786 HUGHES RD. MADISON AL. 35758
786 HUGHES RD. MADISON AL. 35758
Clergy and Staff
The Rev. Chris Hartley, Rector
The Rev. Dillon Green, Assoc. Rector
The Rev. Dillon Green, Assoc. Rector
On January 8, 2018, Fr. Chris Hartley was welcomed into the St. Matthew's fold as our new rector and shepherd! Originally from Birmingham, Father Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion & History from Samford University, and also holds his Master of Divinity from Sewanee, The University of the South.
He was very successful during a fifteen year sales career, but believed the Spirit was guiding him to a calling of greater fulfillment relative to his desire for deeper peace. After seven plus years of formal discernment, Chris was ordained into the Holy Order of the Diaconate in May of 2014 and The Priesthood in January of 2015. He most recently served as Rector at St. Michael and All Angels in Anniston, his call since seminary.
Chris loves reading, traveling, Beagles, sports, and entertaining friends with his family. He recently has pursued a longtime interest in local theater where he participated in several shows with CASTS of Anniston. He is married to Alli, and they have one child, Lillie Grace. The family also boasts two rescues, Bandit and Bindi, who are spoiled rotten.
To quote Fr. Chris, "St. Matthew's is AWESOME"!
The Rev. Dillon Green, Assoc. Rector
The Rev. Dillon Green, Assoc. Rector
The Rev. Dillon Green, Assoc. Rector
Originally from Florence, AL, Father Dillon earned his Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) from the University of North Alabama (UNA).
After majoring in French and Spanish, and after a personal journey through nondenominational, Baptist, Catholic, and finally Episcopal churches, Dillon sought out a chance for discernment about the general path his life would take. He became the Campus Program Assistant at the Canterbury House at Kansas State University (KSU) and served for two years. Though he didn’t begin with ordained ministry in mind, after one year of college ministry and a powerful experience staffing at the Diocese of Kansas’s Summer MegaCamp, he felt the call to ordained ministry and entered formal discernment. After three years of education at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), he was ordained to the Episcopal Priesthood in the Diocese of Kansas on January 8, 2022. He most recently served as the Curate for the Episcopal Churches of Wichita, Kansas, primarily at St. James and St. John’s.
Father Dillon loves movies (particularly the Academy Awards and the Criterion Collection), reading (Middlemarch is a favorite), laughter,
travel, Adele, food, and time with friends and family. His educational areas of interest center on the works of Charles Taylor, Hartmut Rosa, Andrew Root, James K.A. Smith. He also has a burgeoning interest in French Phenomenology.
Father Dillon is incredibly excited to be home in the Diocese of Alabama where he was confirmed and to be part of the St. Matthew’s family!
