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Our pastor, Tom VandeStadt, was born and raised in Connecticut, and lived in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York before moving to Austin, Texas in 2001. He holds a B.A. in political science from Moravian College, an M.A. in  cultural anthropology from State University of New York, and an M. Div. from Boston University.
Tom worked in several homeless shelters in Boston while attending seminary, and directed a shelter program after graduation. He served as Minister of Mission Outreach at the Congregational Churches in Weston and Waltham, Massachusetts; co-pastor of the Manchester Parish UCC outside of Baltimore, Maryland; pastor of the Arcade United Church of Christ outside of Buffalo, New York; and pastor of Fairmount Community Church UCC in Syracuse, New York.
Since he has been in Austin, Tom has served as Moderator of the Brazos Association of the South Central Conference UCC, and as a member of the Brazos Association Committee on Church and Ministry. He is currently one of the South Central Conference's Disaster Response Coordinators. He is also the co-chair of the Religion and Labor Network of Austin, a coalition of faith communities, labor unions, and workers' rights advocates that pursues workplace justice in Austin. He is active in the work of Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and Texas Impact. His hobbies include cycling, and he is a member of the Austin Cycling Association.
Tom is married to Robin Chapman, who works as a staff attorney at the Texas Department of Health Services. His daughter, Alex, attends middle school, has two dogs, and volunteers at Town Lake Animal Shelter.
Read some of Tom's sermons here. |
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