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The Reverend Carrie Cabush, Priest-in-Charge
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The Rev. Carrie Cabush enthusiastically accepted the call to be Priest-in-Charge at St. John's in December 2024. Carrie came to St. John's from Calvary Episcopal Church in Summit, NJ, where she served as Associate Rector and oversaw youth and outreach ministries. Prior to her ordination in 2021, she also interned at parishes in Seattle, WA, and Short Hills, NJ.

Carrie has a passion for facilitating engaging spiritual formation across the lifespan, building partnerships, empowering leaders, and coordinating social justice initiatives. Carrie currently serves on the Diocese of Newark's First Third of Life Commission and has a long history of actively engaging in local ministries and interfaith initiatives. Carrie also holds a clinical social work license and has experience providing trauma-informed therapy to children, teenagers, and adults.

Carrie is a native of Morristown, NJ. She majored in Psychology at Hamilton College and earned a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University. When she is not working, you are likely to find Carrie cooking new recipes, reading anything under the sun, playing board games, and hiking.

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Michelle Cook, Parish Administrator
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Michael Geiger, Bookkeeper
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Jeffery Blanford (they/them), Youth Ministry Coordinator
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Jeffery serves as the Youth Ministry Coordinator for the Ecumenical Youth Ministry Project, which is a partnership between St. John's, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Grace Presbyterian, and Glen Ridge Congregational. Jeffery is a Lutheran from Moorestown, NJ, and has spent the past 10 years participating and working in youth ministry. In their spare time they like to make art. Jeffery will be at St. John's on the fourth Sunday of the month.

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Dr. Martin Sędek, Director of Music
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Martin Sędek is a career choral conductor and keyboardist who was on the choral and theory faculties at Montclair State University for 10 years, and is currently director of music at a private boarding academy in New York. Additionally, Marty is the conductor of The Masterwork Chorus, famous for its annual Messiah performance in Carnegie Hall, and conducts his own professional chamber choir Vocala Ensemble.

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Angela Roy
Liz Pagano

Vestry

Bethany Martin
Russ Gallo
Kathryn Coleman
Mark Bess
Susan Ripoll
Anica Bowe

Other Lay Leaders

Joe Link, Our Web Administrator
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Tim Carpenter, Treasurer
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Lorita Jackson, Chief Sacristan

St. John's Episcopal Church
55 Montclair Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
973 746-2474

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