Staff Profiles
							Name: Bruce Sandy Title: Pastor Marital Status: Married to Bettylou Education: Master of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Massachusetts. Hobbies: Bruce enjoys black and white photography and also collecting fossils. Experience: Bruce was blessed with parents who took their Christian faith seriously, attending worship and Sunday School regularly. Bruce was baptized at the age of ten, and has been an American Baptist ever since. He felt a call to ministry while attending a religious conference in 1975. As a result of that, he took steps to procure a well-rounded ecumenical theological education, and was ordained as an American Baptist Minister in 1980. Bruce has pastored three churches in Massachusetts in the twenty-one years between his internship in 1976 and his move to Community Baptist Church in Manchester in 1997. He is very involved in working with the Town of Manchester in various capacities, such as being the past president of the Manchester Interfaith Clergy Association, working on the Board of Education Task Force on Drop-Out Prevention and other town committees. Bruce is also active in the leadership of the local chapter of the American Baptists in Connecticut ("ABCCONN"), such as being the a member of the Ministers' Council of ABC CT, and having spent over 15 years on the Board of Directors for various Christian camps in New England. Bruce married Bettylou in July 2001. He has been previously married, known the heartache of divorce and yet also knows the joy of God's grace that gives us second chances. Having been a pastor for over 20 years, Bruce still considers it exciting and an honor to help people grow in their spiritual lives. He never tires of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ! Bruce believes in the basic goodness within people, and values the opportunity to encourage people to continue striving towards a closer relationship with our loving God.
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Name: Maresa
Title: Minister of Music

Marital Status: Married to Ken

Education: Some college, and three years of piano at Hartt School of Music, University of
Hartford, Connecticut

Hobbies: Maresa loves traveling, reading and collecting music boxes. Playing the piano
and organ are also her passions.

Experience: Maresa was born in Hartford, Connecticut and has attended Community
Baptist Church at various times since she was in elementary school. When she was a
teenager, her family moved to San Jose, California for six years, and during that period
she became a substitute organist for a local American Baptist Church. Upon moving
back to Connecticut she and her family returned to Community Baptist Church where as
well as worshiping at the church, she also became the substitute organist. In 1978 she
moved to New York for five years, and it was at that time she was first introduced to a
handbell ministry. Maresa returned to this area for good in 1983 and established a
handbell choir at Community Baptist, along with her responsibilities as substitute
organist. In November of 1996 Maresa was hired by Community Baptist Church to be
the part-time Minister of Music, which involves playing the organ each Sunday, directing
the vocal and handbell choirs, and playing and singing in the church Worship Team.

When not ministering at Community Baptist, Maresa is involved with a charitable
Masonic organization called the International Order of Eastern Star. This group helps
out in the community, raising funds for various disease research projects and provides
support for those who are needy and in distress. Maresa's musical talents are used at
Eastern Star, where she plays the organ at their meetings.

Maresa is very excited about how God is working through the music ministry at
Community Baptist Church. Maresa's musical gifts are a blessing to all who minister
with her, and she is delighted that through the various styles of music, many different
people are being blessed.