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Richmond Congregational Church United Church of Christ Meet Our Staff
	Rev. Marjorie MacNeill - Interim Pastor Marjorie is an ordained UCC pastor, a graduate of Episcopal Divinity School and has specialized in intentional interim ministry for the past 20 years, serving 14 previous congregations including several in the Burlington area. Before seminary studies she was a longtime teacher/outreach worker in Addison County. She is delighted to come out of “retirement” (which lasted 1 year+) from her home in Shelburne (shared with her partner, Rev. Carole Carlson and their sweet cat Dazzle) to be in Richmond with us. She has two grown daughters – one in Bristol VT and the other now in Ohio – and two teenage granddaughters. She enjoy reading mysteries and church/Vermont history, researching her family tree, following the Red Sox, birding whenever possible, and visiting Arizona most winters (except this one!).
	Meredith Schuft - Administrative Assistant Meredith joined our staff in August 2012 and has been a member of our church for over twenty-three years. She came into this position with a broad set of transferable skills and is enjoying serving our church in this capacity. In her spare time, she enjoys trying out new recipes and entertaining, gardening, kayaking, sewing, and spending time with friends and family, especially her two grandchildren.
	*Ann Gnagey - Organist* Ann has been the organist at the Richmond Congregational Church since 2005 and has been involved in church music since childhood. Her great-aunt and father were organists in their UCC church in western PA. Although Ann changed her major from music to science, she was active in orchestras and performance through undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate work. She holds a B.S. from Indiana University of PA and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Currently, she is a professor in the Science Department at Vermont Technical College. In addition, Ann directs the Mountain Strings Project, a non-profit organization that offers affordable stringed-instrument lessons (violin and cello) to students in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union, and teaches violin and piano privately. In 1990, Ann, her husband, and their three sons moved to Jericho. At their homestead, Birch Hill Sugarworks, they produce maple syrup and honey.
	*Esther Nui- Music Director*** Esther was educated in a Methodist missionary school, modeled on the British Public School curriculum in Malaysia. She has been actively involved in music all her life although she earned her living as an engineer and programmer at IBM in upstate New York. She is now retired, a member of the women's choral group, Bella Voce, and serves as a substitute organist at various churches in Chittenden County. She has directed children's choirs and was a liturgical dancer for a few years in upstate New York.
	*Duane LaRose - Sexton* Duane is a lifelong Richmond resident and has worked at Richmond Congregational Church for 12 years. He also works full time for the Essex Junction School District and is presently a custodian at ADL Middle School. He has been married to his wife Betty for 25. Daughter Rebecca is 22 years old and a recent graduate of the University of Maine Farmington where she majored in secondary education studying to be a high school English teacher. Duane's hobbies are maple sugaring, wood working and last but not least, camping with my family.