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Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church

1695 Perrowville Road  +  Forest, Virginia 24551  +  434.525.5511  +  parish email
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"To worship God and equip the saints for the work of ministry."

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the staff

 

the vestry

Class of 2012

Hal Clark, M.D.

Matt DeVan

Richard Pew, Jr. Warden
Tom Mohr, Treasurer

 

Class of 2011

Sharon Acquafredda

Larry Flores
Tom Eppes, M.D.

 

Class of 2010

Les Hawthorne, Sr. Warden

Les House

Glen Thomas

 

Youth Representative

Webster Trant (2010)

 

R Christopher Heying, Rector

 

Father Heying is married to Cindy, a special education teacher.  They have three children: Mary Grace, John Luke, and Patrick.  Chris has served parishes in Texas and Tennessee before coming to Saint Stephen's in 2004.  He has an active interest in connecting all Christians to ministry.

 

Bill Bumgarner

Bill Bumgarner, Deacon

 

Deacon Bumgarner is a vocational deacon.  He has been at Saint Stephen's for over 30 years.  He is married to Mary Lynne,  Bill has a daughter and a grandson Jacob.  He and Mary Lynne are also proud parents of Lord Nelson, an English bulldog.

 

Brittany Montoro, Organist & Choir Director

Brittany is a music theory and composition major at Lynchburg College (2010) and has a background in piano performance and organ performance.  She also plays organ and piano for Lynchburg College Roman Catholic community and protestant communities for afternoon Mass and services.
 

Chris Frank, Parish Secretary

 

Chris has served Saint Stephen's for over ten years.  She and husband Ken have two grown daughters and Hannah who is active in our youth program.

 

Holt Messerly, Sexton

 

Holt is the one who cleans the church and often can be seen taking award-winning pictures of our parish life.