Who we are
Trinity is an inclusive and diverse church. The east coast, south and mid-west have all blessed us with members who have found a home in the founding Episcopal church of the west coast. We are an Oasis Congregation committed to the dignity, rights and responsibilities of all. We are called to social justice, political conscience and pastoral concern.
We welcome all - ALL - people to our church and to our Eucharist table. No one who wishes to take communion is ever turned away. It is spoken from the pulpit that ALL people are included in God's Love.
The Vestry and Officers of Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity, as with most Episcopal Churches, is governed by a body of lay people elected annually by the congregation. This body is responsible for overseeing the financial, spiritual, and social health of the congregation as examples of Christian stewardship and ministry.
Cliff Albergotti, Senior Warden
Murrey Nelson, Junior Warden
Herb Kirschner, Vestry Member
Sandy Kameron, Vestry Member
Ann Simms, Vestry Member
Michael Patterson, Vestry Member
Bill Rolls, Vestry Member
Alan Nicholson, Vestry Member
Steve Roger, Treasurer
Lois Webb, Secretary
Staff
The Right Reverend Otis Charles, DD, STD
8th Bishop of Utah
Interim Rector
rector@sftrinity.org
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Originally from New Jersey, The Right Reverend Otis Charles was ordained in 1951 and elected Bishop of Utah in 1971. Charles served in that capacity until 1986 and in 1985 became Dean and President of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1997, the Otis Charles Chair of Applied Theology was established by the Episcopal Divinity School, with an initial gift of $ 1.3 million, the largest single gift in the School's history.
Upon his retirement in 1993, Charles publicly announced his homosexuality, becoming the first openly gay bishop of any Christian denomination. Since that time, he has continued as an active and voting member of the Episcopal House of Bishops. In 1995, Charles co-founder and first Director of Oasis/California – the Bay Area Episcopal Lesbian and Gay ministry.
A resident of San Francisco since 1993, Charles resides with his partner, Felipe Sanchez Paris. Together, in 2005, they made the 400-mile Pilgrimage across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostella. Bishop Charles is currently working on his memoirs and editing a collection of personal reflections on the contribution of entheogens as an opening to mystical experience. |
Br. Karekin M Yarian, BSG
Parish Administrator/Wedding Coordinator
admin@sftrinity.org
Br. Karekin is a social and political activist located in San Francisco and is the Minister Provincial for Province 8 for the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. He provides Spiritual Direction and has been involved for several years in ministry to homeless youth.
He works on the Board of Directors of the Recycled AIDS Medicine Program, is a member of Cross Left, a clearinghouse for news and networking for progressive people of faith, and is a Circuit Rider for the Social Redemption. In addition, Karekin develops liturgical software for the Episcopal Church. He started as the new Parish Administrator at Trinity this year. |
Robert Gurney
Organist/Choir Master
rgurney@sflc.org
In addition to being Organist and Choirmaster at San Francisco's Trinity Episcopal Church, Robert is also Organist at Marin County's Temple Rodef Sholom, and one of the Museum Organists at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, as well as the Founder and Director of San Francisco's acclaimed Lyric Chorus. |
The Rev. Jan Cazden
Deacon
jscazden@gmail.com
Jan Cazden was ordained a Deacon in December, 1991. In addition to serving as the Deacon at Trinity Church, Jan is employed full time as Manager of Spiritual Care Services for California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). She has been a hospital chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital since 1997, and as of January this year St. Luke's is now the fourth campus of CPMC in San Francisco. |
The Rev. Canon David R. Forbes
Associate Clergy |
The Rev. Elizabeth Newnam
Associate Volunteer Clergy
enewnam@sbcglobal.net
Elizabeth Newnam was born in Texas and spent much of her life there. She taught music in college for 16 years before going to seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She was Vicar of St. George's Church in Canyon, Texas, the Episcopal Campus Minister at West Texas A&M University and part of the United Campus Ministry Team for 6 years.
In the Diocese of Northwest Texas, she was Dean of the Panhandle Deanery, Chair of the Spiritual Development Committee and a member of the Executive Council. Currently she is a full-time Social Services Coordinator at Rose Resnick LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. |
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The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Katharine Jefferts Schori, previously Bishop of Nevada, is the twenty- sixth Presiding Bishop. She is chief pastor to the Episcopal Church's 2.4 million members in 16 countries and 110 dioceses, ecumenical officer, and primate, joining leaders of the other 38 Anglican Provinces in consultation for global good and reconciliation. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006 and invested at Washington National Cathedral on November 4, 2006.
The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus
The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. He was elected after three ballots in a special convention at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on May 6, 2006, and was invested as Bishop of California on July 22, 2006. Prior to his election as Bishop of California, Andrus served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. |
