Sunday Worship
8:00 am Contemporary Worship in the Upper Farnham Hall
10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Sanctuary
7:00 pm Taizé Service
Weekday Services
Tuesdays, 7:00 am, Eucharist for Peace & Justice
Thursdays, 10:30 am, Eucharist at Memorial Apartments
Martha was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, where she sang faithfully in the junior choir at Christ Church. After receiving an A.B. degree from Davidson College, she went on to earn a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School. After several years as a tax attorney worshipping at St. Paul’s, Alexandria, she discerned a call to the ordained priesthood. Martha graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1995 and was the assistant rector at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, until 1997, when she was called to be priest in charge of St. Frances Anglican Church in Walkerville, South Africa. Martha, her husband Bryan Kelleher, and their children Jack and Anna moved back to the States in August 2000 to minister to the Memorial community.
Marilynn Cornejo Wiseman has served Memorial Church for over 20 years as parish administrator. Marilynn is Memorial's command central who sets up and copies the Sunday bulletins, manages the permit process for the Festival, answers the door and the phone, knows how to contact Martha+, and much, much more. If you don't know who to call for an answer, Marilynn is the first place to start.
Sharon has served the Samaritan Community as its program director for 25 years. Her office is in the undercroft with the rest of the Memorial staff offices. Sharon attended MICA and is a talented artist. She also is a master cook. If you want to know how to get involved with the Samaritan Community, Sharon is the best resource.
Paul Seaton is a native of Chattanooga, TN, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and a Vietnam Veteran who applied for a volunteer position at Memorial in 2007 after retiring from a 33 year career in the field of international health. Paul has worked in several African countries and developed a successful international health fellowship program at Johns Hopkins which he directed for 20 years. Paul re-joined organized religion in 1993 after his first visit to Memorial and has served our community in many ways since then.
Becky is a native Baltimorean and a cradle Episcopalian. She came to Memorial more than 30 years ago after about 10 years of church-free living, and immediately felt at home. Since then she has been involved in almost everything at least once—acolytes, parish dinners, rummage sales, stewardship, food pickup from the Giant, vestry and a host of committees. Her real call is to the Altar Guild. Her recent retirement from The Johns University School of Public Health, where she was a data analyst for 38 years, gives her even more time to be at Memorial and help in whatever capacity, particularly with worship.
Stacey McGhee is serving on the staff at Memorial as the Missioner for Christian Formation for Children and Youth for the 2009-2010 program year. Stacey has a wealth of experience in Sunday School and Youth activities. She was active as a youth group member in high school and college. At Memorial, she has taught Sunday School and currently is one of the Youth Group leaders of Supper and Stuff along with Cory Wilchek. Stacy will serve as a resource person on Sunday mornings for our Sunday School as well as point person for communication for our young peoples’ programs. Stacey will provide children, youth and parent pages for quick references for events as well as opportunities to chat on issues and news. She will also send out a weekly e-mail. Stacey is studying for her teaching certificate as well as doing freelance graphic consulting. E-mail her at youthmissioner@memorialepiscopal.org