Sara grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she attended St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Lawrence Park. After graduating from New College of Florida with a degree in religion/gender studies in 2000, she moved to the Boston area to participate in the Micah Project, a program for recent college graduates in discernment for ministry. From there she moved to New York City, where she attended General Theological Seminary, and returned to Boston in 2004 for ordination.

Before coming to Christ Church, Sara was the assistant rector at Emmanuel Church, Boston. Sara was priest in charge before being elected rector of Christ Church in 2009. Sara’s husband, Noah Evans, is also a priest, and serves as the priest in charge at Grace Episcopal Church, Medford. Sara’s interests include writing, contemplative prayer, the intersections between postmodern theory and contemporary theology (see her essay "The Religiophoneme: Liturgy and Some Uses of Deconstruction in the journal Worship, May 2006).  She also loves riding her bike around town and cooking (well, to be honest, eating when Noah cooks…) the food from her CSA shares from Waltham Fields Community Farm and Hardwick Chestnut Farms.   

Sara is active in young adult ministry in the diocese of Massachusetts, and has served as the chair of the board for the Micah Project, the internship program she participated in as a recent college graduate. While at Christ Church, Sara hopes to help the congregation to grow and to welcome new people to Waltham, as well as to expand opportunities for spiritual growth and connecting with the local community. Look for her essay “My Red Couch” in the book “My Red Couch and Other Stories on Seeking a Feminist Faith,” edited by Rachel Gaffron and Claire Bischoff (2005, Pilgrim Press). Sara has a full house here in Waltham with two-year-old son, Isaiah, St. Bernard puppy Cyrus, and cat Boaz!

For more from Sara, click on “Newsletters” (above left) for her weekly email meditation.