Conference Workshop Presenters

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Conference Workshop Presenters

The Reverend Keith Anderson is a pastor at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church near Philadelphia, author of The Digital Cathedral: Networked Ministry in a Wireless World (Morehouse, 2015), and co-author with Elizabeth Drescher of Click2Save: The Digital Ministry Bible (Morehouse, 2012). A leader in digital ministry and sought after speaker and writer, his work on religion, new media, and popular culture has appeared in The Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, Day 1, and The New Media Project.

Colin Chapman is the Associate Rector at Christ and Holy Trinity in Westport, CT where he focuses on Communication and Teenagers. While at General Theological Seminary, he helped to create the Digital Formation program, which offered a series of webinars, online videos, and in-person training on utilizing communications in the parish setting.

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2015 e-Formation Workshop Presenters

Randall Curtis is the Ministry Developer for Young Adults and Youth in the Episcopal Church in Arkansas. He is the President of Forma, a network of over 400 Christian formation leaders in the Episcopal Church. Randall is the Holy Geek of theholygeek.com. He also maintains episcoforma.org,

eycarkansas.org, videosforyoursoul.com and about 20 various social media presences. He lives in Maumelle, AR with his wife, daughter, two pugs, a hamster, and 6 Russian Tortoises.

Nancy Davidge is the associate program director at the Episcopal Church Foundation and editor of ECF Vital Practices. She works extensively with Episcopal congregations and organizations, seeking out vital congregations and sharing their stories and experiences through ECF Vital Practices. Nancy is passionate about congregational leaders transforming their communications, recognizing communication as an opportunity to share our stories and the Good News, rather than primarily as a means to transmit information.

The Rev. Jake Dell is the manager of digital marketing and advertising sales for the Episcopal Church. He is also a Lieutenant in the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy Reserve and an assisting priest at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City. He has previous industry experience in information technology, database marketing, fundraising, marketing and digital media. He is a graduate of Yale University and Nashota House Theological Seminary. He lives and works in New York City.

Jason Evans is the Young Adult Missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of

Washington. Originally from San Diego, Jason and his wife Brooke have 3 kids and now live in D.C. He has worked with a cross-section of Christian traditions at establishing ministries to and with young adults.

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Shamika Goddard is a student at Union Theological Seminary and a candidate for the Master of Divinity program, where she works at the intersection of service and technology. A first-generation college graduate, her past job titles include Party Hero and Customer Happiness Associate. She is @shamikalashawn on Twitter and you can also follow her Facebook at facebook.com/techchaplain.

The Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén is the Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. Guillén developed the Episcopal Church’s Strategic Vision for Reaching Latinos/Hispanics which presents the dynamics of ministering to today’s Latino/Hispanic communities, the majority of whom are American-born Latinos characterized as multi-generation, English-dominant, or bilingual and bicultural. Guillén and the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries aim to support the Five Marks of Mission, specifically to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom and to teach and baptize and nurture new believers.

The Revd Canon Scott Gunn is executive director of Forward Movement, a discipleship ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio, known throughout the Episcopal Church for its flagship offering, Forward Day by Day. Scott has been a parish priest and a high-tech corporate leader. He blogs at

www.sevenwholedays.org and his tweets are at @scottagunn.

Born a geek, Christopher Harris coded his first church website in 1997. In 2003 he entered seminary, concluding his M.Div studies just as social media

reached a tipping point, as Facebook opened its site to the public. Via his company, Faith Growth, Christopher and his team help churches move to a digital-first mindset, whether helping to develop a new website, implement smart social media practices, or develop a comprehensive plan to effectively engage and grow church communities online.

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Beth Lewis is the President & CEO of Augsburg Fortress (AF). Prior to joining AF in 2002, she was an entrepreneur owning a computer and technology career school for 4 years. For 22 years before that, she worked for several Fortune 500 publishing companies. Under her leadership, AF has provided innovative

leadership in the creation of print and digital resources for the Church, including the launch in 2009 of sparkhouse, AF’s ecumenical faith formation division.

Dorothy Linthicum, an instructor at Virginia Theological Seminary, has studied and taught courses and workshops about older adult spirituality and ministry at the seminary, conferences, and dioceses. As program coordinator for the Center for the Ministry of Teaching (CMT), she shares responsibility for maintaining the physical and virtual Key Hall Resource Room and for critiquing and compiling the annual reviews of the Vacation Bible School materials that are posted in late February on the CMT web pages. She continues her role as editor of Episcopal Teacher, a quarterly publication of the CMT.

Sandra Teresa Montes is a teacher, musician, consultant, and doctoral student. She has been leading music, mentoring and teaching in San Mateo, Houston, and in the Episcopal Church for over 20 years. Her love of God, family, and life is evident in her writings, songs, and Facebook posts (which includes lots of pictures and videos). In her free time, she loves to laugh and eat with family and friends, watch movies, take pictures and videos, or sleep.

Alex Montes-Vela is the founding pastor of a multiethnic and bilingual community, St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church in Manor, northeast of Austin, which began in his home. Social media became tools St. Mary Magdalene used to share their evolving story and invite people to become part of that story. After meeting at the Manor High School cafeteria for four and a half years, St. Mary Magdalene (whose majority were not part of a faith community in the past) recently moved to their own campus.

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Kyle Oliver (@kmoliver) is the digital missioner and learning lab coordinator in the Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary. He is the conference coordinator for the e-Formation Conference and curates faith formation resources, models, and stories for multiple websites, including the CMT’s Key Resources, He is also a Forma board member and contributer to the forthcoming Seasons of Adult Faith Formation from Lifelong Faith

Associates. He is a rabid podcast listener and the host/show runner for the Easter People faith and culture podcast.

The Rev. Nurya Love Parish is Associate Priest at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she has oversight of the church’s ministries with children, youth, and families. Her churchwork blog offers resources for the renewal of the church and all creation.

John Roberto, of Lifelong Faith Associates, is editor of the Journal Lifelong Faith, and author of Reimagining Faith Formation for the 21st Century, Generations Together: Caring, Celebrating, Learning, Praying, and Serving Faithfully (co-authored, 2014), and Faith Formation 2000: Designing the Future of Faith (2010). He also works on the Vibrant Faith staff as Special Projects Coordinator.

Kate Siberine is an M. Div student at Virginia Theological Seminary from the Diocese of Chicago and the digital design assistant in the Center for the Ministry of Teaching. She designed the promotional materials for the 2014 and 2015 e-Formation Conferences.

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Sarah Barton Thomas is the Technology Coordinator at Norwood School in Bethesda, MD, an NAIS Teacher of the Future, and a parishioner at St John’s- Norwood Parish. She regularly presents to parents and students on the topic of digital balance, screen time, family digital contracts, and communicating in the digital age. She blogs at teach2connect.com on leading, teaching, and learning for the future.

Rachel Tjornehoj is the Communications Specialist for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She connects members and leaders across the EDOW community through the diocese’s social media, website, and weekly e-bulletins. In addition to her work at EDOW, Rachel is a graphic designer for Forward Movement.

The Reverend Stacy Williams-Duncan has served Episcopal parishes and schools on both coasts, and she is an Ed.D candidate in Curriculum, Learning, and Teaching at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. Her research focuses on innovating theological education by using research-based practices of teaching and learning and increasing the use of educational technology.

Chris Yaw is an Episcopal priest and founder of churchnext.tv, which produces online learning resources. Chris has experiences failure on multiple levels and in a myriad of arenas, well qualifying him for the topic at hand. Thus, he draws from a vast wealth of disappointments, mistakes, and blown opportunities that verify once again the omnipotence of God, without whom he would be absolutely sunk.