Reverend Linda Packard Interim Rector The Reverend Linda Packard began assisting at Grace Church as associate rector, serving in the area of the spiritual life of adults beginning in November, 2008. She was appointed Interim Rector by Bishop Lee when the previous rector, Father Bob North resigned in July, 2010 to go to the Sudan. She and her husband, Tony, retired to Galena from Lincoln Park in the city of Chicago where Tony was a lawyer and she was for eleven years the rector of Church of Our Saviour. She served the diocese on the Board of Trustees of Seabury Western Seminary, as Dean of the North Chicago Deanery and was elected President of the Standing Committee. Her last two years prior to retirement, she chaired the search committee for our bishop, Jeffrey Lee. The Reverend Packard always wanted to be a priest, but women were not being ordained when she finished college, so she began a career in non-profit administration that took her to Liberia, London, Stanford University and the University of Minnesota. But the call to go to seminary was always there. She studied at both McCormick Theological Seminary in Hyde Park and Seabury Western in Evanston. She was ordained in 1989. She calls this her second life. In this life she was the chaplain for the Neonatal intensive care unit at the Evanston Hospital for several years before entering parish work where she served as interim rector in parishes in both Evanston and Oak Park.

Pat Terry Music Director Pat Terry is the Director of Music. She selects all the hymns we sing and all the anthems the choir sings. Pat directs the fabulous choir in the Sunday offerings as well as during their annual choir concert. She works with Nancy Cook and Chris Bahl, who play our organ and piano, as well as the many guest artists.

Nancy Cook Associate Choir Director Nancy Cook joined the Galena church in 1988 and began playing the Erban organ on Mothers' Day the same year. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a double music major (vocal and instrumental), taught General Music grades 1-8 at Dodgeville, WI for five years, retiring when she started her family and began giving piano lessons. After moving to Cuba City, Wisconsin, she continued giving piano lessons and got a job teaching music at Holy Ghost School in Dickeyville, Wisconsin for fifteen years as well as teaching for eight years at St. Rose School In Cuba City. Nancy joined the Grace Choir when Pat formed it, singing in the alto section, which she continues to do in addition to her responsbilites as an associate director. During Sunday services, she play the piano and/or the Erben organ for prelude, Communion and postlude in addition to directing the choir when Pat Terry is absent.

Terri Allendorf Church Secretary Terri Allendorf has been our church secretary since June 2003. She lives in Galena with her husband and six children. Terri does our financial bookkeeping alongside the Treasurer of our parish. She is the one to contact with questions regarding budgets, giving of gifts or pledges, and reimbursement checks. Terri helps Fr. Bob with the financial aspect of "Hello Galena," an arts-cooperative, of which he is the Board President. Terri is the office manager. She composes the Sunday Worship Bulletins. Terri puts the monthly calendar of events along with our monthly newsletter, "The Christian Connection" onto the church website. Information for the Sunday Worship Bulletin announcements should get to Terri before Wednesday for the following Sunday. Her email address is: gracesec@gracegalena.org.

Deb Houy Nursery Coordinator Deb Houy, who grew up in Galena, moved away for a number of years and has now returned, cares for children in the Parish House while their parents attend the 10:30 am Sunday Eucharist. She has five grown children and seven grandchildren and a lifetime of experience caring for little ones. During the week, she works at the Courthouse in Dubuque, Iowa. Her hobbies are kayaking and crocheting. Children, ages five and under, may be brought to the Nursery on the second floor of the Parish House starting at 10:15 am on Sunday morning.

Jean Folks Sexton Jean Folks is our sexton (cleaning person). She normally cleans the church and the parish house once a week and does an outstanding job. Jean is assisted by part-time persons who take care of the shoveling and plowing in winter, lawn maintenance and leaf raking in summer, and with trash removal.