Trinity Staff
Dr. Mary Graves
Senior Pastor
Mary Graves
Email mgraves@trinity-pres.org


Mary is a nationally acclaimed preacher whose sermons continually draw people into God’s word and out into service. “I feel like she is speaking just to me,” is the comment of many.

Mary received her Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and her doctorate in spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She began her pastorate at Trinity in September 1996.

Mary’s goal is that people experience God’s liberating love first-hand in Christian community and bring that liberating love to a world desperate to receive it.

Mary's vision for Trinity:

There are many voices competing for our attention. Listening daily to Jesus calling us to follow him, and finding the courage to live his servant love in the world is the work of Christ’s church. We cannot do that alone; we need one another.


Josh Rowley,
Associate Pastor
Email jrowley@trinity-pres.org

Josh Rowley's areas of focus include Small Groups and the Adult Ministry Team, Long Range Planning and Youth Ministry. His desire is for all of these ministries to be Christ-centered, helping people to be and to make followers of Jesus. He believes that God's people are not only called to the church to be fed, but also sent out from the church to feed. Put another way, the church as a place is a space to inhale the gospel; the church as a people is a countercultural community that seeks opportunities in the world to exhale the gospel.

Josh graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2000. He served as a solo pastor in Oklahoma for over three years before being called to Trinity in late November of 2003. He and his wife, Amy, have two children, Sydney and Aidan.

Pastor Josh's Blog


Dr. Brett Fenwick,
Parish Associate
Brett Fenwick
Dr. Brett Fenwick has been serving as Parish Associate at Trinity since 1998. Previously he held U.S. pastorates at First Presbyterian Church, Albemarle, NC, and First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, Virginia. He also served overseas for eleven years with pastorates in Tripoli, Libya, and Tokyo, Japan.

Since 1988, Dr. Fenwick has been a consultant, assisting clients with the strategic management of cultural differences in business. He is a principal with Meridian Resources in San Francisco, which provides training and consulting for global companies. His work focuses on leadership development and global team performance issues.

Dr. Fenwick lives in San Carlos with his wife, Edith, and daughter, Kimberly.


Paul Ferris
Music Director
Paul Ferris
Email pferris@trinity-pres.org

Paul Ferris came to Trinity as Organist/Accompanist in January 2001. We are very pleased that he is serving as our Director of Music.

Paul studied at Grand Valley State University in Michigan and San Francisco State University, graduating magna cum laude with a B.M. in Music Education with keyboard and vocal emphasis. Before coming to Trinity he served as organist and Musical Director at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Richmond. He has also taught music and choral conducting at the secondary level but discovered that his heart is really in the church.

In addition to his classical experience and training, Paul is also an accomplished and in-demand contemporary accompanist with profound jazz and modern keyboard skill. He arranges, composes and performs music and sound effects for a variety of venues.


Evan Chung,
Youth Director
Evan Chung
Email echung@trinity-pres.org

Evan joined Trinity staff in August 2008 and is excited about doing ministry with Senior and Junior High students. His goal in the Youth programs at Trinity is to focus on building relationships with and between the current students and students from the community. Evan sees a more relational approach coupled with intentional discipleship as key and foundational in youth ministry. He hopes to help grow a community of young believers who can thoughtfully live out their faith as a response to God’s saving grace.

Originally from Southern California, Evan comes to us from the East Bay Area where he graduated from UC Berkeley and worked as a college and university ministry intern for two years at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. He and his wife, Angie, now live near Stanford to make commuting for Angie easier as she continues her graduate work in geophysics.

Evan loves photography, playing soccer, and long walks on the beach after a candle-lit dinner. Is that a joke? You decide.

Kristan Verveniotis
Director of Children’s Ministry
Camala O'Reilly
Email kverv@trinity-pres.org

Kristan has been a member of Trinity for 20+ years and is excited to be a part of Trinity’s staff.

Leading groups of people has always been a part of Kristan’s life whether it is at work, home, school or church. Growing up with a pastor and a church music director as parents gave her a love for the church and a great foundation for life. After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree at Arizona State University, she set to work engaging people of all ages in music and learning experiences. Since coming to Trinity in 1989 she has been heavily involved in music and worship, which are her great joys! She has also been involved in leadership for XYZ seniors’ ministry, Vacation Bible School, Middle School ministry, Long Range Planning, Trillium Vocal Trio and Joyful Noise children’s choir. Kristan lives in San Carlos with her husband Paul and two teenage daughters. Her family enjoys music, exotic food and being outdoors – road-trips, ocean kayaking, camping, boating, hiking. . .it’s all good!


Jamie Holden,
Nursery School Director
Jamie Holden
Email jholden@trinity-pres.org

Jamie grew up here in San Carlos and started attending the Church and the Nursery School when she was three years old. Now as the Director of the Nursery School, Jamie leads a dynamic Administrative and Teaching staff, all of whom provide a safe, loving and Christian-based environment for many families throughout the Bay Area.

Jamie has a degree in Child Development and many years experience in the field of Parent Education. She enjoys working closely with individual families, as well as, teaching parenting classes.


Christine Kelson,
Business Administrator Christine Kelson
Email ckelson@trinity-pres.org

Christine grew up in the Yorkshire Dales of England and emigrated to the United States in 1983. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne as well as a diploma in executive secretarial studies from Newcastle Polytechnic.

Christine has been a business administrator in various capacities for over 20 years, including working in a large and busy hospital in the UK, managing an executive recruitment office in Chicago, and specializing in human resources for various marketing communications companies in the Bay Area.

"I really feel as if I have found my niche at Trinity and am very happy to be here."


Kristina Patrick
Administrative Assistant KristinaPatrick
Email kpatrick@trinity-pres.org

Kristina grew up in San Carlos and then moved to Southern California to attend UC San Diego in 1990. After graduating with a degree in Art History, she moved to San Francisco and then London. That is where she met her husband, got married, and had two children, Siena and Nicholas. They returned to San Carlos in 2009 to be near family. Kristina was introduced to Trinity through the nursery school, where Siena attends and Nicholas will soon start.




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