Our Minister

Reverend Shepard Parsons

On December 5, 2004, our membership voted unanimously to invite Reverend Shepard Parsons to serve as the sixteenth full-time pastor at Shelton Congregational Church. Shepard grew up in Orlando, Florida. He is a graduate of Furman University and the Yale University Divinity School. He was ordained in 1985 and has served churches in Hartford,WaterburyMilford, and New Haven before coming to Shelton Congregational. He lives in New Haven with his wife Karen and daughters Charis and Iris

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The Parsons Family

Rev. Parsons, wife Karen, Iris (red top), and Charis.