Leadership

Bishop’s Committee

Senior Warden: Ashley Pairitz

Junior Warden: David Stark

Treasurer: Nancy Verderese

Clerk: Kathy Hopkins

Priest in Charge: Father Jack Fles

Father Jack Fles Intoduction

My interest and love has always been working with children and families. My own experiences growing up through middle and high school opened wide the challenges of attending church one day a week with the other six days colliding with challenges and decisions with life long results. I am grateful for the adults who have shepherded me through those years, and I want to pass on the same to others who seek it.

How did I get here?

John Jay High School, Cross River, NY 1972 graduation Oral Roberts University 1972-1974

Institute of Holy Land Studies, Jerusalem 1975-76 Apprentichip Lordship Christian Center, Brideport, CT 1977 Oral Roberts Graduation 1977

Youth for Christ Denver 1977-1980

Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary 1980-1984

Youth Director St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral Denver – 1984-1987 Seminary of the Southwest Anglican Studies 1988-1989

Ordained Episcopal priest 1989

Youth and Family Minister Grace Church Colorado Springs 1989-1993 Rector Christ Church – Gardiner Maine 1993-2011

2011 – Retired – area pulpit supply

2020 – present – All Saints Episcopal Skowhegan –

I am a family man; family first, a vital lesson learned thru the years. Becky, my partner and spouse, has this to say after our 37 years of marriage and three children later:

“Can you think back to a time, when you were curious and wide eyes with wonder… Are you look for a place – and or a person, to bravely search again with,

And to continue your journey of faith to new and unexpected places?

Father Jack is such a man. Father Jack is given to wonder, to sitting in the quiet and gratefully experiencing and sharing his story while encouraging others in the same way.

Father Jack is not your average priest, but rather, a man who walks humbly with his God and heas experienced powerfully the gifts of mercy and grace and is anxious to know and share with you and with others.

October 10, 2023