RECTOR

The Reverend John Foster Herring, Rector

The Rev. John F. Herring is the son of an Episcopal priest. He grew up in northern New Jersey where his father served as Rector at several parishes in the Diocese of Newark. A graduate of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, John majored in political science.  After graduation, John worked in several capacities in the business world from human resources to recruiting and sales.

In 2005, John matriculated at the School of Theology at The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, and graduated in 2008 with a Masters of Divinity. He was ordained to the Diaconate in 2007 and to the Priesthood in 2008.  John served as Associate Rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Atlanta for four years, overseeing youth, young adult, and street ministries.  He has been the Rector at St. Peter’s since August 2012.

John has served on several diocesan committees including finance, scholarship, campus ministry, and disciplinary canons; in addition, John served on the board of the Church of the Common Ground, a mission to Atlanta’s homeless.  He currently serves on the diocesan executive committee, and on the board of the William S. Davies Shelter here in Rome, Ga.

John and his wife Keri were married in 2001. They are parents to three children, Amelia, Madeline, and Lucas.  Also in their family is their Australian Shepherd, Dillon, and their two cats, Popoki and Deana.

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ASSOCIATE RECTOR

The Reverend David E. Boyd, III, Associate Rector

A native Georgian, The Rev. David E. Boyd III comes to St. Peter’s from Atlanta. Raised in the United Methodist Church, Father David joined the Episcopal Church during his senior year of high school. After graduating from The Westminster Schools, he headed north to Kentucky, where he studied Religion and Art History at Centre College. On the first day of orientation, he met his wife, Sarah, with whom he studied abroad in Spain and France. After graduating in 2017, Father David served for one year in the Episcopal Service Corps in Atlanta, working in the food pantry at Emmaus House. He left the Corps to attend seminary at the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee. During seminary, David married Sarah in 2019 and they adopted their Bichon fur baby, Teddy, in 2020. He was ordained to the transitional diaconate in December 2020 and graduated from Sewanee in 2021 with a Master of Divinity degree. Some of Father David’s non-churchy passions include watching Georgia football and Braves baseball, cooking for friends and family, and getting lost in the woods.

Email david@stpetersrome.org

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