Clergy

The Rev. Elsa H. Worth

Elsa Worth grew up in the Congregational church, was ordained first as a Unitarian Universalist minister in 1996, and then as an Episcopal priest in 2007. She came to St. James in 2016, after serving Episcopal parishes in CT. During her transition between denominations, she was the chaplain at Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH. She is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School, the NH Institute for Therapeutic Arts and Sarah Lawrence College.

Elsa loves to share her passion for prayer, discernment, Scripture and seeking God’s wholeness, and community ministry. Her current passions are sketching and watercolor paining, dancing, calligraphy and hiking. She has mothered three children, and lives in Keene with her husband Steve and their really weird cat, Olive.

Read some of her blog posts HERE

Derek Scalia, Deacon

Derek currently serves as the archdeacon of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire and works alongside the people of St. James Episcopal Church in Keene. He serves on the Reconciliation Commission through the Episcopal Church where we partner in the work of justice and healing with many churches and organizations. He is also connected with Episcopal Migration Ministries seeking to support refugees and asylum seekers and is active with the Monadnock Interfaith Clergy group through Monadnock Interfaith Project.

Derek is passionate about faith formation, social justice, and the work of peace. Through his secular work he serves as the Director of Retention and Diversity at Franklin Pierce University. He is married to his wife Alison and they have two wonderful kids, Natalie (9) and Daniel (3).