordable housing for seniors that the parish built in 2000. Through the residents of Canterbury House, the abundance of lay ministries that exist in the parish, and the dedication of the many members and friends of St. John’s, Fr. Cole barely has time to miss the West Coast-- being so richly blessed by the life and ministry of St. John’s Church and the Staten Island community.

The Reverend William Kevin Fisher was born and raised in East Tennessee. He attended Milligan College, a private Christian liberal arts college, where he met his best friend and future wife, Jane Phillips. In 1980 Kevin enlisted in the United States Air Force and served twenty years on active duty in the military intelligence branch as a Russian cryptologic linguist. Kevin and family served tours of duty in San Antonio, England, the National Security Agency, the Defense Language Institute (Presidio of Monterey, CA), and Berlin, Germany. Kevin served as an intelligence mission supervisor in Berlin during the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also served as an aircrew interpreter for relief missions to the former Soviet Union in 1991. The last nine years of active duty, Kevin served as a Russian language instructor at the Defense Language Institute. In 2000 he was named Foreign Language Teacher of the Year. He retired from active duty in 2001.

From 2002-2005 Kevin attended seminary at the University of the South, School of Theology (Sewanee). After seminary Kevin was accepted into a Doctor of Philosophy program in Religion and Personality at Vanderbilt University.  While at Vanderbilt, Kevin served as a medical chaplain at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Vanderbilt Burn Center, and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Since leaving Nashville, Kevin has served congregations in Las Vegas and Barre, Vermont. He now serves as rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (Castleton) on Staten Island.

An active veteran, Kevin is a proud member of Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fr. Walsted was educated in Massachusetts and Oregon and took his B.S. from the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1956. He had switched his major from Architecture to History when he discovered in himself a vocation to the priesthood and began to prepare for seminary.

He received his theological degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in 1959 in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. He served parishes in Salem and Portland, Oregon, before entering the Order of the Holy Cross in 1963.

Fr. Walsted left the Order of the Holy Cross in 1977 and came to New York City where he has lived since. From 1982 until his retirement in 1994 he served as priest-in-charge and Rector of Christ Church, Staten Island. A noted iconographer, he has completed several hundred icons for churches and private collections throughout the world.

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The Rev. Loyda Morales was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She came to New York in 1997. Her sponsoring parish during her ordination process was the Church of the Mediator in the Bronx. She studied at General Theological Seminary, first as a part-time student with Programa Hispano/ Latino and then as full-time student with the English curriculum. She was ordained in September 2005 at which time she was already assigned to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church where she serves an English speaking and a Spanish speaking congregations.

La Reverenda Loyda Morales nació en Santurce, Puerto Rico. Reside en New York desde el 1997. Fue auspiciada por la Iglesia del Mediador en el Bronx durante su proceso para la ordenación al sacerdocio. Realizó sus estudios en el General Theological Seminary, primero a tiempo parcial en el Programa Hispano Latino y luego a tiempo completo en el currículo en inglés. Fue ordenada al sacerdocio en septiembre de 2005 donde ya había sido asignada a la Iglesia de San Esteban (St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church) donde ofrece servicios en inglés y en español. The Rev. Loyda Morales was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. She came to New York in 1997. Her sponsoring parish during her ordination process was the Church of the Mediator in the Bronx. She studied at General Theological Seminary, first as a part-time student with Programa Hispano/ Latino and then as full-time student with the English curriculum. She was ordained in September 2005 at which time she was already assigned to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church where she serves an English speaking and a Spanish speaking congregations. La Reverenda Loyda Morales nació en Santurce, Puerto Rico. Reside en New York desde el 1997. Fue auspiciada por la Iglesia del Mediador en el Bronx durante su proceso para la ordenación al sacerdocio. Realizó sus estudios en el General Theological Seminary, primero a tiempo parcial en el Programa Hispano Latino y luego a tiempo completo en el currículo en inglés. Fue ordenada al sacerdocio en septiembre de 2005 donde ya había sido asignada a la Iglesia de San Esteban (St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church) donde ofrece servicios en inglés y en español.

The Rev Simeon O. Johnson was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He studied Mathematics and Physics, graduated from Milton Margai Teacher's College, University of Sierra Leone, and taught Mathematics and Physics for several years. Rev. Johnson served as Deacon and Priest in the Anglican Diocese of Freetown from 1989-1991. He did Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, in Manhattan, New York and Advanced CPE as a supervisor in training with The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy New York/New Jersey. Father Johnson served as assistant at All Saints Episcopal Church in Staten Island, New York for several years. He served as Chaplain at Christ (Episcopal) Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey and as Chaplain to the Youth/Canterbury club at Wagner College, Staten Island, New York for several years. Father Simeon O Johnson has served as Priest- in-Charge at St. Edmunds Episcopal Church, Bronx, New York and as supply priest in several parishes in New York and New Jersey also.

