Holy Innocents
Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Ministry for Highland Falls, Fort Montgomery & West Point
About Us
What is the Episcopal Church?
“This is the Jesus Movement, and we are The Episcopal Church, the Episcopal branch of Jesus’ movement in this world.” - Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry
The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion. Our tradition is a blending of protestant and catholic Christianity in which Christians of either tradition may find a home where each tradition enriches and fulfills the other. Our doctrine is based in Scripture, Tradition and Reason. Especially important to Episcopalians is Holy Scripture and “to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8b
Our Staff
Rev. Judith Ferguson
Pastor for West Point
A graduate of Sewanee, University of the South, has been with the Parish since the summer of 2001. She also serves as the Episcopal civilian chaplain to West Point, serving Episcopal cadets, professors, families, singles and alumni. Rev. Judy is faithfully maintaining our ministry through our rector transition.
Rev. Jan Nunley
Interim Rector
The Rev. Jan Nunley has served as interim priest at Holy Innocents and St. Mark’s since 2022.
Ordained priest in 1995 by Bishop Barbara Harris, she officially retired in 2019, but that didn’t last long, which is pretty typical for priests, actually. Mother Jan has served as rector and priest-in-charge for parishes in Rhode Island and New York, and as director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. She was the media liaison for the eleven women bishops of the Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference in 1998. She also served on the Presiding Bishop’s staff from 2000-2008 as Deputy for Communications and deputy director of Episcopal News Service.
Prior to ordination, Jan worked as a news reporter, anchor, and talk show host for television and radio stations. Born in Mississippi and raised in south Texas, she is proud to call herself an adopted New Yorker, living in Peekskill since 2000 with her wife, Susie, and a succession of rescued senior Alaskan Malamute dogs. She is an avid gardener, with a certificate in permaculture design, and a voracious consumer of (mostly) nonfiction, especially US and world history.
(Photo credit: Ocean Morisset)
Emily Murphy
Music Director & Organist
Emily graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2011 with a B.S. in Piano Peformance & Contemporary Music Studies (Pre-Music Therapy). She holds an Advanced Certificate in Music Education and an M.S. in Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY. Emily is a public school music teacher.
