The Rector


The Rev. Dr. J. Paul Board

In November, 1997, Rev. Dr. J. Paul Board came to serve at St. Paul’s. With a vision of service and mission, he has guided a genuinely dedicated congregation in a variety of ministries. There is an understated sense of service to others that has been cultivated and nurtured through his tenure at St. Paul’s.

Paul is married to Lori and they have three children, Sarah, Michael, and Eric. They live in the rectory next to the church.

Paul grew up in Texas and finished high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee (1989). His Master in Divinity comes from Virginia Theological Seminary (1995). His Doctor of Ministry is from the Seabury Theological Institute (Seabury-Western Seminary, 2007). 

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Join the new Parish Directory

Join the new Parish Directory

We are pleased to announce a new parish directory.  It is online and part of our new database called Realm.  You must sign up to be included in the directory.  You may start your own Realm account, or ask Paul to be included.  Your control your own data and privacy. ...

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A Message From the Rector about Lent

A Message From the Rector about Lent

“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance;
by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.”

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Message From the Rector

Message From the Rector

Friends, Remember Day Light Savings time ends this Sunday.  We gain an hour. This Sunday is the Feast of All Saints and Commemoration of All Faithful Departed.  We will read the names of the necrology at 8am.  Bishop Jolly will preside at 10am with baptism and...

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A Message from the Rector

A Message from the Rector

Friends,   Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!  This season is my favorite time of year!  But let me be honest and say my joy is nostalgic for Christmas’ past.  It is love for the Christmastide of my childhood and my children, who are grown now.  The stressors of...

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A Message from the Rector

A Message from the Rector

Friends,  Greetings from St. Paul’s.  I hope you are well.   We will celebrate All Saints this Sunday.  We have recreated the necrology from scratch.  We have always known names were absent from the necrology.  Shayla spent the past year going through records and...

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