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Trinity Episcopal Church, Milford

The people of Trinity Episcopal Church, Milford called the Reverend Dan Collier to serve as priest-in-charge, beginning March 1.

For nearly 160 years, Trinity has been deeply engaged in the local community. Today, Laundry Love and a weekly Community Meal attend to the needs of neighbors in Milford.

Dan is a Massachusetts native. He holds an MA from Weston Jesuit Theological School, a Certificate in Anglican Studies from EDS, Cambridge and a Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston.

Ordained deacon in 2005 by Bishop Thomas Shaw, Diocese of Massachusetts, and priest in 2006, Dan served the people of St. Paul's, Bedford (2005-2007) and St. Andrew's, Manchester, NH (20072012). In our diocese, he has served several congregations in need of a bridge ministry. ♦

Misty is a native of Scottsdale, Arizona. While a student in Moscow, Russia in her early 20s, Misty felt the call to Christ and was baptized in 1990.

Misty earned a Master of Divinity and a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Yale Divinity School in 2020. After graduation, she served as a Chaplain Resident at a Level I Trauma Center in 2020-2021 during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. She is currently back at YDS finishing a Master's of Sacred Theology with a focus in Homiletics. ♦

Margot moved to Western MA in 1990 from Cairo, Egypt where she had lived for 13 years. She settled in Williamstown, MA, where she found work as a musician and music teacher in the local public school and attended St. John’s Episcopal Church.

St. John’s nurtured and encouraged her growth into service both within the worshiping community and outside the walls. She feels called to work among the Beloved communities that navigate through the challenges of life on the margins with God inspired grace and dignity. ♦

Jimmy was baptized and raised at Christ Church in Rochdale, MA. He studied Sustainable Agriculture in Unity, ME. After college, he spent a year as an intern with the Brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE), a summer at Plainsong Farm, and a year at Lawrence House where he served at St. Paul's in Holyoke.

In the fall of 2020, Jimmy embarked to study at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS). He has served as Seminarian at St. Paul's in Old Town, Alexandria and Emmanuel Church in Delaplane, VA. ♦