Staff

Carl appreciates gathering on Zoom and preaching with the Beloved Community of Christ Church Presbyterian twice a month. Carl and his spouse reside in Kingston, Washington where Carl works as a therapist at Samaritan Center of Puget Sound, working with people at the intersection of their spirituality and mental health. Carl is a husband and father of three adult children, learning to live in an empty nest. He is a minister-member of the Seattle Presbytery. In the Pacific Northwest, Carl enjoys wandering gravel trails on two wheels, paddling a canoe around Puget Sound inlets, and treading miles of trails to explore the wonder of God’s creation.

Reverend Jessica Moore, an ordained United Church of Christ minister, is also the pastor of First Congregational Church of St. Albans. Previously, she served with Grace-Street Ministry in Portland, ME, which tends to homeless and marginalized people. She has a Masters from the Bangor Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. During her time in Maine as the Christian Educational Coordinator at the State Street Church in Portland, Jessica participated in the revitalization of the children’s faith formation program growing the program in numbers as well as in diversity. Jessica enjoys gathering with our Beloved Community in person twice a month and leading our hybrid services at our space in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Kristabeth is grateful to be connected to the CCP community, first as part of the Sunday preaching team and now as the Pastoral Care and Special Services Leader. A former pastor in the United Methodist Church, today Kristabeth shares her gifts as a spiritual director and celebrant through her business, Rites of Passage. She likes to call herself a pastor for people who don’t do church though her work does include people both within and outside the church walls. She lives in Burlington, Vermont with her husband and two crazy dogs.