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Rector
The Reverend Adam J. Shoemaker
336-227-4251

Our Rector is The Reverend Adam Shoemaker whose tenure with us began on April 1, 2011.

Click here to read the Vestry's letter to the Parish.

Adam sends his greetings to the Parish here.







Parish Office
336-227-4251


Clergy and Staff

Rector
The Reverend
Adam J. Shoemaker
ashoemaker@hc-b.org

Minister of Music
Laurie J. Ryan
ljryan@hc-b.org

Director of
Christian Formation

Elizabeth Costello
ecostello@hc-b.org


Priest Associate
The Reverend
Ralph Macy

Rector Emeritus
The Reverend
Rod Reinecke

Lutheran Pastor
Associate
The Reverend
Robert G. Walker

Minister of Music
Emerita
Jeannette I. Hassell

Parish Administrator
Ginny Allison
gallison@hc-b.org

Parish Financial Secretary
David Vaughan
finance@hc-b.org

Sexton
John Fitch

Please feel free to contact

any of the Holy Comforter
staff. We look forward to
knowing you.

Office Hours:
Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m.-12 and 1-5 p.m.

At all other times, you
may reach the Rector and
staff through voice mail
or e-mail. Emergency
phone numbers are
available through voice
mail, or you may leave
a message for the Rector
or any staff member.

Christian Formation Director
Elizabeth Costello
336-227-4251 ... ecostello@h
c-b.org


Elizabeth Costello joins us after serving as a Children and Youth Worker at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish (Church of England) in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. While a student at Duke Divinity School, Elizabeth developed a passion for Christian Formation and spent much of her time there trying to imagine what faithful Christian discipleship might look like in both the ordinariness and extremity of our every day lives.

Elizabeth has experience in writing and implementing curriculum on a variety of topics among children, youth, and adults in Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Anglican parish settings. She has a special interest in fostering and encouraging a faith expressed in deeds as well as words.

Elizabeth joins us with her husband, Joseph Wolyniak, who is currently writing his PhD dissertation and serves as a Preceptor at Duke Divinity School. Together they enjoy spending time with their family (luckily for them, most of them live close!), traveling and hiking, reading theology and literature, and trying to answer her grandfather's impossibly difficult theological questions.

Elizabeth is thrilled to walk alongside you in the journey of faith over the years to come.




Related Information
See details about
Church Leadership
and the
Holy Comforter Vestry
here.

Minister of Music
Laurie J. Ryan
336-227-4251 ... ljryan@holycomforterburlington.org

Laurie J. Ryan, a native of Minnesota, spent sixteen years in St. Louis and the past ten years in Huntsville, Alabama before coming to Holy Comforter in June 2007.  She has a B.A. in Music from Lawrence University, has done graduate study in musicology at the University of Illinois, and is an Associate with the American Guild of Organists.  Laurie’s thirty year church music career includes not only the Episcopal tradition, but also Lutheran, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Unitarian, and Jewish.

Laurie has made frequent concert and recital appearances in the St. Louis area, including performances at Christ Church Cathedral.  She has extensive experience working with vocalists, and has also taught piano in Huntsville, AL.    As a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians, the American Guild of Organists, and the Royal School of Church Music, she enjoys participating in continuing education opportunities both in and out of the country to develop her skills as a musician.

Laurie is married to John Kemp and they have two grown children. 

When she isn’t playing, singing, teaching or listening to music, Laurie’s other interests include travel, hiking, gardening, cooking, playing Scrabble and reading mysteries.

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