Tom
Momberg was active here at CHC in his teenage years as a
chorister, acolyte and youth group member. He earned his
AB in ethnomusicology at Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island, and worked for thirteen years in the insurance industry
before completing his Master of Divinity degree at General
Theological Seminary in 1986. Ordained priest in the Diocese
of Chicago, he has served congregations there as well as
in Western Pennsylvania and Kansas. In 2002 Tom completed
a one-year residency in clinical pastoral education, having
served as a chaplain at Bishop Spencer Place (retirement
community) in Kansas City, Missouri, and at Methodist Healthcare
here in Memphis.
In August of 2006, Tom
was named Interim Rector by the executive committee of the
vestry. He led the staff and parish through the transition
time between permanent rectors, continuing the work of
the Rev. Ron DelBene, who served as interim rector
from November 2005 to Aug. 20, 2006. The Rev. Mark Rutenbar joined CHC as its fifth rector in November of 2006.
Tom coordinates the
pastoral care, prayer and social ministries here at Holy
Communion in addition to a range of liturgical responsibilities.
Tom
is married to the Rev. Eyleen Farmer, an associate rector
at Calvary Episcopal Church. She graciously shares her five
grandchildren with him. He has two children: John, 25, who
lives in Lawrence, Kansas; and Hannah, 18, who will be a
freshman at the University of Dayton this fall. Tom has
a passion for music, writing, poetry and contemplative prayer.
He also loves walking the neighborhoods of Memphis to see
how things have both changed and stayed the same over the
thirty-five years since he attended high school here.
phone: 901-767-6987 ext. 14
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