Leadership

Daniel Jay McKinley has been full-time minister of music/organist & choirmaster of CTR since its founding in 2009. He held similar full-time positions at First Christian Church, Columbus, IN, 1978–1997; Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, 1998 (interim assistant); and Christ Church of Hamilton / Wenham, MA, 1998–2009.

Raised in Borden, IN, Dan received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in organ and church music from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and was awarded its prestigious Performer’s Certificate. He played sousaphone in the IU marching band and was named the Outstanding Bandsman, but alas never got to the Rose Bowl. However, for 27 years he attended every IU home football game, and as an avid IU men’s basketball fan, he attended five NCAA Final Four championships.

With conductor David Bowden and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, he has performed organ & orchestra works of Dupré, Elgar, Guilmant, Jongen, Poulenc, Rütti, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, and Widor. Their recording of Dupré’s music for organ & orchestra was released in 1998 on the Naxos label. Performances have been broadcast on the syndicated radio programs Performance Today, Pipedreams, and With Heart and Voice.

Since coming east, he has been dean, sub-dean, and registrar of the Boston chapter, American Guild of Organists, and served on the executive committee for the 2014 AGO national convention. He also was dean and sub-dean of the Merrimack Valley chapter.

Dan is married to Tess, an English teacher and professional actress. He shares her love for theater and serves as music director for Imago Stage Company, which she directs. They hope to attend all the Shakespeare plays; he has two more to go.

A native of Northern California, Sarah has lived on the North Shore for 18 years now and still finds herself occasionally confounded by the roads and drivers of Massachusetts. Sarah holds a master’s degree in violin performance and works as a freelance violinist as well as a violin teacher. In between renditions of Brahms symphonies or “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” she is busy raising and homeschooling four daughters. She attends the 11 am service at CTR with her daughters, but her husband Nathan is conspicuously absent, as he is director of music at Park Street Church in Boston. Sarah grew up in a contemporary evangelical church, and now delights in discovering the traditions of liturgy and the celebration of the Church year. She is particularly passionate about implementing Church year observations and celebrations in the home. She and her family reside in Danvers, in a 100-year-old house perpetually in need of renovations.

Having grown up in Central Massachusetts in the Brookfields and the Sturbridge area, Cindy came to the North Shore to follow a lifelong call to study theological education. Holding a Master of Library Science, her career as an academic Art Librarian led her to become a Theological Librarian after receiving her M. Div. from Gordon-Conwell. Christ the Redeemer’s founding offered her the chance to continue to sing with the CTR Choir. She has also served on the Liturgy and the Arts Committee, the Intercessory Prayer Team and the Outreach Team. She agrees with missionary William Carey (1761-1834) that “The future is as bright as the promises of God”.

Cindy is thrilled to be serving on the Vestry at this exciting time.

Leanne grew up in CA and moved to Massachusetts in 1988. At the urging of members Linda Preston and Adam Rick, she began attending Christ The Redeemer in 2012. Its rich liturgy and community are the anchors which have bonded her to this fellowship of believers in Christ’s Kingdom. During leisure time, she enjoys gathering with family and friends, plus the occasional road trip to Rumney, NH and Lancaster County, PA.

Leanne grew up in CA and moved to Massachusetts in 1988. At the urging of members Linda Preston and Adam Rick, she began attending Christ The Redeemer in 2012. Its rich liturgy and community are the anchors which have bonded her to this fellowship of believers in Christ’s Kingdom. During leisure time, she enjoys gathering with family and friends, plus the occasional road trip to Rumney, NH and Lancaster County, PA.

Janet grew up in NJ and MD, but came to Massachusetts to attend Gordon College. And she never left, not only MA, but Gordon, where she has been working ever since she graduated. Janet was part of the split from Christ Church and has been at CTR ever since its founding. Her main ministry at CTR is singing in the choir, but when choir is on vacation you can find Janet in the nursery. Outside of work and church, Janet loves doing genealogical research, combining her loves of history and stories.