
The Very Reverend Michelle Robertshaw, Rector
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Mo. Michelle joined the St. Andrew's staff as Rector in August 2012, having previously served St. Boniface, Sarasota and St. Mary Magdalene, Bradenton in the Diocese of Southwest Florida and Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill in the Diocese of North Carolina. She has been a parish priest 17 years, though she has worked in church settings for the past 24 years.
Michelle is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and completed her field education at St. Barnabas Church and School in Upper Marlboro. Prior to seminary, she was the Lay Chaplain for St. Mary's Episcopal School and the Director of Family Ministry for St. Mary's Church.
In 2019 she completed an immersion course in Documentary Film Making at Duke University and as part of her sabbatical project went on to interview the Most Reverend Michael Curry (the Presiding Bishop), Jan Karon (author of the Mitford series), Dr. Stanley Hauerwas (American theologian, ethicist and public intellectual), and the Rev. Dr. Sam Wells (Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in central London, and Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics at King’s College London).
She is a current member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, serves as the Dean of the Venice Deanery and has previously served on Diocesan Council. She has been invited to work on staff at the 2022 Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England.
Michelle is passionate about serving all God's people - - children, youth, young adults, mid-lifers and seniors - - enjoys studying church history as a gateway to shaping the church's future - - loves going on pilgrimage - - and walking her dogs on the beach early in the morning.
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Mo. Michelle joined the St. Andrew's staff as Rector in August 2012, having previously served St. Boniface, Sarasota and St. Mary Magdalene, Bradenton in the Diocese of Southwest Florida and Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill in the Diocese of North Carolina. She has been a parish priest 17 years, though she has worked in church settings for the past 24 years.
Michelle is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and completed her field education at St. Barnabas Church and School in Upper Marlboro. Prior to seminary, she was the Lay Chaplain for St. Mary's Episcopal School and the Director of Family Ministry for St. Mary's Church.
In 2019 she completed an immersion course in Documentary Film Making at Duke University and as part of her sabbatical project went on to interview the Most Reverend Michael Curry (the Presiding Bishop), Jan Karon (author of the Mitford series), Dr. Stanley Hauerwas (American theologian, ethicist and public intellectual), and the Rev. Dr. Sam Wells (Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in central London, and Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics at King’s College London).
She is a current member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, serves as the Dean of the Venice Deanery and has previously served on Diocesan Council. She has been invited to work on staff at the 2022 Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England.
Michelle is passionate about serving all God's people - - children, youth, young adults, mid-lifers and seniors - - enjoys studying church history as a gateway to shaping the church's future - - loves going on pilgrimage - - and walking her dogs on the beach early in the morning.