The Rev. Father Alan L. Heatherington, Vicar

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 Grace Fellowship actively shares his work and vision. She is on the Board of Visitors of Nashotah House Theological Seminary and serves on the finance committee of ACNA.

Rev. Fr. Thomas Spahn,  Associate

​​Fr. Tom grew up in western Iowa, graduating from Concordia Seminary-St. Louis in 1965. In 2004, after 55 years as a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor having served parishes from North Dakota to New York, he and his wife, Louise, retired to their home in Beach Park, Il.

In 2023, Fr. Tom was received as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Quincy 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.

The Rt. Rev. Alan J. Hawkins, Bishop

Since 2024, Bishop Alan has been the bishop ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope. Prior to this, he founded the Church of the Redeemer in Greensboro, North Carolina, which began as a small group in the Hawkins' living room and as of 2021 had attendance of nearly 500. He has served in several roles at the provincial level for the ACNA, including chief operating officer of the province, canon for provincial development, and vicar of the ACNA-wide Anglican 1000 church planting initiative.

As canon for provincial development, he helped raise $1 million annually to support provincial initiatives. As chief operating officer for the Province, he oversaw the church's financial and communications offices in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and the ACNA's initiatives on leadership development, diversity, youth leadership, global partnerships, justice and mercy ministries, church planting, and generosity.