St. James'
You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. - Ephesians 2:19

 Episcopal Church

 

 

 

Bishop Waggoner celebrates the Eucharist at St. James'.

 

Vestry

Sharon Nitz, Senior Warden

David Seamans, Junior Warden

Dean Ritchie, Treasurer

Adam Benson, Clerk

John Brewer

Stephan Flores

Rob McCoy

Elsa Kirsten Peters

Sara Schofield

Ruth Vanderwall

 

 

 

 

People

 

Mary Beth Rivetti, Rector

Email: stj-rivetti@verizon.net

Rev. Mary Beth Rivetti has served as the rector of St. James since March of 2003, arriving with her husband, George, from the greater San Francisco Bay Area where she served at St. Paul's in Walnut Creek after graduation from seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Mary Beth serves as the dean of the congregational cluster known as the Clearwater Deanery, ranging from Colfax to Grangeville. The Rivettis love jazz, drives in the country, and really good coffee! 

 

Pastoral Care

 

Carol Porter, Coordinator

Pete Haggart, Eucharistic Visitors

Sylvia Hutton, Food Team

Robin Gray, Prayer Chain

Mary Hubbard, Transportation

 

Youth

 

Tina Vona-Pergola, Nursery

Joe Pergola, Nursery

Stephan Flores, Christian Ed.

Mary Beth Rivetti, Christian Ed.

Bridget Mathison, Sr. High

Alison Mixter, Sr. High

 

Altar Guild

 

Linda Adams, Director

Margaret Haggart, Director

 

Episcopal Church Women

 

Sue Johnson, Co-Chair
Margaret Rehberg, Co-Chair

 

Men's Breakfast

 

Dean Ritchie

Phil Mixter

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Wilhelmina Sarai-Clark, Deacon

Wilhemina, known to us as Toni, serves as deacon at our 8 a.m. services. She regularly spends the summer months providing ministry to the Lakota Sioux tribes in South Dakota. Toni also volunteers for the Koinonia House at WSU, where her ministry focuses on diversity and multiculturalism. She received her doctoral degree in dance, theater and anthropology from the University of Wisconsin and from 1965-1992 taught dance movement at Washington State University. In 2004, she was given the WSU/University of Idaho Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award for her many volunteer activities.

 

Ted Nitz, Deacon

Email: ted_nitz@hotmail.com

Ted, in addition to serving as a deacon in this parish, serves as archdeacon for the Episcopal diocese of Spokane.  During the week, he teaches courses in world, Middle Eastern, Islamic, and modern European history at Gonzaga University and serves as the university’s director of International Studies.  Before completing his doctoral studies at Washington State University, he served in the US Air Force for 23 years and had the opportunity to live in Germany and the Republic of Turkey, while traveling throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East.  He and his wife, Sharon, have two children.

 

 
 
St. James' Episcopal Church
1410 NE Stadium Way
Pullman, Washington 99163

Office Hours:
Tues. - Fri., 9-3 pm
(509) 332-1742

stjamespullman@verizon.net

 

 

 

 



Elena Panchenko, Choir Director

Elena, our choir director and organist for the past two years, is originally from the Ukraine.  She has a degree from Moscow Conservatory College where she studied music history, theory and classical piano.  She arrived in the United States 14 years ago with her husband, Alex, and her son, Ivan.  In addition to her duties at St. James, Elena has been involved in the Idaho-Washington Concert Chorale and the Pullman Civic Theatre.

Carol Porter, Parish Assistant

Carol, who was born and raised an Episcopalian, has been parish assistant since February 2007.  She moved to Pullman in 2004 from Baker City, Oregon.  In the past, she has worked for the Forest Service and once owned her own catering business.  Carol has two children, Kelly, who works for Disney, and Jacob, a student at Lincoln Middle School.  In her spare time, Carol likes to read through her collection of cookbooks, over 250 and counting.

 

 


 
Daphne Graham, Sexton

Daphne has served as the sexton at St. James since 1986, making her the "senior" member of our staff. Working part time in addition to her other jobs on campus, Daphne spends her free time with friends. Her great passion is making cards at Paper Pals!