Summer Schedule
Our priest-in-charge, The Very Rev. Tracey Lind, will preach on June 28, July 5, July 26, August 16, August 23, and September 6.
Our 2026 worship season will be enriched by a number of outstanding guest preachers.
June 14 – The Rev. Peter Olsen
June 21 – The Rev. Dr. William F. Rich
Bill Rich has most recently been the Transition Director at Bethany House of Prayer in Arlington, MA. Retiring after serving more than fifteen years in various capacities at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Bill became the Interim Rector at the Church of St. Mary of the Harbor, Provincetown in 2022-2023.
He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Williams College, his M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph. D. in the Psychiatry and Religion Program from Union Theological Seminary. During and after his doctoral work, Bill also taught at the Blanton-Peale Institute in NYC and at UTS. From 1980-1999, he served parishes in Maryland and as the Chaplain and Lecturer in Philosophy and Religion at Goucher College. During those years, he also served as the dean of the school for deacons in the Diocese of Maryland, and taught preaching at St. Mary’s (RC) Seminary in Baltimore.
July 12 – The Rt. Rev. Julia Whitworth
Bishop Whitworth is the 17th bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
She was ordained to the priesthood in September 2010 and served as the assistant rector of St. James’s Church in West Hartford, Conn., from 2010 to 2012, and then as the canon for liturgy and the arts at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City, from 2013 to 2016. She was the rector of Trinity Church in Indianapolis from 2016 until her election as bishop in May 2024. She was ordained and consecrated a bishop in October 2024 at Trinity Church in Boston.
While in the Diocese of Indianapolis, she was a General Convention deputy and a member of the Executive Council and the Committee for Canons and Constitution. She also served on the Board of Trustees of St. Richard’s Episcopal School; the Board of Directors of Trinity Haven, the first dedicated residence for LGBTQ+ youth in Indiana; and the LGBTQ+ youth advocacy organization Shelly’s Voice. She is a former member of the Governing Board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools.
She is a 1993 graduate of Dartmouth College, where she majored in drama and English, with minors in women’s studies and education. She holds a Master of Arts degree from New York University/Tisch School of the Arts, in performance studies, and a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary.
Whitworth is married to artist-designer Ray Neufeld. They have three children, Liam, Gregory and Grace.
July 19 – The Very Rev. Pamela Werntz
Pamela Werntz is Emmanuel’s 12th rector, first woman rector, and the first openly-queer woman rector of an Episcopal parish in Boston. Throughout her career, Pam has worked diligently for social justice and support of the arts, particularly among and on behalf of people who are most marginalized in our society. (See The steadiness of showing up.)
Pam received her A.B. in English from Franklin and Marshall College. She spent the following 15 years in the private sector, rising to Vice President of Human Resources in a large consulting firm in northern Virginia. In 1996, she migrated north with her family to attend Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. She received her MDiv in 2000, and was awarded Lockhart Scholar for contributions to community life and the Dietrich Prize for best paper on the urban mission of the church.
Pam was ordained as deacon on June 15, 2002, and priest on May 31, 2003, in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. She served as Associate Rector at St. Paul’s Church in Brookline, MA, from July 2002 to January 2008. Emmanuel Church called Pam to serve as Priest-in-Charge in February 2008, and as Rector in January 2010. In September 2022, she was appointed dean of our diocese’s Boston Harbor Deanery.
Pam and her wife Joy Howard have three adult children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
August 2 – The Rev. Jen Daly
Jennifer Daly is a deacon who serves as the Chaplain and a teacher at the Epiphany School in Boston. She co-founded the school 25 years ago. It is an Episcopal school that enrolls children from under-resourced neighborhoods. She left Epiphany for 12 years to co-found Bridge Boston Charter School and work as its Principal. She and her husband Michael have 4 children, live in Eastham in the summers, and love St. James the Fisherman.
August 9 – The Very Rev. Lucinda Laird
Lucinda Laird served recently as chaplain of St George’s Anglican Church, Venice, following her nine-year tenure as Dean and Rector of the Cathedral
Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly known as the American Cathedral,
in Paris.
Previously, Dean Laird served for 15 years as Rector of St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church in Louisville, KY, and for 11 years as Rector of St.
Mark’s Church in Teaneck, NJ. She has been active in the Episcopal
Church at both the diocesan and national levels, serving as assistant for college ministries at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and as curate of the parish of Christ the Redeemer in Pelham, New York.
She has also served on the Board of Trustees of: The General Theological
Seminary; Berea College; and, in Louisville, Faith Channel 19 and
Wellspring Mental Health Recovery. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University, andan M.Div. from The General Theological Seminary.
August 30 – The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith
Mark Beckwith is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark (NJ), a position he held for twelve years. He currently serves as liaison for Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a network of bishops he co-founded in 2012. He is co-chair of Braver Faith, one of the many programs of Braver Angels, a national movement to depolarize America, working particularly with faith communities. He is the author of Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines (Morehouse Publishing, 2022). He blogs weekly on mark beckwith.net, which includes his recently posted podcasts – Reconciliation Roundtable, featuring leaders who describe their spiritual and political journeys. He lives in Jaffery, New Hampshire, and has two children and two grandchildren.
September 13 – The Rev. Brenda Husson
Brenda Husson retired in 2023 as the Rector of St. James’ Church in Manhattan, a position she held for over 26 years. A graduate of Union Theological Seminary in 1983, all of her ministry was in the Diocese of New York, in parishes of various styles, sizes and demographics. Brenda and her husband Tom Faulkner (sculptor and retired Episcopal priest) moved from New York City to Eastham, where they are happily settling in with their two dogs in their renovated family home. Their son Christopher lives in Rochester, NY with his two dogs. Brenda first came to St. James the Fisherman as a teenager when her family spent their vacation in East Orleans. She is always delighted to be here.
September 20 – The Rev. Priscilla Wood
Priscilla Wood was ordained in 1979, after graduating from the General Theological Seminary in New York. She served parishes in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, retiring from St. Andrew’s in Framingham in 2007. Since retirement, she has done interim ministry, enjoyed her six grandchildren, and traveled with her husband, Stewart, to India, Africa, the British Isles, France, Italy, and the Galapagos. She lives in Hingham, MA in the winter and in Wellfleet during the summer.
The Chapel of St. James the Fisherman
2317 US-6, Wellfleet, MA 02667
The Chapel is located on the west side of Route 6 on the hill just south of the Post Office and WHAT Theatre Company.
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