INTERIM PROGRAM MANAGER
KELSEY RICE BOGDAN
Kelsey Rice Bogdan (she/her/hers) is coordinating the network of Episcopal Service Corps programs while we search for a new permanent Program Manager. Kelsey is an alum of Life Together, our ESC program in Boston, and served on their staff as Program Director from 2015-2024. Kelsey is passionate about the ways in which God is calling the Church to be a prophetic voice of transformation in the 21st century, and has sought to build up that movement through a variety of young adult ministry and leadership development roles. Following her year as a fellow, Kelsey worked for nearly five more years in the Stewardship Office at her site placement, Trinity Church in the City of Boston. In addition, she was one of the founding board members of the Boston Food Justice Young Adult Volunteer program in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Kelsey’s commitment to young adult ministry began as an intern with the National Network of Presbyterian College Women in Louisville, KY.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
ANDREW KELLNER
Andrew Kellner has been a member of the Servant Year leadership for over a decade. During this time, Andrew has also served as the Canon for Family and Young Adult Ministry for the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (2008-2015), Chaplain to the St. James School (2016-2023), and currently serves at the Priest in Charge at the Church of Saint Asaph in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Andrew believes that service provides individuals an unique milieu in which to ask some of life's biggest questions.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
EMILY ULMER
Emily Ulmer (she/her) came to Plainsong farm in 2020 for a seminary internship and quickly found a home. She is the co-director of the farm, which is a living laboratory for farm based environmental education and Christian discipleship. Any given day can find her fine-tuning Bible study curriculum for Plainsong’s Good News Garden program, washing dishes for Sabbath at the Farm, or talking about place and faith with a participant in Plainsong’s ESC program. yEmily’s work at Plainsong weaves together her experience as a worship planner, her passion for young adult discipleship, her commitment to environmental justice, and her background in grassroots community development.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
DAMARIUS J. WALKER
Demarius J. Walker, Service Corps Program Director and Associate for Spiritual Formation at Trinity Episcopal Church is passionate about nurturing intentional Christian communities and cultivating spaces for meaningful conversations, creative encounters, and sincere reconciliation. After receiving his BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston University and an MA in Christian Formation from Virginia Theological Seminary, he returned to Boston to study Religion and Conflict Transformation. Demarius has lived in numerous intentional spiritual communities including three Episcopal Service Corps, as a long-term volunteer at Corrymeela Peace and Reconciliation center in Northern Ireland, and as a resident member at the Community of St. Anselm, a new monastic community based at Lambeth Palace in the UK.
