The Rev. Karen Clay Barfield                      e-mail Karen

Vicar

     The Rev. Karen C. Barfield is married to Ray Barfield and has two children: Micah (16) and Alexandra (12).  Karen has been ordained eight years and has served in a variety of settings: urban and suburban; Cathedral staff, campus ministry, and congregations of all sizes; as interim rector, associate rector and interim chaplain.  Her greatest joys in ministry involve liturgy, prayer, pastoral care and issues of justice.  She was born and raised in Memphis, TN where she served as priest until moving to Chapel Hill, NC three years ago with her family.

     In her spare time Karen enjoys reading, gardening, travelling, and designing most anything, especially houses (kitchens and baths in particular).  Ray, her husband of 20 years, is a pediatric oncologist at Duke and is Associate professor of Christian Philosophy in Duke’s Divinity School.  Ray enjoys writing, playing classical guitar and running.  Micah wrestles for Chapel Hill High School, and Alexandra enjoys everything artistic, especially singing and playing classical guitar.  The whole family loves to cook together.

     Prior to ordination Karen served on staff at St. Luke’s Community Kitchen in Atlanta, GA, and she was co-founder of a prison ministry there as well.  In downtown Memphis she helped develop the Hospitality Hub, a non-profit organization which assists persons who are homeless connect with the resources they need.  Karen has most recently been serving as Priest Associate and Administrative Assistant at the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Carrboro.

 

 

The Rev. Martha Brimm                                e-mail Martha

Deacon

    Martha was ordained to the transitional diaconate this past June.  Prior to that, she completed a Diploma in Anglican Studies at General Seminary in NYC and received her MDiv

from Candler School of Theology at Emory University.  She is married to Richard Clark, an endocrinologist.  They have one daughter, Elizabeth, who served in the Peace Corps in Peru and is currently at the University of Washington Medical School.

    While at Candler, Martha worked at Metro State Women’s Prison as a chaplain intern, developing a strong interest in prison ministry.  This fall she will start a second unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at WakeMed Urban Ministries, working toward chaplaincy certification. 

She has been active in environmental advocacy and enjoys hiking, reading, and

beachcombing.

 

 

Lyn Francisco                                              e-mail Lyn

Organist and Music Coordinator

     A chemist by training and education, Lyn has been the Organist/Music Coordinator since January 2008.  She studied organ with Tim Baker and participated in Masterclasses led by

Todd Wilson, Delbert Disselhorst, and Charles Tompkins. Prior to coming to St. Joseph's,

Lyn sang with the choirs of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Durham and Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill.  In her spare time, Lyn sings with the Chapel of the Cross Compline Choir, the North Carolina Filipino Choir (and served as its interim director in 2010), keeps a blog (http://musical-chemist.blogspot.com/), podcasts with the Star Quest Production Network, and serves as Newsletter Editor for the local chapters of the American Chemical Society and the American Guild of Organists.  She also serves as Treasurer, Registrar, and Webmistress of the Durham-Chapel Hill Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

 

 

IonaPearl Reid Eaton

Nursery Caregiver

 

 

Rachel Marcus

Nursery Caregiver

 

 

The Vestry

Walter DeWinter - installed 2011                 e-mail Walter

Senior Warden,  Treasurer,  LEM

     Walter DeWinter came to North Carolina from Ohio to take his undergraduate degree at Duke. He also has graduate work in acting at UNC-CH and has earned a little money---very

little money---on the stage.  During the day, he is a supervisor at the Duke University Store

in the Bryan Center dealing mostly with school and office supplies.

 

 

Gary Pellom - installed 2009                          e-mail Gary

Junior Warden

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Doefler - installed 2009                       e-mail Maria

Clerk,  LEM

     Maria first visited St. Joseph's over three years ago.  Shortly thereafter, she became a

member and has been serving on the vestry as its clerk since January of 2009.  In her time away from St. Joe's, Maria is a Ph.D. candidate in Duke University's Graduate Program in Religion.  She teaches courses on Early and Medieval Christianity in the university's Religion Department as well as the Divinity School.  In her spare time, Maria enjoys hiking, writing her dissertation, and cultivating an ever-growing menagerie of animals.

