Rev. Canon Hilary Greer, Rector
Rev. Hilary Greer has been serving St. Andrew’s since 2018. She previously served as Priest-in-Charge and University Chaplain at St. Mark’s Episcopal Chapel at the University of Connecticut. Hilary is a 1996 graduate of Oberlin College and after 15 years of leading national non-profits, completed her Master of Divinity degree at the Episcopal Divinity School. Prior to seminary, her work focused on philanthropic and organizational development initiatives designed to strengthen grassroots cooperatives and community development corporations across the country. Transitioning into ministry as an interfaith hospital chaplain, Hilary specialized in trauma, which later led her to Rwanda to study processes of justice and reconciliation among genocide offenders and survivors. She has lived across the United States, as well as studying in Mexico, Rwanda, and India, and currently serves as the board chair of the Society for the Increase of Ministry (SIM), an organization developing leadership capacity for adaptive change in the Episcopal Church. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Hilary is also a board member of St. James Philadelphia, a tuition-free Episcopal school and vibrant community organization serving the city’s Allegheny West neighborhood. While continuing to be the full-time Rector at St. Andrew’s, Hilary was named the honarary Canon for Education and Renewal in the Diocese of Pennsylvania by Bishop Gutierrez in 2020. In that role, she leads programs designed to educate, feed the soul, and form the people of the diocese to creatively engage in God’s mission for the world today.
Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, FAGO, Interim Organist
Ron Hemmel teaches music theory and composition at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Before coming to Rider, he taught at Woodberry Forest School where he played the dedicatory recital of Fisk organ Opus 88 in the school chapel, music directed the annual musical, and coached lacrosse.
He earned degrees from Westminster Choir College, James Madison University, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Dr. Hemmel has studied organ with Rodney Schuller, Robert Carwithen, Richard McPherson, and Ken Cowan; and composition with James Riley, Charles Wuorinen, Rolv Yttrehus, and Noel DaCosta. His compositions are published by Subito Music, GIA, and Transcontinental Music.
In addition to many organ recitals, he has performed on trumpet for PBS’ Powerhouse series, with Symphony Canada, and with the House Rockers band; on electric bass and synthesizer in several musicals; and on stage in summer stock theater.
John Boccanfuso, Parish Administrator
John is our part-time administrator. He holds a Master of Arts in English and is also an adjunct professor at a local community college. He previously served as an administrator at a mechanical contracting company and has over fifteen years of office experience.
Bob Ebert, Sexton
Bob Ebert has provided regular and long-term maintenance and repair to the grounds and properties since 2004. He owns and operates Bob’s Home Repairs in Yardley.
Virginia Briggs, Nursery Care
Nursery Care Is available every week!
Virginia (Ramicone) Briggs is a married mother of two grown children (a son and a daughter). After growing up in Morrisville, Virginia and her husband now live in Levittown. Virginia majored in journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and worked as a proofreader for 30+ years. Virginia adores children and enjoys getting to know and spend time with the youngest members of St. Andrew’s. Virginia also enjoys reading, playing pickleball, and dragon boating (she belongs to a breast cancer survivor team called The Machestic Dragons). She also volunteers with The Healing Consciousness Foundation and The Bucks County Breast Friends, a support group that she holds near and dear to her heart.