The Rev. Simeon O. Johnson holds a degree in Sociology and Anthropology from The City University of New York and a Master in Divinity from The General Theological Seminary in New York City, New York. He is currently serving as a Supply Priest at St. Simon's Episcopal Church, Staten Island New York. Father Johnson is married with two children.

Jerry was born in New Haven CT and was raised in Indiana. He has a BA and MA from Indiana University in Bloomington IN, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and an S.T.M. from Yale Divinity School. He has lived on Staten Island since 1977.

He was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1994. He served at St. John’s, Getty Square, Yonkers NY, on the administrative staff of the Diocese of New York, and as Bishop’s Vicar of the Church of the Intercession, Manhattan. He is currently priest-in-charge of St. Mary’s Church, Brooklyn.

He is the author of Remember the Future: Financial Leadership and Asset Management for Congregations and Humble and Strong: Mutually Accountable Leadership in the Church.

Beverly Wurth Neuhaus is a third generation Staten Islander who was raised in West Brighton and currently resides in Westerleigh.

She was ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in June of 1994. Currently assigned to St. John’s Church, Rosebank, she has also served as Deacon at St. Simon’s Church, Concord; St. Stephen’s Church, Tottenville; and Christ Church, New Brighton.

She was Chairperson of the Richmond Interparish Council of the Episcopal Church from 1981 to 1985, and again from June of 2005 to September 2007. Past positions in the church have included being a Warden, Vestry Member, President of the Episcopal Church Women, church school teacher.

She is a graduate of Port Richmond High School, where she served as President of the Alumni Association from 2001 to 2005, and is currently a member of the Alumni Board of Directors. She graduated from St. John’s University with a degree in Psychology and English Summa Cum Laude, and completed graduate studies at Kean University, New Jersey.

Deacon Neuhaus has a 30 year history in the social services field, currently serving as the Executive Director of Richmond Senior Services, Inc. Previous positions were with United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, the Community Agency for Senior Citizens, and the Staten Island Branch of the New York Urban League.

She has been a member of numerous community organizations, currently serving on the Staten Island Hunger Task Force and the S.I. Inter-Agency Council for Aging. She is also a Board Member of the Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of New York State.

Ms. Neuhaus received the Senior Service Award from Richmond Senior Services in 1998 and was awarded by the Staten Island Council of Churches in 2006 for her work at St. Simon’s Church. She was named Best Director at the Staten Island Center for Independent Living Staten Island Academy Awards Gala in 2006. In 2008 she received the Louis R. Miller Business Leadership Award from the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce the Senior Services Award from the St. Roch School, the Inter-Agency Council Friend to the Senior Community Award, and was named a Staten Island Advance Woman of Achievement.

An avid Staten Island local historian, and Founder and President of Trivia Tours Unlimited, Inc., she invented and produced the Staten Island history board game Staten Island Grand Tour Trivia in 2001, and published the book The Bridges of Richmond County in 2003. She is a licensed NYC tour guide and gives tours of the Island entitled Discover Staten Island.

Ms. Neuhaus was married for 38 years to the late Robert Neuhaus. She has two daughters, Elizabeth Neuhaus-Booth and Barbara Guenther, and two grandchildren Stefanie and Matthew Guenther.

She enjoys traveling, creating glass mosaics, gardening and photography.

A native New Yorker, Swanson was ordained to the Diaconate in April of 1997. She has served four parishes in New York City, three of which are on Staten Island. She recived her BA from Hunter College in Manhattan and a Master of Scence in Secondary Education form the former Richmond College, CUNY. In June of 2008, Swanson completed a Master of Arts in Theology and Church History cum laude at General Theological Seminary. Her thesis centered on the Deaconess Movment in New York City during the Gilded Age.

Deacon Swanson was appointed by Bishop Sisk to serve as the New York City Coordinator for Episcopal Relief and Development, sits on the Board of Directors of the North American Association for the Diaconate and is the Coordinator of Volunteers for Project Hospitality's Soup Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran.

Additionally, she has a 28 year career in the field of education and is currently an Achievement Coach with the Children's First Network in the Department of Education. Parents to two daughers and a son, she and her husband, Bob, live in Grant City with their son, Rob, and their "foster" cat, Snacks. The Swanson's recently welcomed their first grandchild, Erin Rose, who was baptized at and attends Christ Church, New Brighton.

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