Church Staff |

Pastor: Reverend Jessica Moore
Music Director & Choral Director: Bailey Brown
Organist: Stephan Conrady
Church Administrator: Stephen McLaughlin

Church President: Paula Kane
Treasurer: Alan Shannon
Assistant Treasurer: Larry Bruce

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Reverend Jessica Moore became Pastor of First Congregational Church in November of 2020. Pastor Jessica is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ. She has a Masters from the Bangor Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts.

Pastor Jessica is available to talk or pray with you, you do not need to be a member of the church. You may stop by the church during office hours (below) or contact Pastor Jessica to make an arrangement.

Pastor Jessica’s Office Hours: Friday 9-2pm and by appointment.

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Bailey Brown is a Franklin County based musician and music educator. Bailey received their Bachelors of Science in Music Education with a minor in Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity from the University of Vermont and a certification in Kodály Studies from the Kodály Music Institute of Boston in collaboration with Anna Maria College. While they have a deep appreciation for all styles of music, Bailey often finds themself most at home in North American and New England folk traditions when it pertains to vocal music. They firmly believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome to participate in the music making process, no matter where they are in their musical journeys. When they’re not busy conducting, teaching, or playing their clarinet, Bailey can be found hanging out with their cat Sesame and making fiber crafts.

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Stephan Conrady spent most of this life in Kordel, a small town in Germany, near Trier, situated along the riverbanks of the Mosel. he started playing the piano at an early age inspired by Cziffra, Horowitz, Perlemuter and Cortot. Living so closely to the Archbishop of Trier, he became fascinated by the grandness in size, sound and scope of the pipe organs. Vitezslav Vorbornik, a Czech organist, pianist and composer took Stephan under his wings and taught him how to master this instrument.

He played during morning services at the Christkoenig Kirche and Jesuiten Kirche in Trier, the Protestant Church is Bitburg, St. Amandus in Kordel, and was invited to play for Bishop Stein on his 75th birthday. Stephan also played a big role in the band “Software” in their beginning phase, while performing on synthesizer and Fender Rhode E-Piano, which resulted in the release of two albums: “Syncode” and “Chip Meditation.” Stephan continued his studies and graduated as a pipe organ and harmonium builder from the Oskar Walcker Institute in Ludwigsburg, one of the most famous and accredited trade schools for organ building in the world.

Outside of church, Stephan is known as Organ Builder, Technician, Tuning and Repair Specialist, and also as piano tuner and technician, in Vermont, New England and Quebec.