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Our Senior pastor is the Rev. Paul E. Hanna. Rev. Hanna is an honors graduate of Northeastern University and Yale University Divinity School. He has also studied at Oxford University in England. Rev. Hanna has served churches in Wellesley, Southboro, West Bridgewater, and West Roxbury,Massachusetts. He served as an Interim Pastor in Needham and Roslindale, Massachusetts before beginning his ministry here in April, 2006.He served as Chairperson of the Ministerial Preparation Committee of the Pilgrim Association of the United Church of Christ and as Chairperson of the Ministerial Preparation Committee of the Boston Southwest association of the American Baptist Churches. He has also served for 6 years on the Alumnal Board of Yale University Divinity School and chaired the Nominating Committee for that board. He holds ministerial standing in both the United Church of Christ and the American Baptist Churches. Paul Hanna is married. He and his wife Beverly who works for the American Red Cross have a 33 year old son, Michael. His hobbies include reading, running, travel, visiting museums, and all kinds of music.
Dr. Robert P. Eaton is founder and director of the Assabet Valley Mastersingers, a 70 voice regional chorus dedicated to the performance of major choral masterworks, and also the sixteen voice Assabet Valley Chambersingers. Dr. Eaton has a long career in church music and is currently Minister of Music at First Baptist Church of Lexington, MA. He is a Past President of Massachusetts American Choral Directors Association and is currently the Vice President and Treasurer of the chapter. He also serves as Honors Choir Coordinator for the Eastern Division ACDA conferences in 2006 and 2008. Dr. Eaton was Choral Director at Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA for many years. Dr. Eaton’s choruses won numerous awards at festivals and competitions, including gold medals for Jazz Choir, Camerata Choir, Chamber Choir, and Concert Choir. Dr. Eaton’s students have been selected for National and Regional Honors Choirs and were always well represented in District and All State Choruses. In 1994 he was awarded the Teacher of the Year Award at Algonquin for his work in developing Humanities courses and a Senior Interdisciplinary Pilot Project. In addition Dr. Eaton has been an organist/choir director for most of his career, active in the American Choral Directors Association, the American Guild of Organists, Music Educators National Conference, and Central District Massachusetts Music Educators Association. He has served as adjudicator and manager of All-State and District choruses and clinician/adjudicator for Festivals of Music. He received a Master of Music Education degree from Hartt School of Music with Dr. Gerald Mack and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting with Dr. James Jordan, also from Hartt. His DMA Dissertation was on Duruflé’s Requiem. Dr. Eaton has also studied conducting with Allen Lannom, Joseph Flummerfelt, and Sir David Willcocks.
Our Church Administrator and Health Ministry Liaison, Renee Vigoroso is a graduate of Wheaton College, Norton, MA (BA, Biology) and Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (Masters in Education). Before coming to FBCL, she taught High School Biology and Elementary School Science at Perkins School for the Blind. For the last 25 years, she has been a leader in a small group ministry, 3D, Diet, Discipline and Discipleship, Inc. In 2003 she began a Health Ministry program here at First Baptist while she studied for a Certificate in Congregational Health Ministry from Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA. She and the Health Ministry Team continue to grow and enrich various ministries of health here at the church. Renee keeps things running from the Church Office weekdays from 8:30 - 2 p.m.
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