The Rev. Jane G. Tillman became non-stipendiary Priest Associate at St. Paul’s in April 2016.  Ordained as priest at St. Paul’s in 2014, her primary call has been as a supply priest in Berkshire County. At St. Paul’s, she assists with pastoral care and preaches and celebrates Eucharist monthly. A lifelong Episcopalian and native of North Carolina, Jane has lived in the Berkshires for over twenty years.  Jane is a bi-vocational priest, whose fulltime job is Director of the Erikson Institute for Education and Research at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge. Prior to ordination, as a layperson Jane taught Sunday School, served on the Vestry, was a lay reader, altar guild member, lay Eucharistic minister, and member of the Cathedral Chapter.  She is interested in liturgy and in social justice issues and is a member of the Board of Examining Chaplains for the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. She attended the University of the South, earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and completed her M.Div. at Duke University in 1987. After several years working as a flight paramedic on a helicopter, she completed her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Jane gives thanks for the people of St. Paul’s and the faithful spiritual engagement maintained during the long season of COVID disruption.

Kyra Saltman is an active cellist and arts administrator recently relocated to the Berkshires. She has toured the United States extensively as a member of the Petar Jankovic Ensemble, and was the Director of Chamber Music at the Music Institute of Chicago. She is currently the Executive Director of Musica Sacra, a choral ensemble in Cambridge, MA, the operations manager for the Berkshire Opera Festival, and parish administrator at St. Paul’s. Her daughter Adara attended St. Paul’s Children’s Center.

David Smith has served as one of St. Paul’s musicians since December 2022. A resident of Columbia
County, NY, he is Artistic Director of Concerts in the Village and Conductor of its resident ensembles, the Broad Street Chorale and Orchestra, and the Chatham Festival Chorus. He is a member of the Broad Street Trio. Smith holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard in English literature and musicology, as well as MA and MPhil degrees from Yale in music theory. He was a student of Nadia Boulanger at Les Ecoles d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau in Paris, France. He has also been a Conducting Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School and is a frequent performer on piano, harpsichord and organ. Aside from his musical experience, he has had a career in retail management and finance, following studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David was born in Troy, NY, where an early and influential teacher was Russell Locke of the Emma Willard School. He is past President of the Columbia County Historical Society and The Fifty Group of Columbia County.

Nancy grew up in a northern Boston suburb and graduated from Tufts University. She took piano lessons as a child and began organ study in high school. She moved to New Jersey with her husband, and after their two daughters were in school she enrolled in Kean College of NJ and earned a post baccalaureate major in organ performance and music education. She also earned the Colleague of the American Guild of Organists  certificate.  Nancy was an organist, choir director, and piano teacher for many years in NJ, and upon retiring to the Berkshires in 2000 she became organist/director for Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheffield and later here at St. Paul’s for several years until the COVID pandemic. She is currently playing 2 Sundays a month at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury, CT, and on free Sundays back at St. Paul’s. Nancy is an avid biker and volunteer trail steward with the Berkshire National Resources Council.

Darryl Lafferty arrived at St. Paul’s Stockbridge on Epiphany 2020, having previously served as verger at St. Paul’s Kinderhook, N.Y. Darryl is a cradle Episcopalian and native of Kinderhook, New York where he currently resides. Serving in the Episcopal Church has been a lifelong journey for him. Beginning as a youth acolyte, crucifer, thurifer, assistant sexton, choir member, lector, lay eucharistic minister, vestry member, cantor, verger, and licensed as a lay leader in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. Recently retired, Darryl has over thirty years’ experience as a hospitality professional driven by a commitment to serve others. He fosters an environment of continuous learning and development, is a builder of lasting relationships and engages with the community to explore opportunities. Darryl earned his undergraduate degree from Marist College in 2018 and was recognized for his commitment to adult education as the recipient of the Spirit of Adult Education Award.

413-298-4913