A long existential crisis as a young adult led Tim to pastoral work. He likes to say he was “spiritual-not-religious before it was a thing.” Surprisingly perhaps, it was this impulse that eventually led him to the Anglican way: mystery is celebrated an an invitation to humility; liturgy is a space in time and place set apart for soul-freedom; and there is a happy congruence of the organic and the transcendent.

Tim is currently working on a Master of Sacred Theology degree at the Yale Divinity School, focusing on Jesus’ relationship to nature (or the other-than-human creation), and how Jesus understood that relationship and his mission such that his work and sacrifice of himself leads to the liberation of nature.

A long time ago he graduated with honors from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and even longer ago from the University of North Carolina. He lived and worked in Budapest for a while and loves travel and cultures.

He and his wife, Cheryl, have founded two projects: one an ecumenical community in Maine focused on the intersection of Christian faith with care for the creation and for the poor; and the other an Anglican church in North Carolina.

Fr Tim lives on the North Shore in a 300-year-old house with Cheryl and two humongous and bumbling Bernese Mountain Dogs. One of his great passions is the outdoors and the wonder of the wild; he loves bicycling, ocean kayaking, and cross-country skiing.

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The Rev. Wendy Dixon is found most often praying with people, or meeting one-on-one with people for spiritual direction. Her particular joy is working with children.

When she was 15 she started and ran a small summer camp for seven years. As a young mom, she established and administered another summer camp at a private beach club on Chappaquiddick which runs to this day. In 1989, inspired by a dream God gave to Wendy, she launched and ran for 7 years a children's toy store on the North Shore of Boston. During that time she also produced, directed, and costumed children's Christmas plays with friends' kids from across the North Shore. Later she went on to co-produce a multi-generational mime troupe presenting the Stations of the Cross.

Growing up in St. Louis, Wendy was steeped in the Anglican tradition through Morning Prayer Chapel every day at the girls school she attended for 15 years. While studying philosophy and theater at Smith College, though, her faith began to dim, and stayed dim while she was working in advertising in New York City. So what a shock it was when she found herself earnestly exploring Jesus for herself at age 33, married and with a baby, and found the whole story to be true!

Books, bibles, small groups, and classes at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary all deepened her embrace of the life of Christ. Through worship and prayer ministries at various churches, she grew in her love of God, her awe of Jesus, and her life in the Spirit.

Wendy and her husband Dennis live in Manchester-by-the-Sea. In her free time, Wendy enjoys reading, swimming, hiking with her husband Dennis, and having fun with any of their three adult daughters.

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Jen and her husband Eric grew up in Connecticut where they attended middle and high school together. Although she was not impressed in middle school, she discovered in high school while riding roller coasters with him on a school trip that he’s pretty funny and endearing. He’s been the only guy for her ever since. Their life, through seven cross-state moves and eight kids, continues to be a roller coaster, and she is grateful for every twist and turn, including the ones that brought them to the North Shore in 2010 and the Anglican church in 2016.

Jen loves to quilt as a contemplative practice. She gardens, and excels most at growing weeds most years. Her two semi-trained boxers, Beatrice and Benedick (named for Shakespeare’s characters in Much Ado About Nothing) provide her with constant entertainment when they’re not misbehaving. She reads voraciously and is surprised to find herself preferring the audiobook format as she gets older.

In another of life’s unexpected turns, Jennifer recently completed at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary pursuing a Master of Arts in Theological Studies with dual concentrations in Spiritual Formation and Intercultural Studies. Her family’s struggles with trauma and mental health, combined with her experience as a trans-racially adoptive parent, have ignited a passion to take to the church and the community what’s she’s learned about God’s heart for healing. She’s not sure what that ministry will look like yet, but she trusts the same loving Father who has faithfully directed her steps through every turn thus far will continue to make the way clear as she goes.

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Michael grew up in Huntington Beach, CA, was raised in a Catholic Franciscan Church, and became part of the Anglican Church in 2009 serving since then in California and New England.

For over 25 years Michael has been an artist, singer, songwriter, producer and served in ministry as a sung worship leader. He has released 13 albums of his work with The Violet Burning, and The Satellite Heart as well as performing for many years throughout North America and Europe.

Vineyard Music/Integrity Music publish dozens of Michael’s worship songs and many of those songs are sung in churches throughout the world. Michael also has over 20 songs that have been featured on TV shows and movies throughout the world.

