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Clergy and Staff

“We who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members of one another.” (Romans 12:5)

Every single member of the church is called to ministry—that is, to loving and serving God and our neighbors. Here are some of the people who help us do our ministry together as a congregation. At Incarnation our leadership is shared among lay and ordained leaders, some as staff and others as volunteers. You can also read about our vestry (that is, our lay leadership board).

Clergy and Staff

Stephen Shaver
Rector
Daphne Vernon
Director of Spiritual Formation
Pamela Moore
Deacon
Karin Dutra
Children's Ministry Leader
Mary Kennaugh
Parish Choir Director
Robert Young
Organist
Robin O'Brien
Children's Chapel Musician
Alison Cole
Parish Administrator
Eric Ramsey
Sexton
Gail Cafferata
Priest Associate
Jamie Knutsen
Priest Associate
Ellen Wondra
Priest Associate

Stephen Shaver

Rector

Stephen came to Incarnation as Rector in 2018 after eleven years of ordained ministry in California, Washington State, and Texas. Just before joining us, he completed a Ph.D. in liturgy at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He has served several parishes and also spent time as a hospital and hospice chaplain. He has also served for several years as a trainer at the College for Congregational Development, a training course for lay and clergy leaders in the church.

A "third culture kid," Stephen grew up in Korea, Pakistan, and Russia before coming back to the U.S. for college. He loves traveling, hiking, running, and cooking, and is an avid choral singer. In his life as a liturgical scholar, he is the author of Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence: Language, Cognition, and the Body and Blood of Christ and Eucharistic Sacrifice as a Contested Category: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach, as well as a number of journal articles.

Daphne Vernon

Director of Spiritual Formation

Pamela Moore

Deacon

Karin Dutra

Children's Ministry Leader

Karin, a graduate of Fuller Seminary, has led children’s worship for over 25 years through Godly Play classroom teaching, in-service children’s homilies, children’s music, and various enrichment programs such as Vacation Bible Camp.

Mary Kennaugh

Parish Choir Director

Robert Young

Organist

Robin O'Brien

Children's Chapel Musician

Robin, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, has been singing and composing musical prayer since 2005; facilitating worship, leading sung prayer and creating contemplative environments in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alison Cole

Parish Administrator

Eric Ramsey

Sexton

Gail Cafferata

Priest Associate

Jamie Knutsen

Priest Associate

Ellen Wondra

Priest Associate

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People decide to visit a church for lots of different reasons, often because they're at some sort of transition point in their lives. Maybe you're a longtime Episcopalian; maybe you have experience in another faith tradition; or maybe you've never been to a faith community at all.

Whoever you are, and wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you enrich us with your presence, and there's a place for you here.

Learn more about visiting Incarnation.

Incarnation is located at 550 Mendocino Avenue in downtown Santa Rosa, just south of the corner with Cherry Street.

Our church parking lot is located around the corner at 636 Cherry Street. The lot often fills up for our 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. services. Additional free church parking is available in the small gravel lot at the corner of Mendocino and Cherry, or in the city garage at 521 7th Street (free on Sundays), which is a two-minute walk from the church. Finally, street parking is also free on Sundays.

We're also located close to several bus lines, and we have a bike rack in the central courtyard.

Children aren't just the church's future—they're an essential part of our faith community right now. At Incarnation we strive to serve our kids' growing faith, and we know they have much to teach adults, too. Children are always welcome in worship: any age, any time.

Learn more about our children's ministries.

Episcopal worship follows an ancient pattern that dates to the earliest days of the Christian church. The first half of the Eucharist is the Liturgy of the Word the second half is the Liturgy of the Table, also called Holy Communion. If you've spent time in Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, or Eastern Orthodox churches, much of our liturgy will seem familiar. If you're unfamiliar with liturgical Christian worship, don't worry. You're welcome to participate as fully as is right for you, or to just relax into the liturgy and let the rest of the congregation carry you in worship.

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At Incarnation we encourage all our members and friends to prayerfully choose a percentage of their income to give toward causes that serve God's mission. We ask that part of that intentional giving be a pledge of financial support to the parish, both so our leadership can plan ahead in making a budget, and as a tangible commitment to what God is doing here at Incarnation. For more on the practice of proportional giving, see this FAQ.

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