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Who We Are<\/h2>\n

St. Alban\u2019s Episcopal Church is an Anglican, traditional, and inclusive faith community.<\/p>\n

Our mission is to be a vibrant, \u00a0Christ-centered church, witnessing God\u2019s love for all people, through worship, education, stewardship, outreach and pastoral care.<\/p>\n

We believe that God calls us to live our lives as Christians, not just as individuals, but as a community \u2014 part of the larger body of Christ. We are called to witness God\u2019s love for people everywhere, nearby and afar.<\/p>\n

We believe God does not want us ever to be comfortable and complacent, but rather to be vibrant \u2026 \u201cvigorous, lively, and vital.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact Us & Get Directions<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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St. Alban\u2019s Vestry<\/h2>\n
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The St. Alban\u2019s Vestry are a dedicated group of elected volunteers who lead the parish and help to define, articulate, and sustain the St. Alban\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

The basic responsibilities of the vestry are to help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church\u2019s mission by word and deed, to select the rector, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage resources and finances.<\/p>\n

Learn More and Meet the Vestry<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Clergy & Staff<\/h2>\n

The Rev. Jeff Shankles<\/h4>\n

Email<\/a><\/p>\n

Father Jeff first joined St. Alban\u2019s in 2005 as Assistant Rector, and since September 2013 has served as Rector.<\/p>\n

Father Jeff has served at St. Alban\u2019s since 2005, first as Assistant Rector, then Associate Rector, followed by Priest-in-Charge and now, since September 2013, as Rector.<\/p>\n

Ordained ministry is Fr. Jeff\u2019s third career. He served in the US Army Intelligence and Security Command for eight years as a Russian linguist in West Germany in the 1980\u2019s. After leaving the Army he worked for the next fifteen years in the corporate world as an IT specialist, programmer, system administrator and data center manager.<\/p>\n

In 1998, Fr. Jeff was ordained to the permanent, or vocational, diaconate in his home parish of St. Stephen\u2019s, Boise, in the Diocese of Idaho. His diaconal ministry was focused on establishing and leading his church\u2019s participation at the local soup kitchen in Boise. After discerning a call to the priesthood, Fr. Jeff packed up his family and moved to northern Virginia in 2002 to attend Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. After graduation from seminary Fr. Jeff was called to serve at St. Alban\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Fr. Jeff and his wife, Kate, have two adult children: Audrey and William. In his spare time Fr. Jeff likes tending the grounds of the rectory which Kate likes to call the \u201cdeer\u2019s snack-bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rev. Paul Moberly<\/h4>\n

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Father Paul joined St. Alban\u2019s in 2017 as Assistant Rector and in 2018 became Associate Rector.<\/p>\n

Father Paul grew up in Minnesota surrounded by Lutherans and lakes. He was first introduced to the beauty and grandeur of the Anglican tradition as a ten-year-old, in Hawaii, when his dad taught a Bible course in an Episcopal Church. His favorite childhood author, Madeleine L\u2019Engle, was a devout Episcopalian, and as a teenager he read many of her religious-themed journals and memoirs. From an early age, he was drawn to the music and liturgy of the church.<\/p>\n

Fr. Paul is an alumnus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in 1997. And yes, he did sing in one of the choirs. He spent much of his twenties living in San Francisco, where he worked as a bartender and freelance copy editor. In his thirties, he exchanged the West Coast for the East, and lived in Vermont for half a decade.<\/p>\n

Fr. Paul\u2019s spiritual quest led him to St. Michael\u2019s Episcopal Church in 2009, in Brattleboro, VT, where he quickly joined the choir and began serving in various other lay ministries \u2014 and began to grow deeply in Christian faith and Anglican identity. It was at St. Michael\u2019s that he began to actively discern a call to ordained ministry.<\/p>\n

The Diocese of Vermont admitted him as a Postulant for Holy Orders in 2014, and Fr. Paul relocated soon thereafter to begin theological formation at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. He gained a great deal of liturgical knowledge and invaluable experience as a Seminarian at St. Paul\u2019s Church, K Street, in Washington, DC from 2015 through 2017. He received his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in May of 2017.<\/p>\n

Fr. Paul was ordained to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Vermont at St. Michael\\\u2019s Church, Brattleboro, Vermont on January 7, 2017. He was ordained as a Priest eight months later at St. Alban\u2019s Church, Annandale, Virginia, on September 8, 2018. The Right Reverend Thomas Ely, tenth Bishop of Vermont, conferred both ordinations by the laying-on-of-hands and presided at both liturgies.<\/p>\n

Paul and his husband, Gerardo, live in Annandale, Virginia. They were married at St. Paul\u2019s, K Street in Washington, DC, in Eastertide of 2017. Together, they enjoy cooking and (perhaps especially) baking, and travel whenever time and resources permit them to do so.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Theresa Lewallen<\/h4>\n

Email<\/a><\/p>\n

Deacon Theresa was first appointed to St. Alban\u2019s by the Bishop of Virginia after being ordained in 2016.<\/p>\n

Deacon Theresa began her time at St. Alban\u2019s in January 2015 while she was attending The Deacons\u2019 School of the Diocese of Southern Virginia and the Diocese of Virginia. After her ordination as a Vocational Deaconal, the bishop assigned Deacon Theresa to St. Alban\u2019s. Deacon Theresa works with members of the Outreach Committee to support St. Alban\u2019s partnership with Belvedere Elementary School which includes providing weekend food to students identified by the school as needing assistance. She also supports other ministries, including Sleepy Hollow Nursing Home, Samaritan Ministry, and the Caregivers\u2019 Group. Deacon Theresa serves as the chaplain for The Deacons\u2019 School and on the Diocesan Committee on the Diaconate and the Race and Reconciliation Committee.<\/p>\n

A Northern Virginian since 1983, Deacon Theresa was received into the Episcopal Church in 1987 and was an active lay leader at Grace Church, Alexandria. She\u00a0 is employed by the National Collaborative for Health Equity where she directs the day-to-day operations of a leadership program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her adult son and daughter-in-law live in Tampa, FL.<\/p>\n

Jinsun Cho<\/h4>\n

Jinsun\u2019s path led her from South Korea to prestigious universities around the world. She has served as St. Alban\u2019s organist since 2008.<\/p>\n

Jinsun was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, in a Christian family, her father serving as a Pastor. She began piano lessons at the age of four and became interested in organ during high school.<\/p>\n

She holds the Bachelor of Music Degree in Church Music and Organ from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. During her undergraduate program, she studied extensively in the North German organ school in the Netherlands, as well as organ construction in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

After receiving the Master of Music degree and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, she completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance at the Catholic University of America in Washington.<\/p>\n

Jinsun has won prizes in many prestigious competitions, including the Arthur Poister Organ Competition, the San Marino Organ Competition, and the Strader Organ Competition. She has served on the music faculties of Yonsei University and Mokwon University in South Korea, and the Catholic University of America and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Jinsun has been serving as an organist at St. Alban\u2019s since 2008. \u00a0She lives in Rockville, Maryland with her son, Joseph.<\/p>\n

Tammy Thomas
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Carlos Guzman
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Kim Tanner
\n<\/strong>Nursery<\/p>\n

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Sue Mairena
\n<\/strong>Treasurer<\/p>\n

Lawrence Civale
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Clark the Cat
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