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The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Directory September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Directory September 2013 37 Chestnut Street Springfield, Massachusetts 01103-1787 Phone: 413 737-4786 FAX: 413 746-9873 In MA 800 332-8513 Web: www.diocesewma.org Email: [email protected] September 2013 Bishops of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts 1902 - 1911 Alexander Hamilton Vinton 1911 - 1936 Thomas Frederick Davies 1937 - 1957 William Appleton Lawrence 1957 - 1970 Robert McConnell Hatch 1970 - 1984 Alexander Doig Stewart 1984 - 1992 Andrew Frederick Wissemann 1993 - 1995 Robert Scott Denig 1996 - 2012 Gordon Paul Scruton 2012 Douglas John Fisher September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Page 2 of 40 Deaneries, Deans Central and West Worcester Franklin-Hampshire The Rev. Warren Hicks The Rev. Tanya Wallace Auburn St. Thomas' Church Amherst Grace Episcopal Church Holden St. Francis' Church Ashfield St. John's Church North Brookfield Christ Memorial Church Easthampton St. Philip's Church Oxford Grace Church Greenfield St. James' Church Rochdale Christ Church Northampton St. John's Church Shrewsbury Trinity Church Shelburne Falls Trinity Church Southbridge Holy Trinity Church South Hadley All Saints' Church Webster Church of the Reconciliation Turners Falls St. Andrew's Church Worcester St. Michael's-on-the-Heights Ware Trinity Church Worcester All Saints Church Hampden Worcester St. Luke's Church The Rev. Barbara Thrall Worcester St. Mark's Church Agawam St. David's Church Worcester St. Matthew's Church Chicopee St. Christopher's Church Chicopee Grace Church East and South Worcester East Longmeadow St. Mark's Church The Rev. Will Bergmann Holyoke St. Paul's Church Clinton Good Shepherd Longmeadow St. Andrew's Church Milford Trinity Church Southwick Southwick Community Episcopal Chur Millville St. John's Church Springfield St. Peter's Church North Grafton St. Andrew's Church Springfield Christ Church Cathedral Northborough Church of the Nativity Springfield St. Luke's Church Sutton St. John's Church Springfield St. Barnabas' and All Saints' Westborough St. Stephen's Church Thorndike St. Mary's Church Whitinsville Trinity Church West Springfield Good Shepherd North Worcester Westfield Church of the Atonement Wilbraham Church of the Epiphany Athol St. John's Church North Berkshire Fitchburg Christ Church The Rev. Anne Ryder Gardner St. Paul's Church Dalton Grace Church Leominster St. Mark's Church Lanesboro St. Luke's Church North Adams All Saints' Church of the Berkshires North Adams St. Andrew's Chapel Pittsfield St. Martin's Church Pittsfield St. Stephen's Church Williamstown St. John's Church South Berkshire The Rev. Anne Ryder Great Barrington Grace Church in the Southern Berkshir Lenox St. Helena's Chapel Lenox Trinity Church Otis St. Paul's Chapel Sheffield Christ Episcopal and Trinity Lutheran Stockbridge St. Paul's Church September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Page 8 of 40 Congregations and Ministries All Saints' Church - SOUTH HADLEY p: (413) 532-8917 f: (413) 532-8918 All Saints Church - WORCESTER p: (508) 752-3766 f: (508) 752-0665 All Saints' Church of the Berkshires - NORTH ADAMS p: (413) 664-9656 f: (413) 662-3536 Christ Church - FITCHBURG p: (978) 342-0007 f: (978) 342-7879 Christ Church - ROCHDALE p: (508) 892-8460 f: Christ Church Cathedral - SPRINGFIELD p: (413) 736-2742 f: Christ Episcopal and Trinity Lutheran - SHEFFIELD p: (413) 229-8811 f: (413) 229-2482 Christ Memorial Church - NORTH BROOKFIELD p: (508) 867-2789 f: Church of the Atonement - WESTFIELD p: (413) 562-5461 f: (413) 572-4903 Church of the Epiphany - WILBRAHAM p: (413) 596-6080 f: (413) 596-3345 Church of the Nativity - NORTHBOROUGH p: (508) 393-3146 f: (508) 393-0702 Church of the Reconciliation - WEBSTER p: (508) 943-8714 f: Good Shepherd - CLINTON p: (978) 365-5169 f: Good Shepherd - WEST SPRINGFIELD p: (413) 734-1976 f: Grace Church - CHICOPEE p: (413) 594-4017 f: Grace Church - DALTON p: (413) 684-0016 f: (413) 684-0016 Grace Church - OXFORD p: (508) 987-1004 f: Grace Church in the Southern Berkshires - GREAT BARRIN p: (413) 644-0022 f: Grace Episcopal Church - AMHERST p: (413) 256-6754 f: (413) 256-3518 Holy Trinity Church - SOUTHBRIDGE p: (508) 765-9559 f: (508) 765-9559 Southwick Community Episcopal Church - SOUTHWICK p: (413) 569-9650 f: (413) 569-9356 St. Andrew's Chapel - NORTH ADAMS p: (413) 662-2775 f: St. Andrew's Church - LONGMEADOW p: (413) 567-5901 f: (413) 567-5146 St. Andrew's Church - NORTH GRAFTON p: (508) 839-3453 f: St. Andrew's Church - TURNERS FALLS p: (413) 863-4602 f: St. Barnabas' and All Saints' - SPRINGFIELD p: (413) 732-2981 f: St. Christopher's Church - CHICOPEE p: (413) 533-7872 f: St. David's Church - AGAWAM p: (413) 786-6133 f: (413) 786-4842 St. Francis' Church - HOLDEN p: (508) 829-3344 f: (508) 829-6211 St. Helena's Chapel - LENOX p: (413) 637-1483 f: St. James' Church - GREENFIELD p: (413) 773-3925 f: (413) 773-1657 St. John's