The Rev. Dr. Won-Jae Hur (he/him) became Rector of St. Paul’s in 2024. He was ordained as a priest in 2000 by our very own Bishop Barbara Harris on behalf of his then-home Diocese of Ohio. Since then he has served as interim priest, priest-in-charge, area missioner, young people’s ministry coordinator, and assisting priest in parishes in Los Angeles, Seoul, San Francisco, Boston, and (most recently) Cincinnati, Ohio.

After several years of parish ministry, he wanted to  explore connections between Christian contemplative spirituality and Buddhism, and completed a PhD program in Comparative Theology at Boston College. He has taught courses, published articles, and presented extensively on Buddhist-Christian comparative theology, interreligious dialogue, and theology of the body while working at the College of the Holy Cross, Boston College, and Xavier University. 

The Rev. Dr. Elise Feyerherm (she/her) came to St. Paul's in November 2017. She was ordained priest in 2010 in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, but she sensed a call to ministry more than 30 years ago. She received her Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1986, but decided at that time not to pursue ordination. Instead, she taught religion at the Moses Brown School in Providence for five years before entering the PhD program at Boston College, graduating in 2001 with a PhD in theology.

She has taught courses in theology, spirituality, liturgics, church history, and Anglican Studies at seminaries and universities in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Ohio. While serving as Director of Anglican Formation at Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary in Ohio, she heard again the call to ordination and couldn’t ignore it.

Elise has served as interim rector at Christ Church Westerly, RI and as priest in charge at Trinity Church, Wrentham. In addition to her ministry at St. Paul’s, Elise serves as coordinator of the Anglican/Episcopal Community of Learning and adjunct instructor in Anglican Studies at the Boston University’s School of Theology.

Elise has been married since 1998 to John Clabeaux, who before his retirement taught Scripture at Roman Catholic seminaries in both Massachusetts and Ohio. One of Elise’s greatest joys is music, especially choral singing and playing the piano.

The Ven. Pat Zifcak (she/her) joined the staff of St. Paul’s in September 2017 as deacon of the congregation.  As a deacon, her focus in ministry is the connection of church and world as the gifts of one and the needs of the other become known through intentional relationships. 

Pat has been a teacher all her life and spent thirty-two years teaching physical education at The Park School in Brookline.  In those years, she developed a program of “growth education,” counseled children and their parents as they prepared to leave Park for secondary school, coached a variety of sports, and directed the Summer at Park swim programs.  Teaching with her daughter, Dana, for many years in the same department was a unique and wonderful experience.

Pat has an M.Ed. in Health Education and an M.Div. from Andover Newton.  She is Archdeacon for Formation in our Diocese and coordinates the program of formation for deacons.  She has been a member of the Commission on Ministry since 2003 and serves as an administrative assistant to the Canon for Ordained Vocations.

Pat began bowling as a child and still competes as a league bowler.  Golfing and gardening are her other favorite pastimes.  She canes chairs and loves to read and do crossword puzzles.  She and her partner, Bruce, live in Pawtucket, R.I.

Elliott May (he/him) joined the St. Paul’s community in 2022. Prior to coming to St. Paul’s, Elliott served as Youth Ministry Director at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Elliott has theological degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div) and Boston University (S.T.M.), as well as the Certificate in Anglican Studies from Boston University’s School of Theology. Elliott is currently a postulant for priesthood in the Episcopal Church.

Elliott is also an AmeriCorps alum who worked in public education before discerning a call to seminary, where he found the Episcopal Church. He’s always on the lookout for God and good conversation. He writes regularly for Grow Christians.

Elliott and his wife Molly have two young children, Lucy and Thomas. In his free time, Elliott loves reading and writing, watching sports, and trying to brew the perfect cup of coffee.

Andrew Clarkson (he/him) has been the director of music and organist at St. Paul's since 2006. He began his piano studies when he was five years old with, among others, Anita Frank (classical), John Mehegan (jazz), George Shearing (jazz), Irving Shire (jazz), Carlo Pinto (classical), Patricia Zander (classical), Kirk Nurock (jazz), and Liz Gorrill (jazz). He has studied saxophone with Lennie Popkin, singing with Craig Wich, conducting with Akiko Fujimoto, and organ with Brian Jones. Andy began composing in 1993. His compositions to date are for piano, accompanied solo voice, and choir (both a cappella and accompanied), with a particular focus on sacred choral music.

In addition to his work at St. Paul's, Andy is the director of the AltarNatives, a chamber group of approximately 24 singers. The AltarNatives have produced two albums: A Celebration of Hymns: Hymns of Faith, Mystery, Healing, and Love and A Celebration of Hymns: Hymns of Praise, Reflection, Prayer, and Assurance. Their performances have included concerts at Trinity Church in Boston, St. Paul's in Brookline, and St. James in Woodstock, VT. Andy has also conducted the Trinity Choir of Boston, assisted in leading the Trinity Youth Choir, and directed the Advent Choir of Johnsburg, NY.

Andy's compositions are published by both Paraclete Press and Good Faith Press. His most recent recording is found on “I Wonder As I Wander,” by the Copley Singers on the Gothic label. In September 2011, following the tenth-anniversary choral commemoration of September 11 held at Trinity Wall Street, James Oestreich of the New York Times singled out Andy's arrangement of “We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder” as one of the highlights of the day, describing it as “a powerful setting.” More recently, John Robinson of the Boston Musical Intelligencer described Andy’s arrangement of “Away in a Manger” as “exquisite.”

When he is not involved with music, Andy teaches, consults, and writes in the field of organizational behavior.

Emily (she/her) recently joined the St. Paul's staff as interim parish administrator, but has been a member of St. Paul’s church community for a number of years as a parishioner.  Originally from Maryland, she moved to the Boston area for graduate school in Theology at Boston College and after many years, has become a New Englander at heart.  Emily was a middle and high school Theology teacher for six years and is currently a Master of Social Work student at Boston University with a focus on macro level social justice and health equity work.  She was received into the Episcopal Church in 2022 and is very happy to have found a home in such a loving, welcoming faith community.  In her free time, you are likely to find her at a local coffee-shop with a book in hand.

Melisa (she/her) serves on staff at her local church as the Office Manager/Bookkeeper and as the Women’s Ministry Director. She has experience with QuickBooks including payroll, fund accounting, recording donations, accounts payable, credit card/bank reconciliation, and generating financial reports. Her financial background includes a 15 year banking career, high school and college accounting courses, and self-paced QuickBooks and bookkeeping training courses.

Melisa is passionate about living out the purpose of the women’s ministry in which she serves, “to accept and love women of all ages; to encourage and equip them to grow in Christ, to serve in their families, church and community.” She leads Bible studies and oversees events for women in her church and community.

Melisa and her husband Jason live in Oxford, Michigan and have two children, Ryan and Courtney. Melisa enjoys vacations with her family, summer months, jigsaw puzzles and reading.

Nemat (he/him) recently arrived in Massachusetts from his home country of Afghanistan. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, at Balkh University. He worked at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Afghanistan, where he collaborated with American military personnel. Nemat’s previous work experience includes time as a marketing manager and veterinary researcher at Balkh University, where he helped to vaccinate various animals and trained farmers. Nemat is also a professional carpenter, and taught biology for many years in primary school. Nemat is married and has two young children. His favorite sport is volleyball. He is glad to be part of the team at St. Paul's and look forward to meeting everyone.