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 The Rev. Peter W. Sipple Peter served first on an interim basis here 2000-2001 and was asked to return as rector in January, 2005. Prior to his recent move, he was interim rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, PA. Peter spent 30 years in the field of education, first as a teacher and administrator and later as headmaster — of the Oregon Episcopal School (from 1974-1982), Connecticut’s Salisbury School (1982-1988) and Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pa., for 10 years ending in 1998. A 1962 graduate of Yale, Peter earned a master of arts in teaching degree at Harvard, a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MA in New Testament Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley in 1969. The Cleveland native was ordained to the priesthood in 1974. In addition to his service in the priesthood and independent education, Peter has served as the director of development at Yale Divinity School and in the same role at Episcopal Community Services. His wife, Margaret, is the former canon for education and training for the diocese of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of two grown children. Peter and Margaret reside in this parish’s rectory.
The Rev. Judith Sullivan Judy Sullivan comes to us from Philadelphia Cathedral, where she served as Canon Residentiary with primary responsibility for the care and nurture of the Cathedral congregation. Ordained to the priesthood in 2004, she is a graduate of Wellesley College and of the General Seminary in New York City. Prior to her ordained ministry, Judy directed non-profit organizations primarily serving children in Philadelphia public schools and their families by providing a range of services and interventions. The Sponsor-A-Scholar program, which she replicated in 16 cities across the U.S., was recognized with a Point of Light Award by President Clinton. The organizations and programs which Judy has led have provided several hundred children and youth and their families living in poverty throughout Philadelphia with opportunity and hope. In addition to her ministry at Redeemer, she leads a spiritual and vocational formation group of seminarians at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Philadelphia Interfaith Center. Judy and her husband Gil Rosenthal live in Chestnut Hill. Gil is an architect, urban designer, and partner in the multidisciplinary firm of Wallace, Roberts, and Todd. They are the parents of two young adult daughters and a golden retriever.
The Rev. Peyton Craighill The Rev. Dr. Peyton G. Craighill was born in 1929 in the city of Nanchang in central China. His parents, the Rt. Rev. Lloyd Craighill and Marian Craighill, served the Episcopal Church as missionaries in China from 1915 to 1949. Peyton attended the Episcopal High School in Virginia1944-47, Yale BA ‘51, Virginia Theological Seminary BD ‘54, General Theological Seminary STM ‘65, and Princeton Theological Seminary PhD ‘73. During seminary and for three years after, Peyton served on the staff of the Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore. In 1957 he began a service of twenty-one years as an overseas missionary of the Episcopal Church, first for two years as Vicar of All Souls’ Church, Okinawa, and then for nineteen years in Taiwan, where he served as Vicar of St. John’s Church, Taipei, professor and Vice-President of Tainan Theological College, and Archdeacon of the Diocese of Taiwan. After his return to America in 1978, he served as Mission Research Associate at the Episcopal Church Center, New York, Assistant and Acting Dean, School of Theology, Sewanee, Tennessee, Assistant Chaplain and Instructor in Religious Studies at the Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, Director of the Diaconate Program, Diocese of Pennsylvania, and Coordinator of Criminal Justice Programs, Episcopal Community Services. After retirement, he served as Priest-in Charge, St. Michael’s, Yeadon, The English-language Congregation, St. James, Taichung, Taiwan, and St. Martin’s, Boothwyn. He has served as Senior Associate at the Church of the Redeemer since 2001. His wife, Mary, before retirement, served on the staff of the Redeemer and of St. Martin’s-in-the-Field, Chestnut Hill, and as Director, Ministry Resource Center, Diocese of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of two grown children, Cecily and Peyton. |
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