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 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. 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.Stephen Shaver
Rector
Daphne Vernon
Director of Spiritual Formation
Pamela Moore
Deacon
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
