Staff

Rev. Dr. Paul Adkins

Rev. Adkins is a graduate of Alderson Broaddus College where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon graduating from college he was accepted at Andover Newton Theological School where he received the Bachelor of Divinity degree.  Following three more years of study he was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree.  His life-long interest in the study of Scripture took him to Harvard Divinity School where a class in biblical archaeology led him to spend a month as a student archaeologist in Gezer, Israel.  He later organized and led two tours to the Holy Land. For twenty-five years he was an adjunct professor at Andover Newton where he taught classes in church administration as well as assisting the homiletics professor in the preaching class. He was senior pastor of the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, MA for twenty-seven years before retiring in 2010.  In retirement he was called as part-time pastor of the Congregational Church of South Dennis, a position he held for just over eight years.  Since completing his pastorate in Dennis he has enjoyed being the supply pastor at various Churches.  Paul and his wife Debby have two children and four grandchildren.

 

Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell – Music Director

After graduating from Lowell University, Roy toured with Milton Berle for two years as his principal trombonist in a Vaudeville Review. 

Upon returning to Boston, he was appointed house trombonist at the Colonial Theater and Sarah Caldwell’s Boston Opera Company. 

Also, Roy toured for several years with L. A. Opera A LaCarte.  Included in his freelancing in Boston he was 2nd trombonist with Boston Pop’s Adventures in Music Tours.  Upon retiring from Boston, Roy moved back to the Cape and was principal trombonist with the Cape Symphony for eleven years.  His teaching has included Brown University, Norwood High School, South Shore Conservatory, Cape Cod Conservatory, and continues in his thirtieth year teaching at Bridgewater State University.  He has recently opened a new studio right here at the church in Hyannis. 

Allison Arnold – Office Administrator

Allison is very happy to be working in the church office! Though a native Cape Codder, Alison grew up on Nantucket. She moved back to the Cape after her kids graduated high school, then married her husband Michael. They love to travel and go antiquing. Alison has a fondness for working at churches and Federated Church of Hyannis is number 4.She also belongs to COPS (The Church Office Professionals Society) that meets every year at Craigville.