The Reverend Kim Hardy

Rector

The Rev. Kim Hardy came to Vermont  from Massachusetts in 2016.  She has served parishes as Rector, Interim Rector, and Priest in Charge in the Dioceses of Rochester and Massachusetts and for several years served as Director of Administration and Liturgy for the Clergy Leadership Project, Trinity Wall Street, New York. From 2006 to 2016 she also served as Celtic Liturgy Coordinator at All Saints Parish, Brookline, MA. Amma Kim holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College. Before being ordained, she was a professional musician.  She currently serves as Chair of the Liturgy Commission. Amma Kim is Director of Holy Hikes- Vermont and Anam Cara Sojourners, a collaboration between parishes and Christian faith traditions that explores Celtic Spirituality. In 2019 she facilitated a fifth Celtic Pilgrimage to Ireland that included pilgrims from the Diocese of Vermont as well as other parts of the country. She is married to the Rev. Dr. Frederick Moser, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, VT.  Together, they have two grown children.

The Reverend Deacon Dave Ganter Deacon

Experiences such as refugee sponsorship during his thirty-plus years as a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Johnson City New York helped form Dave's path to becoming a deacon. He completed a clergy formation program organized by Bexley Hall Seminary and the Diocese of Central New York where he was ordained a deacon in 2005. He and his wife, Fran, moved to Vermont to be near grandchildren. He has served as a deacon at St. Matthew's, Enosburg Falls, and, starting in 2011, at St. James, Essex Junction. Education and employment have been in the areas of financial planning, computer programming, and systems integration - mostly with IBM Corporation. His main activities at St. James are in the area of outreach and pastoral care. Dave is active in the Essex-Jericho-Underhill Ecumenical Ministry group that runs the Jericho food shelf. His emerging interest is in low cost housing and "Housing First" initiatives.

Carol Reichard

Minister of Music

After graduating from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania with degrees in music and education, Carol taught music at Cedar Crest College and in public schools in Pennsylvania and Vermont. In addition to being the founder and conductor of the Colchester Community Chorus for the past thirty one years, she has been a professional accompanist for choral groups and instrumental and vocal soloists in Burlington and surrounding areas. She has also served as organist, choir director, and director of music in the Episcopal Church for over 50 years and is currently here at St. James Episcopal Church in Essex Junction.

Diane Muckstadt

Parish Administrator

Diane joined the staff of St. James in February, 2017.  She holds a BSBA from Southeast Missouri State University with a concentration in marketing and management.  She earned a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Non-Profit Management from the University of Southern Maine.  She brings over 20 years of  nonprofit organizational management, grant-writing, and marketing experience to the Parish office. Music is an important part of her life and she has played, taught, and performed classical violin for over 40 years. She and her husband have two grown children.

Bram Kranichfeld

Student Minister

Bram Kranichfeld moved to Burlington, Vermont from New York in 2006. Since then, he has been a member of the congregation at St. Paul’s Cathedral where he has taken on various roles, including as a member of the Vestry. Bram is a lawyer and has worked mostly as a criminal prosecutor while in Vermont. He was a deputy state’s attorney in the Chittenden County SA’s Office and more recently served as Chief of the Criminal Division of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. In 2017, Bram began discerning for ordained ministry, which led him in 2019 to attend seminary at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College where he is now beginning his third and final year. Bram has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Cornell Law School. He hopes to have a Master of Divinity degree by next June. Bram has also served on the Burlington City Council. Bram is married to Erin Kranichfeld, and they live in Burlington with their two children.

Contact Us!

St. James Episcopal Church

4 St. James Place

Essex Junction, VT  05452

802.878.4014

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office@stjamesvt.org

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