Paul has served as the Rector of Trinity Church in Princeton since the fall of 2008. In addition to his service at Trinity, Paul is on the board of Religious Ministries PHCS, an ex-officio member of the Trinity Counseling Service Board of Directors, as well as a member of the Diocesan Council for the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, and former Dean of the Trenton Convocation. Prior to coming to Trinity, Paul served for nine years as rector of St. James’ Church in Pewee Valley, KY. He also served for two years as Assistant Priest at Christ Church Cathedral and Chaplain for Home of the Innocents both in Louisville, KY. Paul graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1997 with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. He also spent one year at General Theological Seminary in New York earning a diploma in Anglican Studies. Paul is an alumnus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. He and his wife, Christina, have been married for twenty years and have three children Sophia, John Paul, and Luke.

A native of Pensacola, Florida, cradle Episcopalian, and lifelong Southerner, Kara holds a PhD in Christian theology and ethics from Duke University with research interests that include Karl Barth, Søren Kierkegaard, the ethics of science and technology, and medical ethics. She earned the BSE, MS, and PhD in mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, and then joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a research engineer and test manager for a variety of civilian and military projects. She returned to Duke as a student in the Divinity School, and stayed on for her second doctorate. Kara has served on the pastoral staff of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, as well as in suburban and rural parishes in North Carolina and Alabama. As a seminarian, she completed an internship at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, where she was a chaplain for the adult psychiatry and palliative care units. She serves as Canon Theologian of the Diocese of New Jersey, and is a member of the Society of Scholar-Priests, Society of Catholic Priests, and Society of St. Mary Magdalene within the Anglican Communion. Kara is also an Adjunct Professor of Theology and the denominational advisor for Episcopal students at Princeton Theological Seminary. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, cheering for Duke basketball, and exploring historic churches. She lives at 11 Mercer St with her “energetic” pitbull rescue dog, Greta.

Wesley is a 2023 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his MDiv, with concentrations in both Black Church Studies, and in Theology, Women & Gender. A Fayetteville, North Carolina native, Wesley moved to Princeton in 2020, after 24 years of living in New York City, where he was a member of Middle Collegiate Church. Raised in the AME Zion Church, and the grandson of a pastor, Wesley was confirmed in 2022, and is currently in the ordination process for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. Wesley ministered at Middle Church and has interned at our own beloved Trinity Episcopal Church. He also served on the search committee to select the Rev. Dr Jonathan Lee Walton as the new president of Princeton Theological Seminary. In NYC and Chicago, Wesley was a professional musician, and has sung in the choirs of St. Thomas Episcopal Church NYC, Grace Episcopal Church NYC, and Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, as well as several regional opera companies throughout the country. Wesley earned a BM from Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC, and was an MM vocal performance major at the University of Illinois. Outside (and perhaps inside) of church, Wesley loves to dance (sometimes badly and always boldly), sing karaoke (where he is viciously competitive), and read (voraciously). He loves all kinds of music, from Bach to Blues to Bartok to Beyonce, and loves the Duke Ellington quote, "there's only two kinds of music; good and bad.”

Originally from Connecticut, Annie has been teaching voice and piano lessons and working administratively at area music studios for the past eleven years. She has been singing professionally with the adult choir at Trinity Church since 2014 and directing the ABC choir since 2018. She is very excited to expand her role at Trinity to include Parish Administrator! Annie teaches music lessons at Cornerstone Music Studios in Millstone and Chapin School Princeton, as well as directing the lower school operetta at Princeton Day School. Annie holds the degrees of Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College and Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Western Connecticut State University. She loves musical theater and performs regularly at the Kelsey Theater in West Windsor, NJ. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, working out, going down the shore, and spending time with her partner, golden retriever, and two cats.

Connor Fluharty, a native of Pittsburgh, PA, has been the Organ Scholar at Trinity Church Princeton and the Music Director at the Episcopal Chaplaincy of Princeton since 2017. Since 2021, he has been Trinity’s Interim Director of Music. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, where he completed his Master of Music in Organ Performance as a student of Daryl Robinson. Active as a church musician for close to 15 years, he holds a Bachelor of Music in both Organ and Piano Performance from Grove City College. In addition, he has performed in master classes for Paul Jacobs, Ken Cowan, Stephen Tharp, and studied privately with Jean-Baptiste Robin in 2013 while a student in Paris, France. Aside from music, Connor is an avid fan of literature and film.

Director of Music Margaret “Meg” Harper has been hailed by The Diapason magazine for her “impeccable” playing and by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for “outstandingly lively, punchy” performances. Croatian newspaper Glas Slavonije writes, “The freezing cold of a January evening dominated the cathedral in Djakovo, but it could not diminish the richness and warmth of sound brought out of the cathedral organ by Margaret Harper.”

Before coming to Trinity, Meg served parishes in New York, New Hampshire, and Texas. She has taught organ, harpsichord, and keyboard skills at Baylor University, the University of Southern Maine and the Eastman School of Music. Meg holds a DMA and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She has presented premiere performances of new works by composers including Cecilia McDowall, George Baker, Philip Moore, Todd Wilson, and many others. She has served in leadership roles for the Association of Anglican Musicians, the Royal School of Church Music - America, and the American Guild of Organists. Margaret performs and tours as an organist, harpsichordist, and conductor, and is on the roster of the Concert Artist Cooperative.

Maureen attended her first iconography workshop with Vladislav Andrejev, founder of the Prosopon School of Iconology, at Trinity in 1996. Although trained as a secular fine artist (she holds an MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University), Maureen was immediately drawn to the medium and to the mystical theology that informs this centuries-old sacred art of the Christian East. She has coordinated an annual six-day iconography workshop at Trinity Church ever since, and is now an affiliate instructor of the Prosopon School. Maureen moved to the Princeton area in 1986 to join the staff of the Princeton University Art Museum, where she worked for 25+ years. After juggling a satisfying but demanding career with her study of the icon, Maureen stepped down from her position as Chief Registrar to devote herself to iconography. In March 2013 she was consecrated as Trinity’s first Iconographer in Residence. Maureen is a graduate of EfM (Education for Ministry) and has served on the Vestry. She is currently the chair of Trinity’s PCOM (Parish Committee on Ministry).

Raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, Emily attended Dartmouth College where she met her husband Jolyon, and was baptized during a foreign study program in Prague. In her early career, she served as a church administrator, an elementary school teacher, and a campus ministry co-director at Dartmouth College. Emily is a doctoral student in Theology and Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. She received her A.B. in Geography from Dartmouth College and a Dual MDiv/Master of Arts in Christian Education and Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary. She has been on Trinity’s staff since 2012 and was confirmed in the Episcopal Church in 2014. Emily and Jolyon love spending time outdoors with their four children, Kyra, Teddy, Joseph, and Balian.

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