Karen has been our priest and pastor since October 2008. She is a native of New Jersey, although she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years. Karen comes to All Saints' from Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno NV, where she served as a parish priest, youth minister, and college chaplain. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College and earned her Master of Divinity from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA. Karen is a member of the Society of Catholic Priests and the Oakland County Ministerial Fellowship. For relaxation she practices yoga, reads, listens to music, goes fishing, and is an avid computer gamer. 

Lois earned her Bachelor's degree in piano, church music, and religion from Concordia College in Ann Arbor and a Master's in piano performance from Eastern Michigan University. Prior to spending two years in doctoral work at the Eastman School of Music she was a principal accompanist for faculty and student performance at EMU. Prior to taking the position of organist and Director of Music at All Saints' in 2003, Lois served in similar positions at St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor),  University Lutheran Chapel (Ann Arbor), and Concord Lutheran Church (Rochester, NY). In addition to her work at All Saints', Lois teaches piano at Oakland University, maintains in active performance schedule as a collaborative pianist, plays frequent recitals as accompanist in such venues as the University of Michigan, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camps, Michigan Opera Theatre, Ohio Light Opera, and Carnegie Hall. To combat idleness, she also teaches a full complement of private students and enjoys a bit of travel as time permits. 

Paul was born and raised in metro Detroit and attended college at Ferris State University from 2005-2009, where he graduated with degrees in Music Industry Management, Marketing, and Theatre Arts. Since graduation, Paul has been involved with youth work, teaching at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy as a member of the alumni volunteer program. He has also worked as a youth development professional for the South Oakland Boys and Girls Club and as the warehouse manager for The Bottomless Toy Chest, a non-profit organization that delivers toys and crafts to children with cancer in metro Detroit hospitals.  Paul has been engaged as a volunteer in youth ministry at his home parish.  He is joining us at All Saints' with a new, hopeful vision for youth ministry in the parish community.

Norma is the person who seems to know everything that goes on at All Saints. Originally from Providence, RI, she moved to Michigan in 1979, working at first in a large law firm in Southfield, and she stayed in this field until 1995, moving among different law firms and spending some time as administrative assistant to Charles Levin, then a Michigan Supreme Court Justice.  She has also worked as a job coach for a non-profit agency and then as its program director. Now Norma helps keep our busy parish office calm and well-organized. Norma is married to Gary Warner and is a mother of three and grandmother of four.

Rosie was born in Hollendale, Mississippi and is the mother of five children. Rosie moved back to Mississippi after her husband died in 1994 to take care of her sister who had just undergone heart surgery. However, in order to provide a better life with more opportunities for employment, she decided to join her brother in Michigan and came to Pontiac in 1999.  She has worked at the Rising Star Day Care and also was a cook at Bound Together before taking the position at All Saints.' You can always count on Rosie to greet you with a smile and an uplifting, positive attitude. We are lucky to have her with us.