Clergy

The Rev. Canon Lynell Walker
Priest in charge

Lynell Walker was called by St. Paul's Vestry in cooperation with The Rt. Rev Jerry A. Lamb and Trinity Cathedral as Priest-In-Charge effective July 15, 2004.  She graduated from CDSP in 1996 with a M. Div. degree.  She did her field work at Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento and remained at Trinity Cathedral following her graduation.  During the ordination process she worked as a group home director and social worker/case manager for high-risk youth. 
She was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1999.  Lynell also serves as Chaplain of St. Michael’s Episcopal School in Carmichael, sits on the board of Golden State Donor Services, and is the mother of three sons.

The Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner
Bishop and Interim Rector
Bishop Beisner graduated from UC, Berkeley in 1973. He received a MDiv from CDSP in 1978 and STM from General Theological Seminary in 1994. He was ordained to the deaconates in 1978 and the priesthood in 1979. Prior to his consecration as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Northern California on September 30, 2006, he served as Canon to the Ordinary. He was married in 1998 to the Rev. L. Ann Hallisey. They have 6 grown children.

The Rev. Arthur Lillicropp
Associate Priest

Art Lillicropp joined the ministry at St. Paul's in 2008. He graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania with a B.A. in American Studies. In 1975, he earned an M. Div. from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He later went on to earn a M.S. in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1986. Before his current full-time ministry as Manager of Spiritual Care at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in South Sacramento, he was Staff Chaplain at Redding Medical Center, now Shasta Regional Medical Center from 2000-2007. Before moving to the West Coast, Art was the Director of Pastoral Care of Howard County General Hospital, affiliated with John Hopkins University Hospital, from 1986-1996. His clinical education was completed through training at the East Midtown Protestant Chaplaincy at Lenox Hill and New York Hospital; the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington D.C.; and Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore.

He has served parishes in New York and Maryland as associate rector, interim rector, and rector. Art has been ordained for 33 years as an Episcopal priest.

Rev. Eric Symons
Associate Priest

Lay Staff

Dr. Dennis M. Weber
Music Director

Dennis Weber is a published author and composer. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in composition from Jacksonville University and Kent State University, respectively.  For over 20 years he taught music at the Institut Biblique Européean in Lamorlaye, France.  While in France he earned his Ph.D. in musicology from the Université de Paris, Sorbonne.  He studied organ under Jean Langlais. He presently teaches for National University and Shasta College in Redding.

 

Rik Rasmussen

 

Office

Pat Underwood
Administrative Assistant

 

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