Leadership & Staff

Leadership is a gift from God that is expressed by all members of our church. At every level, laypeople and clergy serve as leaders of St. Paul’s.

Staff

Rector

The Reverend Krista Fregoso

The Rev. Krista Fregoso grew up in North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double degree in Biology and in Elementary Education. Upon graduation, Krista went on to serve in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria. After 9/11, she began to discern a call to the Priesthood. She attended seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley where she met her husband, Tom Fregoso. Her first call as an Associate for Family Ministries was at St. Francis, Palos Verdes in the Diocese of Los Angeles. She also worked as Chaplain for U.C. Riverside.  She moved back to the Bay Area in 2011 to become the Associate Rector at St. Johns Oakland. In August 2018 she was called to be the eighth Rector of St. Paul’s Walnut Creek. 

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Associate Rector

The Reverend Lynne Sharp, TSSF

A native of Rochester, NY, Lynne comes to St. Paul’s with a background in chemical dependency counseling prior to her call to Ordination. A graduate of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 2008, Lynne served as an Associate at St. Aidan’s, San Francisco, Grace Cathedral, and St. Paul’s in Burlingame before returning to New York and serving as Rector at St. James in Hammondsport for seven years.

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Director of Music

TBD

St. Paul’s is in the process of hiring a new music director.

 

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Deacon Emeritus

The Reverend Donald Adolphson

A graduate of Diocese of CA School For Deacons and retired from Sandia Laboratory. Joined St. Paul’s after ten years at St. Matthias, San Ramon.

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Deacon Emeritus

The Reverend Margaretmary Staller

Ordained Deacon and hospice chaplain. Retired from St. Paul’s in 2021.

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Vestry

The elected Vestry serves as the governing board for the parish, with the rector as president. The basic responsibilities of the vestry are to help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church’s mission by word and deed; to select the rector; to ensure effective organization and planning; and to manage resources and finances.