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Dr. Laird J. Stuart; Pastor, Head of Staff
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Catherine Oliver; Associate Pastor for Congregational Life and Care
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Rev.
David Brown; Interim Associate Pastor for Discipleship
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Mr. Donald P. Hammond, Seminary Intern
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Mr. David Barnes; Director of Family Ministries
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Mr. Alden Gilchrist; Director of Music
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Mr. Jim Dees; Director of Equipping Ministries
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Mr. Larry Gardner; Director of Administration
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Ms. Sara Butz; Director of Communications
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Mr. Charles Worth; Organist
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Mr. Melvin Stewart; Administrative Assistant, Calendar Manager
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Ms. Cathy Mustacchi; Administrative Assistant, Newsletter Manager
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Ms. Dorothy Pett; Bookkeeper
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Ms. Rachel Wolf; Assistant to Dr. Stuart; Baptism and Memorial Service appointments
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Miss Liz Johnson; Building Supervisor
Dr. Laird J. Stuart
Dr. Laird J. Stuart has been Pastor and Head of Staff of Calvary Presbyterian Church since 1993. He has served congregations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Grand Haven, Michigan, Bergenfield, New Jersey, and Milford, Connecticut. Dr. Stuart is a graduate of Amherst College and Princeton Theological Seminary and has received honorary degrees from Westminster and Waynesburg Colleges in Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of San Francisco Theological Seminary and recently served as President of the San Francisco Interfaith Council. Dr. Stuart is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He is married to Virginia K. Stuart and they have three daughters and three grandchildren.
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Rev. Catherine B. Oliver
Catherine B. Oliver is Calvary's Associate Pastor for Congregational Life and Care. Rev. Oliver is from Athens, Georgia. She earned a degree in Family and Child Development from Auburn University and her nursing degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Catherine is a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary where she is currently working on her D.Min. Prior to answering the call to Calvary, she served as the Director of Christian Education at FPC Mt.Dora and FPC Maitland in Central Florida. The last several years Rev. Oliver has served at the seminary as a Spiritual Director and Pastoral Counseling Associate for the Lloyd Pastoral Counseling Center, Adjunct teacher in Pastoral Counseling and Interim Director of Recruitment. She lives in San Anselmo with her husband Mike and their three daughters Hannah, Emily and Claire.
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Rev. David Brown
David A. Brown is Calvary's Interim Associate Pastor for Discipleship. He is a graduate of Colorado State University, Denver Seminary and San Francisco Theological Seminary, and has served congregations in San Francisco, Denver and Los Angeles—providing him with significant cross-cultural and multi-ethnic insight and experience. In addition to his ministry at Calvary, Rev. Brown serves on the board of the Ecumenical Campus Ministry at San Francisco State University. He and his wife Linda live in San Francisco, where they have sung in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for seven years, and enjoy preparing a fine meal. They have three sons, one daughter and four grandchildren.
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Mr. Donald P. Hammond
Donald P. Hammond is a Bay Area native, and a graduate of San Francisco State University. He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, and is interning at Calvary for the 2008-2009 year. Mr. Hammond recently returned from a summer ministry in Kenya, where he taught a catechism class, preached every Sunday and Wednesday, and participated in the the Namelok Water Project, helping to bring clean drinking water to the schools and homes in the south Kenyan village of Namelok. He has ministered to numerous other communities in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda during a previous stay in Africa.
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Alden Gilchrist
Alden Gilchrist is a native of Los Angeles. He has been Director of Music at Calvary Presbyterian Church since 1965. He served as the Calvary Presbyterian Church organist from 1951 to 1965. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. As a recipient of the Prix de Paris, Mr. Gilchrist studied composition in Paris for three years. He has toured extensively in Europe in concert. Mr. Gilchrist is a founder and former president of MUST, Music in Schools Today and was recipient of the 1992 Prix de Martell award at the San Francisco Opera Guild Fol de Rol for "outstanding service in the San Francisco musical community."
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Jim Dees
Jim Dees is a native of Borger, Texas. Mr. Dees was named Director of Equipping Ministries in 1999. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University and Golden Gate University. His experience encompasses 30 years as a performing musician in symphonies and opera companies as well as serving as a performing artist representative. Mr. Dees has two daughters and two granddaughters.
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Larry Gardner
Larry Gardner is a native of Port Arthur, Texas.
Mr. Gardner was named Director of Administration
for Calvary Presbyterian Church in 1999. He is a
graduate of the University of Houston and
Commonwealth College of Sciences. Prior to his
involvement with Calvary, he was an Area
Vice-President of operations for an
international funeral service corporation. Mr.
Gardner is the father of two sons.
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