Clergy
Fr. Ryan Bradley came to St. Luke’s Anglican Church in the Fall of 2015, after having served as a full-time professor at Biola University’s Torrey Honors Institute and Assistant Priest at Anglican Church of the Epiphany, La Mirada (which he helped plant). Fr. Ryan began serving as a spiritual director in 2004.
He grew up at Whittier Area Baptist Fellowship, where he volunteered with the youth ministry for five years, before serving on staff and as an intern at the Anaheim Vineyard Fellowship. He was also a chaplain-in-residence at Georgetown University. He has degrees in literature, religious studies, philosophy, and spiritual formation. He also completed the coursework and comprehensive exams for a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies, specializing in Christian spirituality, before shifting from an academic career to full-time parish ministry (becoming a permanent “ABD” or “All But Dissertation” in the academic world).
Fr. Ryan married Juliet on June 18, 2016. Juliet is a Speech and Language Pathologist for the Merced City School District. She primarily works with young children, and she also offers bi-lingual services in Spanish and English. Juliet is also a professional fine art photographer. In addition to her own art, she is hard at work as co-founder of the “Art for the Isolated” project, bringing together visual artists and poets to provide art for hospitalized patients. Fr. Ryan is very proud of and grateful for her godly character and loving-support, as well as her many gifts and passions.
He serves the Diocese of San Joaquin as a delegate to Provincial Council and a member of the Commission on Ministry. He also serves on the ACNA task force to prevent and respond to adult abuse.
He served for over a decade on the advisory council for Grafted Life Ministries, which creates the Life with God curriculum and includes “ESDA: Christ-Centered Spiritual Directors Association.”
He is an associate staff member of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship’s Graduate and Faculty Ministry, serving UC Merced. Ryan and Juliet have also started a ministry with members of St. Luke’s to support families with adopted and foster children in the Merced area.
Ryan and Juliet are in the process of adopting children formerly in foster care.
Fr. Ryan is an avid reader (in print, ebooks, and audiobooks) He loves coffee and tea, podcasts, theatre, and food. Some of his pastoral heroes include Eugene Peterson, Frederick Buechner, and Howard Thurman. Francis of Assisi and Bernard of Clairvaux are two his historical favorites. C. S. Lewis is the author he returns to most. At one point, he had planned to spend his life teaching Shakespeare, Milton, and Dante to college students.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Eric Vawter Menees was consecrated to be the Vth Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin on September 24, 2011. Bp. Menees is also a Franciscan tertiary since 1983.
In addition to being Bishop Ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin Bp. Menees is the provincial representative to the Roman Catholic Church and to the Anglican Province of South America. Bishop Menees chairs the Immigration Task Force for the province and is an advisor to Caminemos Juntos – our Spanish Language ministry support for the ACNA.
Bp. Menees is married to Florence Guadalupe Mira-Menees and has a daughter, Milagro, and a son, Sebastian.
Altar Guild
Kathy Hill Altar Guild Director
Vestry
Karlyne Paul Senior Warden and Treasurer
Darby Minturn Junior Warden
Nancy Tapia Clerk and Member of vestry
Kathy Hill Member of vestry
Leanne Mercurio Member of Vestry