Co-Chairs:
Reverend Doctor Katie Crowe | Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
Katie became the pastor of this Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church in 2012. She and her husband Rob and their son love Durham, and are excited about the ways that God is at work in and through Trinity Avenue.
Rev. Dorisanne Cooper | Watts Street Baptist Church
Dorisanne Cooper came to Watts Street in July 2014. She has a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a bachelor of arts from Baylor University. Dorisanne is married to David Tatum and they have one son, Adam, a third grader. Their family is completed by Lucy, the dog. Dorisanne enjoys reading, watching basketball, homemade pizza, Poet Billy Collins, and most recently a study of Author Joan Chittister and the religious text the “Rule of Benedict.” Before coming to Watts Street, she served as the Senior Pastor of Lake Shore Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, and Associate Pastor of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.Fr. Hugh Macsherry, O.F.M. | Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Fr. Hugh joined the friars in 2002, he made his first profession in 2004, and was ordained in 2009. He grew as the seventh of eight children from Baltimore, MD. In his home parish, he sang in the choir and participated in the Boy Scouts. Fr. Hugh graduated from the University of Maryland and taught middle school Spanish for a year before entering formation with the friars of Holy Name Province. As a friar, Fr. Hugh has served in Boston, MA and Camden, NJ, especially in Spanish-language ministry and with the Deaf. He is happy he is living, working, and praying with the faith community of Durham.