The Rev. David Walker – Interim Rector

Our interim rector, the Rev. David Walker, comes to St. Paul’s after serving as vicar at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Sandpoint, ID, in the Diocese of Spokane. Ordained to the diaconate in June 2005, Dave was assigned to serve at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, and subsequently attended seminary at the University of the South (Sewanee) before being ordained to the priesthood in December 2020. Dave was received into the Episcopal Church in 1991 from the American Baptist tradition. He continues to hold various roles within the Diocese of Spokane, serving on the foundation boards for both the diocese and St. John’s Cathedral, after terms as diocesan treasurer and a member of the Standing Committee.

After his retirement in December 2024, Dave and his wife of 44 years, Julie, relocated from Spokane to the ‘West Side’ to be closer to their adult children and their families. Before attending seminary, Dave enjoyed a 40+year career in banking, covering a wide variety of responsibilities in both line and managerial positions.

Dave is excited to share this journey of transition with the congregation and looks forward to experiencing the Holy Spirit’s movement in the calling of the next rector.

The Rev. Dennis Taylor – R.N., Deacon

Rev. Taylor was born and reared in the Mississippi River drainage. Born in the shadow of Seabury Seminary in Illinois, and baptized into the Episcopal Church at the age of eight months in Kansas. Confirmed in the North Suburbs of Chicago, at the age of ten, they needed acolytes.

After graduating high school in the South Suburbs of Chicago, and two years of college, the draft loomed, so enlisted in the Navy and served four and a half years as a corpsman. During that time, as He was being transferred from the East Coast to the West Coast. He met Mary Ann and they were married six months later.

After being discharged from the Navy, Dennis began a 40-year career in health care at Skagit Valley Hospital, completing requirements for a nursing license at Skagit Valley College along with a paramedic certification eventually specializing in emergency, hospice and palliative care and eventually faith community (parish nursing) nursing.