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Rev. Bob McKetchnie

He is the 37th settled Parish Minister to serve here at First Parish since the
parish was founded in 1651. Bob is a second career minister having graduated
Andover Newton Theological School in 2000 after spending eighteen years in the
Financial Data Processing industry.

Prior to coming to First Parish in September of 2001, Bob served for two years
as a student intern at the Follen Church, UU in East Lexington, MA and one-year
at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) in Boston where he worked to
connect suburban parishes with the work that UUUM does in the inner city. He
also served as a hospital chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester during
1997.

Bob grew up in Jamaica Plain, MA and has seven sisters and three brothers. He
currently resides "next door" in Holliston with his wife of 30 years, Janet and
their twin sons Ryan and Gregory.

 

Jeanette Ruyle, Director of Religous Education

Jeanette Ruyle has been the Director of Religious Education at First Parish
since 1999. What began as a love for volunteering in religious education
classes with her children grew into a career as a professional religious
educator.

Jeanette holds a graduate degree in mental health nursing and
worked in this arena for 14 years before making the change. In 2006, while
working for First Parish, she finished a Master of Arts in Religious
Education at Andover Newton School of Theology.

She and the Rev. Bob McKechnie work together in striving for religious
education at First Parish to be "lifespan" -- for persons of all ages--
because they believe that people keep learning and spiritually developing
all their lives. Jeanette focuses on the programs for children and youth,
and Bob on programs for adults and they collaborate on inter-gnerational
worship services.

 

Eva Kendrick, Music Director

Eva Kendrick is a composer, vocalist, and the music director at First Parish Medfield. She has written operas, song cycles, a musical, chamber works, choral works, and music for film. Recent venues include the Longy SeptemberFEST concert series, the Ebell of Los Angeles, and Boston's Birth of a Musical Festival. She has taught for Opera Providence's outreach program OPERAtunity and the SMARTS Summer Institute in Attleboro. This fall, she began teaching composition, theory, solfege and voice at the Community Music Center in Boston.

 

For more information about Eva, please check her web site.