Michael and his beautiful wife, acclaimed Makeup Artist, Amber Lynne currently make their home in Beverly, MA along with Roxy their Schnauzer; Rupert the African Grey Parrot; along with Jack, Berlin, and Micah, their amazing Cats.

You just might run into them walking on the beach, enjoying an evening at the ballet, taking in a live music show in Boston or on Cabot Street, and of course cheering on the Patriots, the Celtics, and the Red Sox.

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Jennifer grew up in St. Louis MO as a Catholic, and moved to Northern Virginia for college. She met and married Ian at the Falls Church (Episcopal), and they moved to the North Shore in 2002. While Ian completed Seminary, she worked and had their two children; they then moved to NYC, to New Hampshire, and back to the North Shore area, where Jennifer was the lay leader at the Crossroads Anglican.

She completed her spiritual direction training in 2014 with Rev. Canon Susan Skillen, and for the last few years has been the assistant in the Holy Conversations training course. Jennifer loves to read by the pool in summer and the fireplace in winter, write poetry about her kids and dog, birds and flowers, and anything else that strikes her fancy, and listen to people’s stories. She is the prayer coordinator for the reNEW writing retreat, and she has a book coming out winter of 2024, Poems and Prayers for the Seasons. 

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Peter began ministering to youth in 1978 through Youth for Christ on Long Island. In 1981 he joined the staff of Long Island Youth Mentoring and worked as an Area Director for mentoring ministry. He helped develop a mentoring ministry with incarcerated juveniles and later served as the Field Staff Supervisor. In 1996 Peter moved to Massachusetts to become the New England Director for Straight Ahead Ministries. In 2000 he became the National Field Director where he helped develop the School of Juvenile Justice Ministry. After leaving Straight Ahead, Peter started the Christian Mentoring Institute in 2003 under the leadership of Long Island Youth Mentoring. Along with his duties at CMI, Peter was a part-time faculty member at Gordon College from 1999-2008 where he taught courses in counseling and at-risk youth. CMI merged with CAYM in 2005 and Peter became the Executive Director two years later. Peter has a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University.

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Mark was born and raised in the Midwest and moved to New England for graduate school. He spent a decade in Cambridge and Boston, where he met his wife Michaela, before moving to the North Shore. They now live in Hamilton with their two young daughters. They enjoy the proximity to the ocean and the natural beauty of the area.Growing up in and around the church, Mark has been blessed by strong communities of believers over the years. While the Anglican tradition is a new walk for Mark and his family, they have been thrilled to call Trinity home.

Mark started his career at PwC and worked in corporate finance for a software company before moving into the private equity space. He and his family love traveling, experiencing new restaurants, occasionally running (marathoner x2), skiing and other outdoor adventures.

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Nathaniel grew up in the heart of Amish Country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the middle child between two sisters. He met his wife, Meridien, while studying in Italy and through their unlikely close friendship as English and Biology/Chemistry students. It was also in Italy that Nathaniel was able to participate in the Catholic liturgies of both small local parishes and large cathedrals. 

After studying the Arts and Humanities, Nathaniel found himself in the biopharmaceutical industry, eventually returning to school for an MBA, and continues to work in the field of advanced therapeutics manufacturing. When not working, he enjoys venturing out on family walks, searching for the best coffee, and road cycling around the North Shore. Nathaniel and Meridien live in Beverly with their two children, Maeve and Niall, and their mini goldendoodle, Margot. Trinity has been a home for the Youndts (including Margot!) since its beginning, and continues to be a community of life and rest. 

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Luke grew up on the missions field in Central Asia. His parents worked in Bible translation with Wycliffe in Uzbekistan and then later in Kyrgyzstan. Luke attended a boarding school in Germany until he graduated high school and moved to the states to study film at Emerson College in downtown Boston.

After graduation, Luke began working freelance as a filmmaker until 2021 when he joined a production company in Worcester, MA called Votary Films.

In 2022, his world was flipped upside down when he reconnected with the love of his life, Courtney. He decided to follow her to Oxford, England where they were engaged. They came back to Massachusetts to be married in January 2023 and then decided to settle down on the North Shore (where Courtney had completed undergrad at Gordon) in Ipswich.

They found Trinity shortly after moving to the area and immediately felt it was the community that God was calling them to. Luke has continued working as a freelance filmmaker, with a passion for socially impactful documentary storytelling. Him and Courtney have enjoyed leading the youth group at Trinity, connecting with their church community, supporting YoungLife in the area, and growing in their faith together.

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