St. John's Episcopal Church, Ashfield

Ministry Team

We have a team ministry at St. John’s.

For nearly a decade St. John’s has enjoyed a vibrant team ministry. The co-wardens and vestry team are the legal and pastoral leaders of the community. As a mission church we enjoy a special relationship with our bishop, The Rt. Rev. Miguelina Howell who assigns a vicar based on the recommendation of the vestry. The vicar is a member of the vestry and has particular areas of concern: liturgy, pastoral care, ongoing formation and the administration of the sacraments.

Reverend Dr. Harvey Hill
Jenny Burke, Program Administrator
Jenny Burke, Program Administrator
Julie Meservey, Director SJMS
Julie Meservey, Director SJMS
John Wickline, Sexton
John Wickline, Sexton
Amy Murray, Financial Administrator
Amy Murray, Financial Administrator
Lis Henry, Parish Administrator
Lis Henry, Parish Administrator
  • Vicar: Reverend Dr. Harvey Hill
  • Co-Senior Wardens: Sue Craft – susananncraft[at]gmail.com and Andy Wickline – andyatstjohns(at)sudomail.com
  • Junior Warden:  Maddy Roberts
  • Clerk: Darlene Monds
  • Treasurer: Raven Harris
  • Assistant Treasurer: Jody Hall
  • Vestry Members: Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Susan Todd, Jane Wagener
  • Organist: Emmet Chilton-Sugerman
  • Madrigal Singers Director: Julie Meservey
  • Prayer Shawl Ministry: Kristen Wickline
  • Licensed Lay Preacher: Raven Harris, Andrew Wickline
  • Licensed Worship Leaders: Sue Craft, Maddy Roberts, Andrew Wickline, Kristen Wickline
  • Parish Administrator: Lis Henry – stjohnsashfield[at]gmail.com
  • Financial Administrator: Amy Murray – stjohnsfinances253[at]gmail.com
  • Sexton: John Wickline
  • Outreach Coordinator: Jenny Burke

Staff

Lis Henry, Parish Administrator, lives in Ashfield with her family on their farm. She has an extensive background in design and graphics. Her daughter, Maddy, is our Junior Warden.

Amy Murray, our financial administrator,  lives and works at Red Gate Farm.   She also works for a plant nursery specializing in woodland wildflowers.  She enjoys dancing with the local Hilltown Folk Rock Dance group, gardening, and spending time outside with her two children.

John Wickline, our sexton, cares for our beautiful 19th century church and The Corner House, across the street.

Jenny Burke, our outreach coordinator, brings boundless energy and valuable experience to our Love in a Backpack program.

Julie Meservey, our choir director, leads the St. John’s Madrigal Singers with patience and skill.

Emmet Chilton-Sugerman, our organist, grew up in Pelham before moving to Binghamton, NY. He attended Vassar College with a major in music, and minors in English (prosody) and philosophy (art and aesthetics). He returned to the valley for a Master of Music in piano performance at UMass, where he just completed his first year. Just this spring he won the music department’s Bernstein prize for musicological research for his complete critical edition (transcription to modern music notation, translation into English, and commentary) of madrigals by a long-forgotten 16th-century Italian composer. Outside of music, he enjoys hikes, biking to Look Park, and journaling.