A Celebration of Calling for Anne A. Halloin

A Celebration of Calling for Anne A. Halloin

As many of you know, our Interim Children and Youth Director, Anne A. Halloin, has sensed a call to ordained Ministry of Word and Sacrament. She will be starting classes at Princeton Theological Seminary on the Master of Divinity track later this summer. Anne has served faithfully for the past two years, leading with calm, kindness, creativity, and care for the families of our church.

We are so grateful for all that Anne has brought to our church. During her time at RPC, Anne has been instrumental in improving and increasing participation at Sunday School for children in Pre-K to 5th grade. She has also been an amazing leader for some of our favorite RPC family fellowship events, such as gingerbread house decorating, the Easter Egg hunt, and pumpkin carving. She has led two successful Christmas Pageants in collaboration with Jason Charneski. Anne has also focused on building engagement in the Middle School and High School youth group programs, and last year launched a new Youth Summer Service Trip to Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

We are proud to be sponsoring her under care of our Session in the Inquiry phase of discerning her call to ministry — through Rye Presbyterian Church and the Hudson River Presbytery. She and Sam continue to be members here, and we will keep them both in prayer in this exciting new chapter!

Join Us in Celebration and Worship

To celebrate Anne, all are invited to come to a special coffee hour and brunch in the Assembly Room following worship on Sunday, May 31. Please join us in thanking her as we send her off with prayer and festive food!

She will also be preaching here for the second time on Sunday, June 14, at 10 a.m., and we hope you can be there with us in worship. She and Sam will continue to live in the Cornell Street manse while Anne leads the Sunday School ministry throughout most of the summer, working 10 hours per week as she studies Hebrew remotely.

Next Steps for Children and Youth Ministry

Our Search Committee has already been hard at work, in conjunction with the Ministry Architects Consultant Martha Whitesides, and Presbytery Supervisor Rev. Anna Grace Claunch. The job description has been finalized and the process is underway, to finding our next long-term full-time Children & Youth Pastor / Director. Thank you for keeping this committee and their work in prayer.

Lastly, we as Co-Pastors and Session are committed to making sure our children and youth ministries don’t miss a beat in the interim between Anne’s departure and our next full-time hire. Visit our Search Committee Update page to learn more.

Special Coffee Hour and Brunch
Sunday, May 31, 11:00 a.m., Assembly Room

Worship with Anne A. Halloin Preaching
Sunday, June 14, 10:00 a.m., Sanctuary