church staff
Pastor
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Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd was born in Connecticut, and has lived most of her life in New England. Graduate school in biology & ecology took her west for several years, to Alaska and then Arizona, after which she returned to New England to teach at Middlebury College in Vermont. She was a professor of biology at Middlebury from 1996 until 2020 and served as the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2012 through June, 2019. In her work as an ecologist, Andi studied the effects of climate change on forests in Alaska and Siberia and taught classes on plant ecology, evolution, and climate change. She is the co-author of the book Letters from the Ecotone: Ecology, Theology, and Climate Change.
Andi left Middlebury College in June of 2019 to pursue a call to ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ. She graduated from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School in May of 2022, and on June 5, 2022 was ordained to ministry in the United Church of Christ. She began serving as TCP's settled pastor on July 5, 2022 - and is overjoyed to call Castine home! You can read more about Andi's work as a scientist - and access the text of her sermons - on her website, www.andilloyd.com.
Contact information:
[email protected]
(207) 326-9486
Andi left Middlebury College in June of 2019 to pursue a call to ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ. She graduated from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School in May of 2022, and on June 5, 2022 was ordained to ministry in the United Church of Christ. She began serving as TCP's settled pastor on July 5, 2022 - and is overjoyed to call Castine home! You can read more about Andi's work as a scientist - and access the text of her sermons - on her website, www.andilloyd.com.
Contact information:
[email protected]
(207) 326-9486
Church Administrator
Debbie Morehouse is a native Mainer, born in the County, she spent most of her youth in Rockland. Debbie brings a wide range of work experience to TCP, including banking, school administration, museum administration, and even cook on a Maine Windjammer.
She enjoys the variety involved in the Administrator’s job, from bookkeeping to more creative endeavors such as the weekly News & Notes e-newsletter.
Debbie and her husband Jess live in Orland with their lovable golden-doodle Cooper. In her spare time, she is apt to be knee-deep in a genealogical or history project.
Contact information:
[email protected]
(207) 326-9486
She enjoys the variety involved in the Administrator’s job, from bookkeeping to more creative endeavors such as the weekly News & Notes e-newsletter.
Debbie and her husband Jess live in Orland with their lovable golden-doodle Cooper. In her spare time, she is apt to be knee-deep in a genealogical or history project.
Contact information:
[email protected]
(207) 326-9486
Music Director
Heather Emanuelson joined TCP as Music Director on February 5, 2023. Ms. Emanuelson received her Bachelor of Music Education from North Central College in Naperville. She had the experience of playing with an elite group of musicians performing with the Naperville Chorus and was chosen to perform with the orchestra for North Central College operas and musicals. Her piano studies have been with Sue Malmberg, Dr. Sandra Carey, and most recently Ann August-Waldron.
For the last 25 years, she has maintained a private studio in Plainfield, IL and Penobscot, ME. Within that studio she teaches all instruments, at all skill levels. Ms. Emanuelson has also served as faculty at North Central College in the Piano Academy in Naperville, and she has taught in school districts in both Illinois and Maine, sharing her love of music with students Pre-K through 8. She has been the Music Director at churches in Maine and Illinois, enjoying the opportunity to serve with others.
She performed on flute with the Chicagoland Pops Symphony Orchestra and as keyboardist and flutist for the Magical Starlight Theatre’s Musical Productions, and she continues to maintain a freelance schedule performing with local ensembles.
Currently Ms. Emanuelson plays flute for various musicals at The Grand. She also enjoys playing with The Castine Town Band and smaller ensembles within that group.
Contact Information:
[email protected]
For the last 25 years, she has maintained a private studio in Plainfield, IL and Penobscot, ME. Within that studio she teaches all instruments, at all skill levels. Ms. Emanuelson has also served as faculty at North Central College in the Piano Academy in Naperville, and she has taught in school districts in both Illinois and Maine, sharing her love of music with students Pre-K through 8. She has been the Music Director at churches in Maine and Illinois, enjoying the opportunity to serve with others.
She performed on flute with the Chicagoland Pops Symphony Orchestra and as keyboardist and flutist for the Magical Starlight Theatre’s Musical Productions, and she continues to maintain a freelance schedule performing with local ensembles.
Currently Ms. Emanuelson plays flute for various musicals at The Grand. She also enjoys playing with The Castine Town Band and smaller ensembles within that group.
Contact Information:
[email protected]