Clergy and Staff

The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd enjoys the dedicated services of clergy, staff members and volunteers who help fulfill our mission. They include:

 

The Rev. Ronald D. Pogue, Rector in the Interim

Ron is a native of Houston, Texas. He holds degrees from the University of Houston (B.S. 1970), Candler School of Theology at Emory University (M.Div. 1973), and Houston Graduate School of Theology (D.Min. 1997). He has also trained as an interim minister and a mediator. He was as a United Methodist pastor for 25 years prior to ordination in the Episcopal Church. Ron served as Canon Missioner at Houston’s Christ Church Cathedral, Rector of Trinity Church, Galveston, Texas, and Interim at Trinity Church, Lawrence, Kansas prior to arriving at Good Shepherd. He is married to Gay Wunderlich Pogue and they are parents of two grown sons. Ron's blog is e-piphanies.com and he is the creator and moderator of Unapologetically Episcopalian. His mission is to "Foster Hope, Lead Change, Inspire Action, and Glorify God."

Lauren is from Texas where she was an RN in pediatric oncology/hematology. She moved to New York where she went to Bexley Hall Seminary's Deacon Program with the Diocese of Central New York. She was ordained November 2005. She moved to Lexington in October 2006. She has three daughters.She has been involved with youth and children's programs for 25 years.

 

 

Dale Chapman, Parish Administrator
Dale has served as the Parish Administrator at Good Shepherd since 1995. She has a bachelor's degree from UK and is the mother of Lesley. Dale is an active member at Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington. There she serves as a verger and leads an Education for Ministry (EfM) group there, as well as at Good Shepherd. Dale serves as the diocesan coordinator for EfM and is active in the Companion Diocese of Haiti program, having traveled to Haiti in 2008.

Cindy McKee, Parish Secretary
Cindy has been the Good Shepherd parish secretary since August 2000. She can answer most of your questions or at least point you in the right direction to get an answer. Cindy and her husband, Wendell, live in Carlisle, Kentucky, and are members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Paris. Cindy has two sons—Steven and his wife Mindy, John and his wife Mackenzie—as well grandsons Collin and Carter and granddaughters Addison and Sophia. Her spare time is spent visiting her family in Missouri and cruising the Caribbean with her husband.

 

 

John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster
On staff at Good Shepherd since 2001, John originally hails from Bureau County in north central Illinois, and has served parishes in that area and throughout greater Chicago. A graduate of Northern Illinois University (BM, 1997) and Roosevelt University (Chicago Musical College, MM, 2003), John is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the College-Conservatory of Music (University of Cincinnati). As an organ recitalist he has performed in numerous venues and with various ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. John holds memberships with and has active leadership roles in the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity. John is married to Lexington native Molly McCann Linker, and both are proud guardians to three felines Nigel, Pierre, and Tom.  http://www.johnlinker.com

 

 

 

Henk Linker, Visiting Artist in Residence 

 

 

Henk studied improvisastion with Hayo Boerema, organist of the Laurenschurch in Rotterdam.  Henk’s present musical responsibilities are extensive.  He is organist/conductor in the St.Georgiusbasilica (Roman Catholic) in Almelo, organist in the Grote Kerk (protestant church) in Vriezenveen and second organist in the protestant church in Ootmarsum, which houses a very beautiful early Baroque organ built by Berner in 1781. This is the only instrument by Berner in the Netherlands, and the pipe work dates from before 1781, which means that this organ sounds like an early 17th-century instrument perfectly suitable for the music of northern German composers like Scheidt, Scheidemann, Bruhns, Buxtehude and early music by J.S. Bach.

 

In addition to his church responsibilities, Henk serves as conductor for Holtens Gemengd Koor, a secular choir which sings annual concerts and for festivals in the village of Holten. Henk has a private organ studio and enjoys many engagements as a soloist and accompanist of soloists and choirs.  Henk has performed solo programs in the Netherlands, Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Switzerland and the United States of America. In 2003 and 2005 he gave master classes in Moscow.

 

Since 1995 he makes a pair with the mezzo soprano (and also his wife since 1993) Valeria Boermistrova. They concertize throughout the Netherlands with programs featuring music from the 14th through 20th centuries. In recent years they performed in Switzerland, Germany, Russia and the United States of America. www.orgel-mezzo.nl 

 

 

Joyce Roth, Minister for Newcomers and Visitors

Joyce has been on staff since the fall of 2006.  Years of classroom teaching in California and Japan has taught Joyce how to effectively relate to others, how to organize her time, and finding creative ways of working with people.  She is very much at home greeting and getting to know newcomers at Good Shepherd. As a newcomer to the Episcopal church herself in 2005, and to Lexington, and to Good Shepherd, and to American living after 39 years in Japan, she loves meeting new people and helping them feel comfortable in our parish family.  Joyce is at the back of the church after every service and is available to answer any questions about how to become more involved in parish life. Joyce and her husband, David, have two children who both now live in Lexington.

 

 

Leroy Nealy, Sexton

Leroy has served as Good Shepherd's sexton for over 20 years.  Leroy is responsible for Good Shepherd's buildings and grounds.  Leroy is a Lexington native and is married to Tuesday.