Judy McKay came to St. John's about ten years ago, during 

the time-of-many-interims before David Marshall was called. She had been looking for a church for years and considered other denominations, but nobody in those churches welcomed her or even noticed her.

On her first visit to St. John's, she arrived late because she had the starting time wrong, but someone greeted her and told her to come on in. Karen Duignan and Gretchen Jordan turned around and introduced themselves. Judy McKay had found her church home at last.

Judy grew up being taught that if you belong to a group you need to participate. She thinks of herself as a "behind the scenes" person. Initially she volunteered to help serve meals to the homeless when it was St. John's turn. She really liked it, especially since she didn't have to do the dishes at the end! She went from serving to being in charge of the program for St. John's until South Bay Community Services discontinued the meals because the volunteers didn't have server licenses. She remembers with fondness being told by the homeless that they were glad when it was announced that St. John's had prepared the meal because they knew it would be a real dinner (St. John's menu was always the same: spaghetti with rich meat sauce, green beans, bread, fruit cocktail, and brownies for dessert, always enough brownies for take-away).

Karen Duignan and others asked Judy to run for the Vestry. This intrigued her because when she was growing up, only men were on Vestry, and she was interested to see how a parish worked. She served three years, finishing her term in January 2021.

She met earlier this year with Rev. Roger to see where she could serve next. She has joined the Outreach Committee and has volunteered to drive when the items from the 40 items in 40 days are delivered. And her first time as an usher was on Pentecost. She says, "I want to find out where I am needed."