Reverend Julie Kelsey, Priest Associate

The Rev. Julie Kelsey is an Episcopal priest ordained in 1997. She has served churches in urban and suburban settings, most recently as Rector of Grace and St. Peter's Church in Hamden and currently as Associated Clergy at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church on Whitney Ave. in New Haven. From 2008 through May of 2017, she served as Assistant Dean of Students at Yale Divinity School where she is also a lecturer in the Practices and Principles of Preaching course. 

Julie has been a mentor with the Annand Program and a spiritual director for years. She has a special interest in translating psychological language into theological language, and connecting Sunday worship with daily life. Julie is one of the originators of Chapel on the Green in New Haven, a ministry designed especially for those who are temporarily displaced and/or without a job or home. She has led bereavement groups for adults and for children ages 6-12. She is a mother and grandmother who loves hiking, reading, writing, theatre and music. 

Julie joins our community with her husband David, the Luther Weigle Professor Emeritus of Theology at Yale Divinity School.