Our Clergy

Our Priest 

The Rev. Andrew Stoessel is currently serving as Supply Priest for St. Dunstan’s.

Our Deacon 

Reverend Tracy Shaffer, our current deacon, was called to ordained ministry as a member of St. Dunstan’s in 2015 and entered the formal diocesan discernment process in 2018. As part of her preparation, she completed a two-year cohort learning experience with the Province One School for Deacons, graduating in December of 2020.

Tracy has been a resident of Ellsworth since 2013. She built a retirement home in Maine after retiring from Verizon and its predecessor companies after a career of over 25 years. She decided on this area because of its proximity to her mother as well as to a family camp on Gouldsboro Bay.

A key interest in her retirement or next chapter was and is community service. With that in mind, a call to the diaconate seems to be a natural fit and a response to a sense of call discerned much earlier in her life to ordained service.

Tracy is single, remains an active Rotarian after serving as President of The Ellsworth Rotary Club in 2018-19, currently serves as Co-President of Loaves and Fishes, enjoys engaging in community service including Everybody Eats! Free Community Meal, likes to dine out with friends and spend time at camp.