St. Andrew's Leadership
Fr. Steven M. Evans, Rector
Fr. Steven Evans has served St. Andrew's since November 2010. He was ordained by Bishop Doc Loomis as an Anglican Deacon on August 19, 2012 and as a priest on February 23, 2013. He is licensed for ministry by Bishop William Bahemuka Mugenyi in the Diocese of Boga in the Anglican Province of Congo and released for specialized ministry in The Anglican Mission in the Americas: A Society of Mission and Apostolic Works.
Steven was previously ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1997. He has served churches in Willoughby Hills, OH and Watertown, NY and has worked as a Festival Director for the Steve Wingfield Evangelistic Association. He is also the owner of StevenEvansOnline.com, a web design and marketing firm and is the webmaster for St. Andrew's.
Steven is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College (BA), North Park Theological Seminary (M.Div.), The Arrow Leadership Program and received a certificate in Web Design & Maintenance at OCM BOCES. Steven and his wife, Alyx, have been married since 1991 and have 5 children: Katelyn, Carter, Benjamin, Nicholas and Jacqueline. They home school and live in Liverpool, NY. Steven is an avid biker and can regularly be found in Onondaga Lake Park and on the Erie Canal Towpath. He is also a genealogist and occasionally blogs at The Land of the Ultra Rev.
Fr. Samuel Coilpillai, Assisting Priest
St. Andrew's also has the great privilege of having Fr. Samuel Coilpillai serve as Assistant Priest. Fr. Sam works at the Rescue Mission.
He is a native of Sri Lanka, where his father served as an Anglican
priest for many years. Sam started out in the field of banking and
finance, working for several large international banks. He studied for
the priesthood and was ordained in the Church of North India, a church in the Worldwide Anglican Communion. He and his wife, Hepsi, live in Syracuse.
Scott Emery, Missionary Pastor
Scott Emery is a planting a missional communiy in the northern Onondaga County suburbs called The Church of the Common Table. He grew up in Liverpool and attended Faith Heritage in Syracuse. After high school, he went to Philadelphia Biblical University and finished a Bachelors in Biblical Studies. While there, God began to move him into the realm of church planting. During his senior year, he met his wife, Melanie, and they ministered together in an inner-city Philadelphia church plant.
After moving back in Syracuse, God called them to help establish a church here in the city of Syracuse while Scott finished his Masters in Theological Studies from Northeastern Seminary. During this time, God continued to call Scott's attention to the spiritual and physical needs in the northern suburbs. In response to God's faithfulness in their lives, Scott and Melanie are continuing to push forward with following God's mission in this region.
Scott currently works in the Liverpool School District as a Special Education Teaching Assistant and for Northeastern Seminary as an Admissions Recruiter. The Emery's have three daughters, Lily, Ava and India. They live in Phoenix, NY, where they are planting missional communities. Overall Scott hopes to continue exploring God's story, hearing peoples' stories, and helping others see the two of them clearly.
Scott blogs at Creation/Community/Commission.
St. Andrew's Vestry
St. Andrew's is led by it's Vestry members: Rector’s Warden: Don Ackley-Perot, People’s Warden: Gloria Albanese, Dawn Mills, Patty DeGraff, Tony Polhamus, Judy Moorhead. Treasurer: Glenna Chumbley. Clerk: Pam Kelley.
