The Rev. Father Alan L. Heatherington

Father Alan Heatherington attended Moody Bible Institute (1963-64) in Chicago, received a pre-seminary BA degree from Houghton College (1964-67) in New York, studied at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1967-70) in Illinois, taught Biblical Studies and Theology at Moody Bible Institute (1969-79) and completed the Anglican Studies program at Nashotah House Theological Seminary (2013-2014) in Wisconsin. 

He has a M. Mus. from Northwestern University (1974) in violin performance and served as Music Minister at the Northwest Baptist Church in Chicago (1973-1979), Director of Music Ministries at the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest (1995-2003), and Director of the Anshe Emet Synagogue professional choir (1992-2000) that can be heard on a collection of compact discs of High Holy Days music with Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi. He taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo (1981-86) and at North Park University (1987-1992). 

He was Music Director of the Chicago Master Singers (1989 to 2019), having previously been the Music Director of the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra (1995 to 2015) and the Lake Forest Symphony (2000 to 2013). He is grateful for the many ways that God has directed his path to past, present and future ministries. His wife Gayle, an accomplished graphic designer and Treasurer of the Diocese of Quincy, actively shares his work and vision.

Fr. Tom Spahn

​Fr. Thomas Spahn grew up in western Iowa, graduating from Concordia Seminary-St. Louis in 1965. After serving 55 years as a Lutheran Church pastor, in parishes from North Dakota to Pennsylvania, Fr. Tom was received as a priest in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), Diocese of Quincy by Bishop Alberto Morales in December 2023 and assigned to Grace Anglican Fellowship in Lake Forest, IL.

Helping new Christians find their faith foundation and growth in their worship life have been highlights of his ministry.

​Fr. Tom lives in Beach Park, Illinois with his wife, Louise.