St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
The Very Rev. Keith Yamamoto
Rector of St. Mark’s
Dean of Deanery 6 East San Gabriel Valley
rector@stmarks-upland.org
Rev. Keith is originally from Torrance, California. Baptized in 1977 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, he spent a year at the Ecumenical Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba, before completing an M.Div. at The General Theological Seminary in New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1998 and has been at St. Mark’s in Upland since 2009. He is married to (The Rev. Canon Dr.) Pat McCaughan, who serves as the Vicar of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Hills, California. Rev. Keith’s vision for St. Mark’s is for it to be a center of prayer and social justice, and he aims to offer a transformative worship experience every Sunday. He says, “I love working together as a community to build up God’s heaven here and now for all people.” He invites us all to “share our first and best for God.”
The Larger Church
The Most Rev. Sean Walter Rowe
Presiding Bishop
The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor
Bishop Diocesan
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
The Rev. Sally Monastiere
Priest Assisting
smonastiere@stmarks-upland.org
Staff and Clergy:
The Very Rev. Keith Yamamoto, Rector
The Rev. Sally Monastiere, Assisting Priest
Canon Serena Beeks and Gigi Garner, Interim Music Directors
Rose Barraza, Office Administrator
Shari Hardi, Bookkeeper
Vestry (Governing Board of Directors):
Class of 2027
Paul Stapp – Senior Warden – seniorwarden@stmarks-upland.org
Lisa Drew – Junior Warden – juniorwarden@stmarks-upland.org
Ed Muehlbacher, Communications
Class of 2026
Gail Dean, Fellowship
Kathy Osterkamp, Outreach, Worship
Susan Mackall
Class of 2026
Dale Biggs – Buildings & Grounds
Ginger Rudisill
EB Stapp
Marcia Godwin, Treasurer
Church Elders:
Skip and Bobbi Arjo
Helena Kooiman
Emeriti:
Canon Serena Beeks – Head of School Emerita
William Carrington – Organist and Choir Director Emeritus
The Rev. Konrad White – Rector Emeritus
Canons:
Canon Clare Bangao – Diocesan Coordinator for Mission Congregations
Canon Serena Beeks, DMin – US Coordinator for Haiti Episcopal School Partnerships
Canon Gisele Tackoor, JD – Director of Recruitment and Admissions at Pilgrim Place
The Rev. Canon Judy Heffron – Dean Emerita of Deanery 6