The Rev. Garrett Yates
Rector
Garrett joined us as our Rector in 2019, just a few months before the Pandemic struck, so he quickly adapted worship to online and outdoor formats. Garrett previously served as the Assistant Rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated from Samford University with a degree in classics, and did his training for ministry at Pittsburgh Theological. Garrett cares deeply about spiritual formation, reconciliation, and empowering the people of God to dream big dreams about God’s activity in the world. He tries to make his answer “Yes… and” as much as possible.
Garrett lives in Lincoln with his wife Katie and young daughter Addie. He loves playing the guitar, board games, and golf, a good coffee, the novels of Walker Percy, and spending time with Katie and Addie.
garrett@stanneslincoln.org
781-259-8834 ext. 203
THE REV. JOSEPH KIMMEL
Curate
Our curate, the Rev. Joe Kimmel, is originally from Chicago, where he grew up in an evangelical church. After college, Joe moved to Lhasa, Tibet as an evangelical missionary. While studying at Tibet University, he met his wife Shoko who was researching her doctoral research on Tibetan Buddhism from her native Japan, where they were married in 2009. They moved together to the Chicago area in 2010, as Joe completed an M.A. in Clinical Psychology. Then, after moving to Cambridge in 2013, Joe earned an M.Div. at Harvard Divinity School, annd was ordained as an Episcopal priest in January 2023. Joe just completed his Ph.D. dissertation at Harvard in New Testament and Comparative Religion. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Boston College, teaching introductory courses to the Bible.
781-259-8834 ext. 207
Jay Lane
Director of Music
Jay Lane is a professional organist, choral director, and voice teacher. He has served many churches as music director before coming to St. Anne’s, including Church of the Good Shepherd in Acton and First Religious Society in Newburyport. An active choral conductor, Jay has released several CDs of polyphony with the Renaissance choir Vox Lucens.
As a voice teacher, Jay specializes in the revitalization of aging and damaged voices. He holds Master Teacher certification from the McClosky Institute of Voice, where he is on the teacher-training faculty, and where he has served as President, Vice-President, and Treasurer. Jay is also a faculty member locally at the Concord Conservatory of Music, where he teaches voice and leads a choir for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Jay holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Yale University.
jay@stanneslincoln.org
781-259-8834 ext. 206
Sarah Jennings
Director of Children’s Formation
Sarah joined St. Anne’s in the summer of 2006. After her then-preschoolers served as Christmas Pageant sheep that winter, she was encouraged to help shepherd the church’s children as a catechist. She completed the final of the three levels of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Formation Training in 2013.
Before joining the staff at St. Anne’s, Sarah taught English and History to 6th, 7th, and 9th grades in Los Angeles and Brookline, MA. She holds a B.A. in History from Connecticut College and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from The College of William & Mary with a Certificate in Museum Education. Sarah is a campus resident at Concord Academy and is involved in local civic and community outreach projects, and when not brainstorming new formation and fellowship projects for St. Anne’s families, she can be found walking area conservation trails with her favorite political podcasts or cuddling with her shelter kitty, Carlos.
sarah@stanneslincoln.org
781-259-8834 ext. 208
Jennie Cook
Parish Manager
Jennie joined St. Anne’s staff in January of 2015 as the Parish Administrator. Since then, her role has expanded to include management of the whole of St. Anne’s campus and overseeing parish communications. Jennie is the person to call if you would like to rent church space, have a change in your contact information, want to submit an article for the Weekly Email or Good News, would like to add a name for the Prayer List, or if you’ve lost a pair of glasses. When not at the church, Jennie spends most of her time playing hockey — which has taken her around the world — doing The New York Times crossword, running her little academic copyediting business, and starting all kinds of craft projects. She lives in Maynard with her husband Kelly and Shih-Tzu Ozzie Pawsbourne; her two children are both in college, leaving her plenty of time to finish those craft projects…
jennie@stanneslincoln.org
781-259-8834 ext. 201
Beth Thompson
Finance Manager
Beth Greene Thompson has no qualifications for the position she has filled as Finance Manager since 2014. By the grace of God, her degree in English Literature combined with decades of a patchwork of job experiences has sufficed. She operates a side gig as a daily money manager for seniors.
bookkeeper@stanneslincoln.org
781-259-8834 ext. 205
Paul Lamoreaux
Sexton
In additional to having worked for Whole Foods for the past 32 years, Paul acts as sexton for St. Anne’s, as well as with Trinity Concord and St. Elizabeth’s in Sudbury. He has a grown son, Christopher, and shares a home with his Chihuahua Teddy.