 

Dave Belcher - installed 2010                       e-mail Dave

Liturgy,  Catechist,  LEM

     In addition to serving on the vestry at St. Joseph’s, David is the Christian Formation

Director at The Church of the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Henderson, NC.

     David hails from Nashville, TN where he earned a Master’s degree in Theology from Vanderbilt University (2007). Later, David completed nearly all of a second Master’s degree

in Christian History and Thought that, however, didn’t take. He is the author of The Depth

of Divine Things: The Mystery of Baptism and the Liturgical Life of the Church (Pickwick Press, forthcoming) and numerous other scholarly articles and book reviews. Also an avid guitarist, David was trained in classical guitar and has performed in masterclasses with renowned composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer, as well as other well-known guitarists, including Manuel Barrueco, Costas Cotsiolis, and Antonio Lopez. When he doesn’t have his nose in a book or his hands on a guitar, David can be found enjoying the company of his wife Jodi and his children Samuel and Sophia, or perhaps watching a good movie or hockey game.

Joel Marcus - installed 2009                          e-mail Joel

Lay Preacher,  LEM

     Joel Marcus is a native of Homewood, a south suburb of Chicago, who teaches New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He is married to Gloria, a piano teacher, and the

progenitor of Rachel, who works in the crèche every other week. In his spare time he likes

to sing, read, do crossword puzzles, play tennis, and take long walks with Ramona, a sweet mixed-breed black dog who seems to be mostly Labrador Retriever.

Kate Reichert - installed 2009                       e-mail Kate

Altar Guild,  LEV,  Episcopal Relief and Development

 

 

 

 

 

Courtney Reid-Eaton - installed 2009           e-mail Courtney

Liturgy,  9th Street Neighbors,  LEM

     Courtney is a wife, mother, native New Yorker, visual artist, curator, and a cradle Episcopalian who practices vipassana meditation, and spent 7 years worshiping at Durham Friends Meeting. In 2007, when her daughter, IonaPearl, turned 13, the family was called to return to the Episcopal Church. They found a home at St. Joseph's, where IonaPearl, was confirmed in 2008. Girlfriend-in-law, Kenetta, followed with Baptism and then confirmation in 2009; husband, Ken, was also confirmed in 2009, and Courtney reaffirmed her commitment to the church at that same service. She is committed to social justice and expresses that passion by serving on the boards of Student Action with Farmworkers, the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, and the Pauli Murray Project (as well as the vestry of St. Joseph's); and through her work as exhibitions director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. She prays for Peace, an end to suffering, and the reconciliation of GOD's family.

 

 

Robin Swift - installed 2010                          e-mail Robin

Liturgy,  LEV,  LEM

     Robin Swift has been an Episcopalian since 1962, when she was baptized (as an

8-year-old) in Elmira, New York.  She has lived and worked in the dioceses of Central New

York, Atlanta, New Hampshire and North Carolina.  She is the widow of an Episcopal priest

who was a PK (preacher's kid), and the mother of another PK (son David, aged 20).  

     She joined Saint Joseph's because it has great liturgy, fine preaching, a commitment to

local mission, and a warm, welcoming, quirky, and passionate mix of people.  "St. Joseph's

felt like home from the very first Sunday".  Robin was trained in public health.  She works at Duke Divinity School on the [United Methodist] Clergy Health Initiative, and her previous work was in HIV/AIDS, including consulting with the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition.

 

 

Other Ministries

 

Gavin Brown                                            e-mail Gavin

 Prayer Chain Coordinator,  EM

     Gavin loves reading, writing, show business, and helping others.

Altar Guild

Kate Reichert - Chair

Muriel Mellown

Monty Reichert

Meg Eckman

Gardening Committee

Itta Bluhn

Jamie Kennedy-Jones

Chris MacNevin

Monty Reichert

 

Liturgy Committee

Dave Belcher

Jodi Belcher

Colin Miller

Courtney Reid-Eaton

Robin Swift

Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) Representative

Kate Reichert

Durham Congregations in Action (DCIA)
Board Member

Mary Morris