VOICES OF FAITH: Seeing God’s Future, Living God’s Hope
Our 2025–2026 guest preacher series here at St. John’s.
Throughout the year, a wide range of voices, lay and ordained, from inside and beyond our parish, will join us in the pulpit. Each will bring their own witness to how God’s love takes root and grows in the world. As we discern our Mission, Vision, and Values, these voices will help us listen more deeply, see more clearly, and imagine more boldly. Together, they will call us to live into God’s future with courage and hope, grounded always in the love of Christ.
Meet our 2025-26 Guest Preachers!
You can mouse over photos (or tap them on mobile) to read our guest preacher bios, and click the linked sermon titles below to view their sermons, available the week following their visit to St. John’s.
Sam DeFlitch
Samantha DeFlitch is the author of Confluence (Broadstone Books, 2021). Her work has appeared in New England Review, Missouri Review, and Colorado Review, among others. She is a 2025 Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park. Her work has been supported by the Audubon Artist Residency at Hog Island, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.
Sam DeFlitch, Author
October 5, 2025
Creation Care in a Time of Crisis
The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.
The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. was ordained in 1981 and has served as a school chaplain, a parish priest, and a diocesan staff member. Elected the Eleventh Bishop of Ohio in 2003, he retired two years ago, in the twentieth year of his episcopate. He and his wife, Sue, now live in the family home in York Harbor.
The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.,
XI Bishop of Ohio, retired
November 16, 2025
We are God's Hope
The Rt. Rev.
Mark Beckwith
Mark Beckwith retired as Bishop of Newark in 2018. He co-founded Bishops United Against Gun Violence. He currently serves as co-chair of Braver Faith, an initiative of Braver Angels, which is a movement to depolarize America. He lives in Jaffrey. His blogs and podcasts can be found at markbeckwith.net
The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith,
Braver Angels
January 18, 2026
The Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath
Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath (she/her) is an ordained Chaplain, and Minister in a Specialized Setting. She serves as the Executive Director of New Hampshire (formerly Seacoast) Outright in Portsmouth, and around the state. Heidi previously served as ED of the NH Council of Churches, and as the Transitional Director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Phillips Exeter Academy. Raised Episcopalian, she is now ordained in the United Church of Christ. Outside of work, Heidi is an avid reader, lover of live music, and enjoys both cooking for and feeding the people she loves. She lives on the Seacoast with her spouse, her older sister, and two very precocious cats.
The Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath
Director, New Hampshire Outright
February 15, 2026
The Rev.
Fred Chisolm
Rev. Chisolm is a third-career, bi-vocational priest at St. John's Episcopal Church in Walpole, NH. Fred came to the priesthood after careers in electrical engineering and manufacturing leadership. Raised Presbyterian, Fred spent most of his life trying to outrun his call until he moved to NH and fell in love with Episcopal Liturgy. Ordained as a priest in 2023, Fred is a graduate of the inaugural 3-year class of the Episcopal Diocese of NH’s School For Ministry where he also serves as an instructor for its Intro to Preaching course. Fred also works as a Career Transition Coach for a large HR Talent Management firm.
The Rev. Fred Chisolm
Priest-In-Charge,
St. John’s, Walpole NH
March 1, 2026
Maggie Fogarty
Maggie is the NH Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker-founded organization working for economic justice, racial justice, immigrant rights and nonviolence. As a community organizer, policy advocate, and coalition-builder, she is grounded in Quaker values and a commitment to ensuring that directly-impacted people are supported as leaders in the struggle to create more justice and more peace. Maggie lives in Dover with her husband Tim, where she is a member of the Dover School Board.
Maggie Fogarty
Program Director,
NH American Friends Service Committee
March 29, 2026
The Rev. Edward Cardoza
Rev. Cardoza is Priest-In-Charge of Grace Church in Manchester, NH. He previously served the Episcopal Diocese of MA as missioner for property stewardship. Ordained as a priest in 2015, Fr. Ed previously served as deacon-in-charge, priest-in-charge and rector of St. Mark’s Church, Foxborough, MA. Co-founder of Still Harbor, he has been a professional fundraiser and board member for many global health orgs and community-based NPO’s, including Partners In Health where he served as VP for Dev., and as a consultant to institutions preserving sacred spaces. He served on the board of Episcopal City Mission and Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation, and currently on ECNH’s Finance Committee, and on the leadership team of Contemplative Action Network, an Episcopal-Lutheran collaborative focused on immigrants/refugees, the unhoused, recovery communities, and LGBTQ+ folks.
The Rev. Edward M. Cardoza
Priest-In-Charge, Grace Episcopal Church, Manchester NH
May 10, 2026
The Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld
Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld has served as the Tenth Bishop in the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire since August 2012. Bishop Rob provides spiritual oversight to the 46 congregations and eight seasonal chapels that are part of the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement in the Granite State. He also serves as President, ex officio, of the Board of Trustees to our two Episcopal Schools: White Mountain (now closed) and Holderness.
The Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld
X Bishop of New Hampshire
May 23, 2026