The Rev. Andrew Goldhor is our PRIEST-in-charge
I began serving at Good Shepherd in October 2020. I have lived in Watertown since 2014, and grew up in Belmont. I previously served for seven years at the Church of Our Redeemer, Lexington. I am married to the Rev. Jack Clark, who I met during our year in the Episcopal Service Corps, living and worshipping at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in West Harlem, New York. I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and received my Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York.
In my ministry I seek to bring passion for preaching the Good News of Jesus, pastoral care, and social justice. Some of my favorite assignments have involved working with youth and children in Lexington and through the diocesan Youth Leadership Academy, as well as in Chicago and New York, and I believe people of all ages have rich spiritual lives. I am also a life long baseball fan and animal lover.
Linda Lyster is our Organist & Choirmaster
Music came into my life at an early age, thanks to my grandmother, who started me on the piano. I really became “hooked” on the organ when I heard a recording of E. Power Biggs playing Bach on the large pipe organ at the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard. Music then became the focus of my academic training (Western Michigan University, Boston University, private study in France), and resulted in a long-term appointment as organist and choir director at a Methodist church in Somerville.
Now that I’m at Good Shepherd, I have the good fortune to be making music for the glory of God on a weekly basis in partnership with Rev. Andrew and with many talented and welcoming people who comprise a very special worship community.
Parish Leadership
Our Wardens and Vestry
What is a Warden?
The word warden comes from the middle-English word “wardein” which means to “guard”. The wardens are the elected lay-guardians of the parish. There are two wardens at Good Shepherd and this is generally the case in most Episcopal congregations.
Sandy Lampert, Co-Warden
Connie Holmes, Co-Warden
What is a Treasurer?
Basically, a treasurer makes sure our bills get paid and that we are mindful of God's purpose for the money that we receive, advising the wardens and the vestry on our finances.
James Donna, Treasurer
Ella Friedman Assistant Treasurer
What is the clerk?
The clerk is our record keeper of all discussions and decisions that the wardens and vestry make.
Patricia Ahern, Clerk of the Vestry
What is a vestry?
Democratic structures are an important part of governance in the Episcopal Church--including vestries. A vestry is a group of lay people elected by the parish to work with the rector to oversee the temporal health of their congregation. A new group of vestry members is elected at each Annual Congregational Meeting early in the calendar year, and all communicants at the Church of the Good Shepherd are eligible to vote. CGS is blessed with an active, working vestry made up of dedicated parishioners who give generously of their time and talent. Our vestry includes people with a variety of skills and backgrounds, ages, and length of time as parishioners at CGS Some are lifelong Episcopalians. Others are relatively new to the Episcopal Church.
Vestry Members:
Susan Brown
Connie Holmes
Susan Isaacs
Elizabeth Zwick
Melanie Sullivan
Delegates to Diocesan Convention (These folks represent CGS at the annual convention)
Stephen Steadman
Elizabeth Zwick