Welcome to Our New Bridge Pastors!
Welcome to our new bridge pastors! The position of Bridge
Minister will be shared equally by Carol Ripley-Moffitt and Anthony
Hoshaw, who are excited to work together in creating this Co-bridge Pastor
model. Their official start date is August 1st and
they will both participate in the service on August 4th.
Carol Ripley-Moffitt has a M. Div. from Princeton
Theological Seminary. She served as Intentional Interim Pastor for CUCC from
1999 - 2001. Following that, she worked in the field of public health
as Director of the UNC Nicotine Dependence Program, retiring in July 2017.
She cared for her mother as she recovered from a stroke; she currently
cares for her granddaughters several days each week. Her husband Matthew still
loves teaching sixth grade World Cultures at Cary Academy. Carol looks forward
to reconnecting with CUCC, discovering where Spirit has been at work in our
lives, and how we can be together as God’s people in this time and place. 
Anthony (Tony) Hoshaw acquired his Ph.D. in Theology,
Ethics and the Human Sciences in May 2019 from Chicago Theological
Seminary. He is currently involved in the process of becoming licensed as
a lay minister. Likewise, he is a member in discernment through the ENCA
of the UCC. Tony is a member of Good Shepherd UCC in Cary and has been serving
in various capacities there. He is married to his husband Justin and they have
a son, William.
Both pastors are fine with being called by their first
names, “Carol” or “Tony”, though happy for children and others who feel
more comfortable to call them “Pastor Carol” or “Pastor Tony”.
Special thanks to the Bridge Minister Committee for their hard work and dedication:
Beth Allison-Moon, Autumn Cobeland, Tim Jensen,
Betty Anne Ford, Morgan Singletary and Joanna Woodrum.