Our Rector
Contact Pastor Beth at [email protected]
Parish Administrator
Cindy Russell is a retired high school administrator, who now enjoys spending time with her husband, children and grandchildren. She also loves to travel, sew, and craft. She always said she would love to retire and become a church secretary. Now she is!
Contact Cindy at [email protected]
Accompanist
Pamela Petrotta gained most of her formal piano and vocal education at San Francisco State University and Dominican College in the Bay Area. She has taught piano and voice for 30+years, while also performing in dozens of light opera and musical theater productions, either as a music director or a performer. Since her childhood, she has participated in church choirs as a soloist or pianist. She worked full-time as a legal assistant to support her formal music education. She is retired, married to retired Episcopal Priest, The Rev. Dr. Tony Petrotta, and says she is, “Thrilled to accompany for services at St. James.”
Cantor
Sarah DeYoung is a professional singer and performer with a focus in classical voice and a background in musical theater, rock, and contemporary styles. Sarah recently graduated from Portland State University earning a Bachelors of Music in classical Vocal Performance and was president of PSU’s highest auditioned vocal ensemble, Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Ethan Sperry. Her most recent notable performance was singing alongside China Forbes of Pink Martini with the Oregon Symphony in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall during China’s “Still 50” birthday concert. Outside of performing Sarah enjoys teaching voice to students of all ages and continuing her own practice so that she may share her love of music for years to come. Since her joining St. James in 2023, Sarah has been eternally grateful for such a wonderful community to work for, using music as a vessel for the congregation’s spiritual growth as well as her own. St. James continues to be a place where she knows that she, and others, will be welcomed with wise words, laughter, and love.