he Rev. James W. Fletcher began serving as Interim Pastor in February, 2008.  He is ordained in the Cumberland, Maine Association of the United Church of Christ. He is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School and has served several pastorates in Maine and  has served in leadership capacities in Association, Conference and National settings of the UCC during his forty-year career as minister.  In 2004, he took an early 'retirement' to train in interim ministry, a very specific pastoral calling,  and has served in that capacity in Kansas and Massachusetts.   He is married and has  two children and two grandchildren.  Jim and his wife, Paula live in the parsonage in Rockport. Jim summarizes the job of interim minister in this way:

"I believe God has called me to be a non-anxious presence while serving the church fully as pastor its as it goes through a period of transition. This includes celebrating its past, connecting with its strengths, catching a vision for God's purpose, and helping steer the church   toward leadership which will help the church live out this vision."