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The Very Rev. J. Matthew Tucker, Rector
Fr. Matt, who was called to Christ Church in 2008, is a lifelong Episcopalian and member of the Diocese of New Jersey. While completing a B.A. in History at Elon University, he felt a call to the priesthood, but rigorously avoided that call for some ten years. After working in software and healthcare for most of a decade, Fr. Matt entered the Virginia Theological Seminary in 2005. Fr. Matt served as Priest-in-Charge from 2008 until 2011, when he was made Rector.
Fr. Matt serves Bordentown as an active firefighter and as Chaplain of the fire and police departments, and sits on the Bordentown City Environmental Commission; he serves Burlington County as the Chaplain of the Burlington County Emergency Services, the Burlington County Fire Chiefs Association, and the 200 Club of Burlington County; he served the diocese on the Reentering, Reopening, and Reimagining our Buildings Task Force, the Congregational Development Committee, as a certified Way of St. Paul Coach, and as the Vice-Chair of the Bishop Search and Nominating Committee. He continues to serve on the Commission on Ministry, the Committee on Deceased Members, and as Dean of the Burlington Convocation. Father is a member of the Society of Mary and the Guild of All Souls.
With his wife Doan, he enjoys art and music, good food and good friends, and all things liturgical. Contact Fr. Matt at frmatt@ccbtown.com.
The Oskar B. Swift Tucker,Parochial Doorkeeper
Oskar arrived at Christ Church after having lived and served at various and precarious places all over Bordentown. Because the Venerable Griffin P. Buttersnaps Tucker was already in residence, Oskar took the back porch of the Rectory as his home. After Griffin's passing, Oskar took up his duties both in the Rectory and Parish Buildings. Oskar's duties include patrolling the parish grounds for interlopers of the aviary and rodentia kind, keeping the doors at every Mass, and generally getting in the way.
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In Memoriam:
The Venerable Griffin P. Buttersnaps Tucker, Honorary Archdeacon of all Bordentown
Griffin was living in the old shed behind the Christ Church Rectory. Malnourished, lost, and very much unloved, the Rector and Mrs. Tucker began to feed him and give him shelter, and alas, here he is, living in the Rectory of Christ Church. Griffin serves as Archdeacon of Bordentown, as a spokescat for Bordentown City Cats, and was briefly a candidate for Bishop of New Jersey (he withdrew, citing the bishopric as a demotion from Archdeacon of Bordentown). Griffin's hobbies include posing for calendar shoots, guarding the Rectory against all manner of squirrel attack, and praying novenas to Our Lady.
Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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