Celebrating 65 years of Community & Service

St. Anselm's 65th Anniversary Celebration & Luncheon
Sunday, October 26th 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

Join the Rt. Rev. Austin K. Rios, Bishop of California, members, and friends of St. Anselm's on Sunday, October 26th as we celebrate 65 years of community and service in the Lamorinda area. Our preacher will be the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, retired dean of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio and summer chaplain at our architectural sibling the Chapel of St. James the Fisherman, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Guests will include former Rector John Sutton, children of past vicar the Rev. Stanley Smith and many others. A catered luncheon will follow the 10 a.m. service, click here to register by October 21st.

About our guest preacher: The Very Rev. Tracey Lind

On Sunday, October 26th St. Anselm's will celebrate 65 years since our dedication on October 22, 1960 and will welcome the Very Rev. Tracey Lind as guest preacher. Tracey has served for over 10 years as Priest-in-Charge of our architectural sibling, the Chapel of St. James the Fisherman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Tracey is an Episcopal priest, community activist, and retired Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Ohio’s oldest church. Previously, she served as Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Paterson, NJ and Associate Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Ridgewood, NJ.

A graduate of the Union Theological Seminary in NYC, Tracey has spent over thirty-five years in ordained ministry working for interfaith relations, social and environmental justice, sustainable urban development, arts and culture, and progressive theology. Most recently, her ministry extended to include the spiritual insights and lessons she has gained from a life complicated by early-onset dementia.

Tracey is a renowned preacher who has spoken in a variety of national pulpits, including the Chautauqua Institution. In 2014, she presented a widely viewed TEDx Talk entitled “How I Met God in a McDonald’s,” and in 2018, she and her spouse Emily Ingalls were featured in a 60 Minutes episode on FTD. Tracey is an exhibiting photographer, an enthusiastic folk musician, an avid gardener, a struggling golfer, and an adventuresome swimmer, hiker, cyclist, sailor and traveler. Tracey and Emily live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the summer, they reside in Wellfleet, and in the winter, they escape for a couple of months to Luquillo, Puerto Rico.