WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 am
Wednesdays: 5:30 pm
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Staff
The Rev’d Amy Chambers Cortright - Associate Rector
The Reverend Amy Chambers Cortright came to Calvary in August of 2006 from the Church of the Incarnation in New York City where she served as Assistant Minister for two years. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College and General Seminary, Amy has played an active role in the church for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Amy was baptized and confirmed at the Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes and was later sponsored for ordination by the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York.
Amy’s particular interests include liturgy, pastoral care, and the creative aspects of ministry, especially “thinking outside the box” and crafting energizing ways of doing ministry in community. Away from church, she enjoys being with her family, spending time outdoors, and exploring.
Laura Davidson - Parish Administrator
Laura Davidson is “almost” a native of Columbia, moving to Columbia from Hannibal, Missouri, in 1965 with her mother and two older sisters.
Laura attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School, coming to Calvary Episcopal Church for Girl Scout meetings in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. She was one of the many children who loved sitting on Calvary’s stonewall after school and after visiting the Brown Derby and grabbing a piece of horehound candy!
For the past 11 years, Laura Davidson has served as Calvary Episcopal Church’s Parish Administrator. For 11 1/2 years, Laura was in the property management field and after all those years, she needed a positive career change. Laura found herself at Calvary Episcopal Church, back at home once again!
Sheryl Mehrhoff - Organist
Sheryl Mehrhoff began as the organist at Calvary on October 30, 2005. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Atkinson, Nebraska. Her paternal grandparents were charter members of this congregation. With a strong interest in music at a young age, she began taking piano, and later organ lessons, from her aunt who was the church organist. She started playing for church services while in high school.
Sheryl graduated from Concordia Teacher College in Seward with three majors (religion, education, and social sciences) and two minors (primary education and organ performance). Several of her organ teachers, Theodore Beck, Charles Ore, and David Schack, have published numerous sacred organ compositions. Before coming to Calvary, she served as principal organist for five years at Salem Lutheran Church, a congregation of about 2000 members in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and prior to that, ten years at Trinity Lutheran Church in Monticello, Minnesota. Other congregations she has served for several years include St. John’s Episcopal Church, St. Louis, and she also had the opportunity to play a Noon Concert at Christ Church Cathedral.
Running counterpoint to Sheryl’s involvement in church music has been a long career in education. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and has worked in a wide range of settings and with students from preschool through college level. Two of her most interesting jobs were coordinating programs for gifted students and later teaching preschool through eighth graders in a computer lab setting. She also enjoyed the challenge of developing programs and materials in two innovative schools based on Howard Gardner’s model of Mutiple Intelligences.
Sheryl is grateful to share her life journey with her husband, Art, who is currently serving as the academic coordinator for the Museum of Art & Archeology at MU. They enjoy visiting places of historic significance, frequenting some of the excellent restaurants in Columbia, gardening and attending special events at MU.
Brian Hartman - Director of Music
Jonathan Sessions - Youth Minister
Jonathan Sessions is a Columbia native and grew up at Calvary. He attended the University of Missouri where he earned a degree in elementary music education. When not at Calvary he works Tech 2, a consulting and management firm for computer and technology integration, teaches at the Columbia Area Career Center and has a regular technology column in the Columbia Business Times.
Jonathan is actively involved in the community and currently serves on the Board of the Mid-Missouri chapter of the American Advertising Federation, Columbia’s Internet Citizen’s Advisory Group and Columbia’s Comprehensive Plan Task Force.
