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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and School Announces
the Rev. Dr. Thomas Haverly as Priest-in-Charge

New Providence, New Jersey (January 14, 2013) – St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and School, located at 419 South Street,  is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Haverly as Priest-in-Charge.  Fr. Tom, as he likes to be called, celebrated his first service at St. Andrew’s at the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, 2013. Fr. Tom is experienced in preaching, membership development, liturgical worship and parish life, as well as pastoral care and adult/youth formation.

Fr. Tom comes to New Providence after serving as interim rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Prior to his tenure in Wisconsin, Fr. Tom was interim rector at Church of our Savior in Elmhurst, Illinois and Messiah-St. Bartholomew in Chicago. Fr. Tom has also served as Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Stafford, New York. He also has experience as a professor of religion in Chicago and Kansas City, Missouri. 

He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene College and holds a Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Fr. Tom was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1996. He holds a Master of Library Science from Syracuse University and a PhD in New Testament Studies from Edinburgh University, Scotland.

About St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church:

St. Andrew’s is a welcoming church with a big heart, making God’s love known to the world by building community through the ministries of Christian hospitality and service, with a special focus on education, spiritual development & care for all ages.

We are an Episcopal Church of the Diocese of New Jersey. We have weekly services on Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. (traditional language) and 10 a.m. (contemporary language, choir, Sunday Schooland childcare). 

For more information on St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, visit our website http://www.standrewschurch.org/.

About St. Andrew’s Nursery School and Kindergarten:

St. Andrew's encourages children to develop a positive self-image, confidence and innate love of learning. We nurture a child's natural curiosity and help connect classroom learning to the world in which we live.

The school offers morning and afternoon programs for ages 2 to 5 and full day kindergarten.  For more information on St. Andrew’s Nursery School and Kindergarten, visit our website http://www.standrews-school.org/.