Rector

sking@stpaulskcmo.org

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Fr. Steven grew up in Lawrence, KS, where he lived until 2010. He and his family found the Episcopal church there, and Steven was baptized (in his elementary school’s cafeteria!) at an Episcopal church plant meeting. Before seminary, Steven served in the Episcopal Service Corps in New Haven, CT, where he worked in a family homeless shelter and social service organization. He attended Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA, graduating in 2014. Ordained a priest since January 2015, Steven began his ministry as the thirteenth rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Day School in September 2021. Steven and his spouse, Ellen, have one son. He loves to cook and read, thinks he is an OK golfer and enjoys spending down time with his family and friends doing anything at all.

Assistant Rector and Chaplain

bsavage@stpaulskcmo.org

(816) 931-2850 x184

Brittany Sparrow Savage grew up in North Carolina. She is the “youngest” of her triple siblings. The three of them went to college in Nashville, Tennessee, to Trevecca Nazarene University, where Brittany majored in Religion and minored in pastoral ministry. Trevecca is where she met Cameron, and after they graduated in 2015, they married and moved to Kansas City so that Brittany could attend Nazarene Theological Seminary. Throughout their time at NTS, Cameron, and Brittany discerned that the Episcopal Church would be their new spiritual home, and they started attending St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church. St. Augustine Episcopal Church nurtured Brittany and Cameron through confirmation, Brittany’s Anglican year at Bishop Kemper School of Ministry, and her first position at an Episcopal church as the Children’s coordinator at Grace and Holy Trinity. Brittany is so excited to have found her way to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as the Assistant to the Rector and Chaplain of St. Paul’s Day School. Brittany and Cameron enjoy going for long urban hikes around the city, spending time with their chosen family, and doting on their pet rabbits, Ms. Bun-Bun and Simba.

Music Director

musicprogram.stpauls@gmail.com

Sam, the son of a preacher, grew up and has lived in many areas around the country, including California, Indiana, Kentucky and Nebraska, before landing in Kansas City, Missouri in 2007. He has been the choirmaster at St. Paul's since 2011 and the director of music since 2013. He is passionate in his vocations as a music educator and in the pursuit of finding beauty and spirituality through the performance of great music. He lives in Union Hill, Kansas City, with his beautiful wife and soprano, Sarah Tannehill Anderson.

Parish Administrator

stpauls@stpaulskcmo.org

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Nicole grew up in a suburb of Kansas City, found St. Paul’s just before her 28th birthday (don’t ask how many years ago that was…), and has been singing in the choir ever since. She was hired as the Parish Administrator in September of 2011. Nicole married Tony Lux in 2018 and is stepmom to Mallory and Wyatt. She feels fortunate to work among and around friends and “family” who put up with her love of dogs and musical theatre.

Organist

kurt@kurtknecht.com

Kurt is interested in contemplative spirituality, Christian mysticism, and interfaith-dialogue. He began serving as organist at St. Paul's in the summer of 2016. His primary ministry involves providing organ music for the services by playing masterworks, improvising, accompanying the choir, and playing hymns. Kurt also works as a composer and for his company MusicSpoke, an online platform for composers.

Receptionist

jtarama@stpaulskcmo.org

(816) 931-2850 x112

Janice is married to Wennekota and has one beautiful girl, Chloe. Janice is St. Paul’s part-time receptionist and is responsible for being a friendly voice on the other end of the line, as well as having a welcoming smile for visitors. Her hope is that people can see Jesus through her in her interactions with everyone who walks through the door or calls. Janice loves marine wildlife and would have loved to study marine biology but now enjoys watching her daughter grow and have her own dreams.

Communications Director

jkeckley@stpaulskcmo.org

JW leads a double life as both a communications director and an opera singer. You’ll see him in the St. Paul’s Adult Choir and working on our social media. He is a passionate cyclist, leathercrafter, cook, baker, and composer. He is married to Sophia Hahn and lives in Waldo with his cat, Taako.

Senior Warden

Junior Warden

Treasurer

Clerk