Church - ASHFIELD p: (413) 628-4402 f: (413) 628-4402 St. John's Church - ATHOL p: (978) 249-9553 f: St. John's Church - MILLVILLE p: (508) 883-4480 f: St. John's Church - NORTHAMPTON p: (413) 584-1757 f: St. John's Church - SUTTON p: (508) 865-3103 f: (508) 865-6448 St. John's Church - WILLIAMSTOWN p: (413) 458-8144 f: (413) 458-5650 St. Luke's Church - LANESBORO p: (413) 443-0165 f: St. Luke's Church - SPRINGFIELD p: (413) 734-8388 f: St. Luke's Church - WORCESTER p: (508) 756-1990 f: (508) 756-8277 St. Mark's Church - EAST LONGMEADOW p: (413) 525-6341 f: (413) 525-6342 St. Mark's Church - LEOMINSTER p: (978) 537-3560 f: (978) 537-3560 St. Mark's Church - WORCESTER p: (508) 791-6027 f: St. Martin's Church - PITTSFIELD p: (413) 442-8018 f: St. Mary's Church - THORNDIKE p: (413) 283-3501 f: St. Matthew's Church - WORCESTER p: (508) 755-4433 f: (508) 755-8319 September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Page 26 of 40 Congregations and Ministries continued St. Michael's-on-the-Heights - WORCESTER p: (508) 853-9400 f: St. Paul's Chapel - OTIS p: f: St. Paul's Church - GARDNER p: (978) 632-0925 f: (978) 632-9935 St. Paul's Church - HOLYOKE p: (413) 532-5060 f: St. Paul's Church - STOCKBRIDGE p: (413) 298-4913 f: (413) 298-0006 St. Peter's Church - SPRINGFIELD p: (413) 736-8567 f: (413) 736-5944 St. Philip's Church - EASTHAMPTON p: (413) 527-0862 f: St. Stephen's Church - PITTSFIELD p: (413) 448-8276 f: (413) 442-5374 St. Stephen's Church - WESTBOROUGH p: (508) 366-4134 f: (508) 616-0820 St. Thomas' Church - AUBURN p: (508) 832-2598 f: Trinity Church - LENOX p: (413) 637-0073 f: Trinity Church - MILFORD p: (508) 473-8464 f: (508) 473-8464 Trinity Church - SHELBURNE FALLS p: (413) 625-2341 f: Trinity Church - SHREWSBURY p: (508) 842-6040 f: (508) 842-6730 Trinity Church - WARE p: (413) 967-6100 f: (413) 967-6100 Trinity Church - WHITINSVILLE p: (508) 234-5303 f: (508) 234-5202 September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Page 27 of 40 Congregations and Ministries AGAWAM-St. David's Church 699 Springfield St Feeding Hills, MA 01030-2134 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 786-6133 Harvey Hill - Priest-in-Charge Worship f: (413) 786-4842 Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall AMHERST-Grace Episcopal Church 14 Boltwood Ave Amherst, MA 01002-2301 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 256-6754 Thomas N. Synan - Rector Worship f: (413) 256-3518 Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Priest Associate Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall Hilary Bogert-Winkler - Priest Associate Susan E. Schaeffer - Priest Associate ASHFIELD-St. John's Church PO Box 253, Main & South Streets Ashfield, MA 01330-0253 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 628-4402 Eliot Moss - Vicar Worship f: (413) 628-4402 Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall ATHOL-St. John's Church 15 Park Ave Athol, MA 01331-2515 Accessible: Parking p: (978) 249-9553 William B. Hobbs - Rector Worship f: Bathroom Parish Hall AUBURN-St. Thomas' Church 35 School St Auburn, MA 01501-2918 Accessible: Parking p: (508) 832-2598 David M. Hall - Rector Worship f: Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall CHICOPEE-Grace Church 156 Springfield St Chicopee, MA 01013-2637 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 594-4017 Donna J. Larson - Rector Worship f: Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall CHICOPEE-St. Christopher's Church 27 Streiber Dr Chicopee, MA 01020-3055 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 533-7872 Scott H. Seabury - Rector Worship f: Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall CLINTON-Good Shepherd 209 Union St Clinton, MA 01510-2903 Accessible: Parking p: (978) 365-5169 William C. Bergmann - Rector Worship f: Donna W. Kingman - Deacon Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall September 2013 The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts Page 28 of 40 Congregations and Ministries continued DALTON-Grace Church 791 Main St Dalton, MA 01226-2201 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 684-0016 Daina K. Salnitis - Pastor Worship f: (413) 684-0016 Bathroom Parish Hall EAST LONGMEADOW-St. Mark's 1 Porter Rd Church East Longmeadow, MA 01028-1348 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 525-6341 Peter Swarr - Rector Worship f: (413) 525-6342 Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall EASTHAMPTON-St. Philip's Church 128 Main St Easthampton, MA 01027-2023 Accessible: Parking p: (413) 527-0862 Jill E. Rierdan - Rector Worship f: Bathroom [email protected] Parish Hall FITCHBURG-Christ Church 569 Main St Fitchburg, MA 01420-8057 Accessible: Parking p: (978) 342-0007 Bennett G. Jones II - Rector Worship f: (978) 342-7879 Carolyn G. Jones - Associate Rector Bathroom administrator@christchurchfitchb Parish Hall GARDNER-St. Paul's Church 79 Cross St Gardner, MA 01440-2214 Accessible: Parking p: (978) 632-0925 William B.
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