Vestry

Jean Audette, Senior Warden
Jean Audette moved to Bristol 11 years ago from Attleboro, MA. She is currently on the Stewardship Team, Outreach, and the New Orleans Habitat Team. Jean retired after spending 36 years in the fund development field working on annual appeals, capital campaigns and grant writing. Jean is now consulting with two non-profits. She attended URI, was founding member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, member of the Planned Giving Group of RI and The New England Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and has served on several boards. Jean and her husband Gil have 4 boys,3 girls and 18 grandchildren. She is a sports enthusiast, loves to garden, hike and supports several conservation non-profits.

Tom Billups, Junior Warden
Tom Billups has been an active parishioner at St. John's Episcopal Church since 1992, and served on the property commission for four years. He currently serves as a chalice bearer at the 7:30 am Sunday service. Tom recently completed the "Safe-Church" training provided by the diocese in preparation for becoming a Lay Eucharistic Visitor. Tom is married to Felice Billups, and they have a daughter Moriah, who is a Freshman at Barrington High School. Tom is a civil/geotechnical engineer and is employed at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. in Providence. His extra-curricular interests include attending his daughter's dance events, photography, woodworking, and bread making.

Andrew Faulkner, Treasurer
Andrew and Deb Faulkner have been members at St. John's since moving to Barrington in 2001. For Andrew, this was a return to the town and parish where he grew up, was baptized and served as an acolyte. Since returning, Andrew has served on the church's Finance Commission and serves as a lay reader.

Andrew has been employed at Citizens Bank for over seven years. He enjoyed watching the Boston Red Sox make the greatest comeback in baseball history to defeat the New York Yankees and then go on to win the World Series.

Phyllis McClelland, Secretary
I joined St. John's Church in 1952 when my family (Philip and Catherine Green and sister Joan) moved from Riverside where we attended St. Mark's Episcopal, hence a cradle Episcopalian. Like many my age, our fathers were serving in the war and we were not baptized until we were older. I was therefore baptized, confirmed and married here at St. John's.

I worked as a Sunday School teacher while in high school and again when my children were young, as well as served as a chapel leader. I worked with the youth group (prior to the hiring of a youth director). I have worked on many committees, rummage sales, Candlelight and Shrove Tuesday suppers. I have been serving on the Altar Guild for the past 14 years and am a cook for John's Meals.

My husband Jim was also raised at St. John's when his family moved here in 1956. We have two grown children, Mandy and her husband Joe Pitcavage and son Ted, as well as a one year old granddaughter, Anna Catherine Pitcavage. I continue to work full-time as a medical transcriptionist.

John Cavanagh

Rik Deering

Pattie Mitchell
Patricia (Pattie) Mitchell has been a member of St. John's for more than 50 years. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. John's. She and her husband Leeds helped out with the Youth Group at St. John's when they were first married. Pattie taught Sunday School for many years while her three children were growing up in the church, as well as when she was in high school. She was the Children's Chapel Coordinator when there was a Children's Chapel. She has served on the Altar Guild and is currently serving on the Flower Guild. She has volunteered at Encore for the past three years inputting data. Pattie and Leeds also usher at the 11:00 am service. Pattie moved to Bristol two years ago, leaving her homestead Barrington. She is a CASA volunteer and loves sailing and gardening. She has three grown children: Chip, Matthew and Joy.

Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy has been a parishioner at St. John's since 2003. She has participated on committees to interview associate rector candidates and to plan adult education. She currently serves as a lector and usher. She is Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law, where she teaches a course on religion and law.

Pat Nolan
Patricia Young Nolan was born in Rome, Georgia. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and earned a Masters Degree from Rhode Island College.

Married to Virgil A. Nolan, Jr., Pat is mother of two daughters: Marie Marino of Cranston and Jane Morris of Prospect, KY., and has seven grandchildren.

At St. John's, Pat has participated in evangelism, the welcome committee, ECW, Altar Guild and various study groups. Pat has been a member of St. John's for more than 45 years.

Fred Thompson
Fred and Roberta Thompson joined St. John's Church in 1963 when they moved to Barrington. Fred's family has been Episcopalian for a number of generations. At St. John's, Fred served as treasurer prior to Andrew Faulkner, our current treasurer. He is now a member of the Finance Committee. For many years Fred has worked with the fine group that weekly accounts for and enters into the system all current church collections, pledges, fundraisings, etc. Fred was in the investment business working with equities and fixed income securities for about 40 years. Until his retirement, he managed securities portfolios at Fleet Investment Advisors.

Christine Wallis

Drew Winner

Mark Heffner, Sr.