Our Pastors and Staff
Bart Garrett - Lead Pastor
After graduate school, Bart served as the Pastor of Young Adults at Perimeter Church in Atlanta, GA and was on the Teaching Team there for four years. Bart and Katie were drawn to the Bay Area by its beauty, diversity, and innovation and moved here in 2005 to pioneer the development of Christ Church of Berkeley. Their life calling is to help people discover that their unique passions and skills were fashioned by God and are most enjoyed when used to honor their Creator. Bart and Katie have three daughters, Caroline, Clair, and Cammie.
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Jonathan St.Clair - Pastor of Spiritual Formation
After completing his Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Counseling, Jonathan and Catherine moved to the Bay Area to take part in the unfolding venture that is Christ Church of Berkeley. The St.Clairs were captivated by Berkeley’s eclectic urban environment, by the aesthetic charm of its neighborhoods, and by the passionate, intelligent, and influential creativity of its people. Their life calling is to help people enjoy the good, the true, and the beautiful in their relationships with God and their community.
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Jose Figueroa - Pastor of Community Development
José has 10 years of experience providing spiritual care and social services to youth and their families from multiethnic/multilingual backgrounds in local parish and non-profit settings, most recently as a pediatric hospice chaplain at George Mark Children’s House. José is an ordained Presbyterian minister. Before entering the pastorate José worked as an electrical engineer for the United Status Navy in Washington, DC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1988, and a Master’s of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO in 2002. He and his family relocated to the East Bay from Miami, FL where he served as an associate pastor and a chaplain at the University of Miami.
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Eric Gilbert - Pastor of Worship Arts
Eric, Shea, and their four children relocated to the East Bay in February of 2009. Eric has been working with artists and musicians in the Church and the community for 12 years. The Gilberts fell in love with the Bay Area after just a few visits, and are excited to join the team at Christ Church. They desire to see a thriving arts community in the church, and more importantly a growing connection with the greater Bay Area arts community; to see the Church reclaim a reputation as patron of the arts, humbly serving the local artistic community. Eric received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Samford University in Birmingham, AL in 1998, and in 2005 received his Master’s of Music from Georgia St. University in Atlanta, where he also served on the Worship Arts staff at Perimeter Church from 2000-2008.
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Kate Key - Director of Finance
Kate completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and worked in the southeast for a few years. She and her husband, Sims, moved to the Bay Area in June 2006 where she began working for Christ Church. She loves the diversity that the Bay Area offers and has enjoyed the opportunity to serve both Christ Church and through it, the Bay Area.
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Anita Sunraj - Church Administrator
Anita completed her Bachelor of Engineering in India and worked as a software engineer for a couple of years. She moved to the Bay Area after her marriage to Sam Rubandhas in 2007. She has always been passionate to serve God and His Church and was delighted when given an opportunity to work for Christ Church. She has been on the team as the administrator in-charge since Feb ‘08.
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