It has been my privilege to serve as St. Matthew’s pastor since March 2002. I am grateful to serve as the Pastor of a dynamic, vibrant faith community.

I believe that it is my responsibility to encourage our worshippers to participate in the life of the congregation to the greatest extent possible. Being together in worship is wonderful and is our primary unifying act as a faith community, but outreach projects and social occasions allow us to get to know each other in a more relaxed setting and at a deeper level. 

At St. Matthew, we believe that followers of Jesus have a responsibility to do what we can to ease the suffering of our neighbors nearby and far away. We are actively involved in refugee support, hunger ministries, fighting poverty and many other social outreach programs. 

My husband, Ed Taylor, is a retired PCUSA pastor. We have two sons, Samuel and Greer, who are also part of the St. Matthew congregation.  

Leslie