Edgcumbe Presbyterian Church

EPC Staff

Julie GebbenGreen, co-pastor

Julie is an Evangelical Lutheran pastor, who enjoys serving in a Presbyterian Church as a co-pastor with her husband, Phil.  Julie uses her gift of hospitality to reach out to new members and folk of our community, most recently EPC’s next door neighbor, Highland Park High School.  At the same time, she is a Christian mystic who searches deep within her own soul for connection with God and insight from scripture as she preaches, leads prayers, and introduces EPC to various disciplines of faith.  Julie is also passionate about the health of organizations, and she works with a Presbytery committee that helps pastors and churches in their daily lives and in crisis situations.

Julie not only raises three children, but also raises chickens in her backyard in St. Paul’s Midway neighborhood.  She volunteers at her children’s school and her local library while wearing out her library card.  She helped bring Paint the Pavement (www.paintthepavement.org) to St. Paul and to her neighborhood and loves to think about and be active in placemaking.  She recently ran in her first 5k race and rediscovered her love of doing fabric art.

E-mail: PastorJulie@epchurch.org

Eleta Pierce, office manager/financial secretary

Eleta is the friendly voice you hear when you call the church. She manages the office, does bookkeeping and processes most of our communications and publications, including the Sunday bulletin, monthly newsletter and this website. Eleta has three children, Christopher, Tierra and Zarrick, Jr.. She is an active member in the National Association of Church Business Administrators and is working towards being certified in Church Business Administration.

Margot Dailey, Nursery Care

Margot is a life-long member of EPC, lives in the Highland Park neighborhood and also works for Edgcumbe Montessori School as a teacher. Margo is a professional caregiver and provides nursery care during our worship service for the youngest members.

Lynn Shackelford, music director

Lynn received her musical training at the American Conservatory in Chicago, Ohio Wesleyan University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.  She sang in the Plymouth Festival Chorus for twelve years and served on the American Guild of Organists Board for three years.  She is a performing member of Thursday Musical and teaches piano in her home in Bloomington.

Deb Carlson, vocalist/children’s choir

Deb lives in Roseville with husband Bob and children Audrey and Chet.  She grew up singing in church.  She sang duets with her dad while her mom played the piano.  Deb attended Bethel and sang in the Bethel Choir and with the Bethel Connection.  She taught grade school music at St. Pius X, St. Jude of the Lake and Minnehaha Academy South and she also had a Kindermusik studio for 9 years.  After having children she wanted to sing more, so she learned how to play guitar.  She writes, arranges and plays music with her Trio, Bob her husband on bass and Alec James on lead guitar.  Deb's just started working on a cd...a childhood dream.

E-mail: Secretary@epchurch.org

E-mail: MLynnS4@msn.com

E-mail: PastorPhil@epchurch.org

Phil is a Presbyterian pastor.  He and his wife Julie bring us the services of a dynamic ministry couple—a first for EPC.  Phil loves worship planning and leadership, preaching, church music, and Bible study.  In the Presbyterian world, Phil is working to encourage peaceful and gracious conversations about controversial and tricky topics, employing his training in non-violent communication where possible.

Phil is also the handyman at EPC, and he enjoys working with his hands and varying his day between spiritual and physical endeavors.  This is reflected in his hobbies that include weightlifting and reading, cooking and movies, and then some more reading (preferably fantasy, history, or a good novel).  Phil and Julie have three children: Isaac, Micah, and Lydia.

Phil GebbenGreen, co-pastor