Jim was born in Attleboro, MA. He attended Brown University, Colgate Rochester Divinity School and Yale Graduate School.
He has preached at numerous churches located in Henrietta, NY, Waterbury, New Britain, Cornwall and Haddam-Neck, Middle Haddam, CT. He has two children and is twice divorced. He loves blueberry pancakes and the Red Sox.
Rev. Jim will be available during office hours if you would like to stop in and speak with him or can be contacted by calling the church office.
Victoria A. Ramsey
FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR
Victoria has been our Director of Faith Formation since July 2018. Victoria hails from Texas and has enjoyed living in many places across the country.
She earned Bachelor's degrees in music performance and political science at the University of North Texas, and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
She has worked as a hospital chaplain in Staten Island, Dallas, and Washington State. In service with these communities, she specialized in Emergency Department, ICU, pediatric, and trauma ministry with patients, family, and staff and created various programming to help each of these groups cope with the emotional stress of illness, grief, and death.
She is so happy to be a part of the community of Orange Congregational, in service to a loving and welcoming God.
Bryan T. Campbell
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Bryan, an Ohio native, began his leadership at the Orange Congregational Church in 2006. Prior to joining the staff at Orange, he served the First Congregational Church of Cheshire, the First Presbyterian Church of Fairfield, and the Trumbull Congregational Church.
He was graduated with music degrees from Kent State University and Yale University. He received also a diploma certificate from the Institute of Sacred Music of the Yale Divinity School.
In addition to teaching music in the Cheshire (CT) public schools, he keeps a busy schedule of freelance performances. In August of 2019, Bryan made a tour of Poland, completing four performances at the invitation of the government.
He enjoys ministering with music to the people of the Orange Congregational Church.
Bryan can be reached by email or through the Church office at (203) 795-9749.
Katelyn Ramos
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Katelyn is our go-to here for all things Digital and social media related! She has been with OCC since October 2023, first as Office Administrator and now in the digital realm.
She enjoys spending her free time with her husband, daughter and dogs. She loves the warm, summer weather and staying active.
If you have suggestions for Katelyn or would like anything advertised on our social media, please contact the Church office at (203) 795-9749.
Gretchen DiStefano
CHURCH SCHOOL COORDINATOR
Gretchen helps to organize our church school programming for children Kindergarten – 6th Grade.
Marcia Ehorn Rizzotti
JUNIOR CHOIR DIRECTOR
Marcia is a church member who also serves as our Junior Choir Director.
Nancy Sigler
BOOKKEEPER
Church members Nancy or Ron can be contacted regarding any of OCC's financial matters.
Ronald Barber
BOOKKEEPER
Church members Ron or Nancy can be contacted regarding any of OCC's financial matters.
Donna Springer
OFFICE
ADMINISTRATOR
Donna has lived and raised her family in Milford where- as an empty nester now-
she enjoys daily walks along the beaches. She is the proud grandmother of a 6-year-old – Marjorie Marie. The only difficult part is that her older son and
his family live in Florida so she is eternally grateful for FaceTime . Her
younger son lives in Stratford, and he does stop in as much as most single
men do. She is also blessed to live next door to her older sister, and she
shares her family with me. When the pool at our condo opens, we become
“the” place to be!
For the past 30+ years, she was an admin for the top real estate agents in
first Woodbridge then Orange. She loved meeting new people as well as the
challenge of developing, prioritizing and organizing daily tasks that were
constantly in flux. She also had to create organizational means for tracking a
transaction throughout the many steps.
Her strengths in multi-tasking and organization allow her to be an
