Priest
Jud Pealer
Jud Pealer is married and has three grown children. His wife Sandra is an artist. Jud graduated from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1987. He was ordained deacon and priest that year in Vermont. He has served as rector in churches in Vermont, West Virginia and NewYork. He was a chaplain at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire from 2006-2009. He is very pleased to be in the Diocese of Maine and loves the Rangeley area. He began as Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in August 2009.
Deacons
We have several deacons in the Good Shepherd Church:
Anne Hunter
The Rev. Dr. Anne Hunter first came to Maine in 1975 for the residency program in Family Practice at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. After a few years practicing in Kingfield, she moved her practice to Rangeley in 1985. A "cradle Episcopalian", she immediately got involved in the life of the Good Shepherd, eventually serving on the vestry and as a Chalice Bearer and a Lay Eucharistic Minister. In 1991 she moved to Portland to work in long term care and later hospice, returning to Rangeley and the Good Shepherd most weekends. Her work in hospice led hr to a deep interest in the spiritual aspects of the dying process, and as she anticipated retirement, she experienced a call to the diaconate. She was ordained a deacon in June 2006. Now retired from medicine, she divides her year between Rangeley and Charlottesville, Virginia. During her half year in Rangeley she is eager to participate in hospice chaplaincy, pastoral care, and of course the liturgy.
John Dill
Although Deacon John Dill is licensed in New Jersey, he is a wonderful addition to our church. He spends the summers in Rangeley and has helped out with services for many years. John feels his role is one of a servant and he prefers to not have a bio or a picture on the website.
Ben Wetherill
Benjamin W. Wetherill, II, is a life-long Episcopalian and originally hails from the deserts of Arizona. Ben began pursuing a call to the diaconal ministry when he and his family moved to Rangeley, Maine in 2002, and was named a Postulant in the Deacon Formation Program in 2006. A communicant at the Good Shepherd, Ben has spent the last seven years serving his faith community as a Eucharistic Visitor, Chalice Bearer, Sunday School Leader, Youth Leader, and Worship Leader.
Ben's wife of twenty-one years, Ana, serves with him and is the manager of Lakeside Theater. The father of three teenage daughters, Brittany, Aurora, and Dagmar, Ben is passionate about youth ministry and is a dedicated volunteer in the Diocese of Maine's Youth ministry programs.
A Senior Patrol Agent with the U. S. Border Patrol and Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve, Ben is also passionate about his ministry as a peer counselor to his fellow law enforcement officers.