Episcopal Church
Clergy and Ministry Team
The Rev. Canon Jeff Golliher, PhD., Missioner. Fr. Golliher is Missioner for the Rondout and Sullivan County for the Diocese of New York. He is also Assisting Minister Provincial for Sacred Ecology for the Anglican Franciscans, Third Order, Province of the Americas. Before coming to St. John’s, he was Canon for the Environment at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. He also served as the Environmental Staff Person for the Office of the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations.
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Julett Butler was ordained a deacon in 2019. She came to our area in September 2022 to take on a job as Protestant Chaplain with DOCCS and simultaneously work at St. John’s as the deacon. She comes with over 30 years experience in substance abuse and over 20 volunteering in prison ministry. She’s been involved with KAIROS Prison Ministry since 2003. Julett comes with a master’s degree in Communications Studies from Emerson College, a master’s degree in Pastoral Care from Fordham University, an advanced certificate in Public Administration from Marist College and is a Credentialed Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC).
Organist and Choir
Olga Pchelintseva- Mares, center in front, is a Russian American pianist, who studied piano since she was 8 years old. She went through 7 years of music school and 2 years of Musical College of Arts before she went to study Roman and German Philology at the State University of Tambov in Russia. After 4 years of University, she moved to the USA and continued her musical studies under the tutelage of Vladimir Feltsan at SUNY New Paltz. She got her Piano Performance degree in December 2007. She’s been playing in churches as a pianist and an organist ever since. She had a duo with her American friend of Ukrainian descent and together they recorded a Russian Ukrainian album in 2016. Olga has been a singer and a Choir director assistant at a Russian Church in Pine Bush since 2014 – 2021. She started working at St. John’s church as a Choir Director and an organist in November 2021.