Please join us in welcoming the Rev. Kelly Mood, who has been called to serve as curate at St. Paul’s Church, Seattle. Kelly will begin that call on July 20, 2026.
Originally from Nashville, Kelly moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2003 with her husband, Jacob. After majoring in Spanish and Psychology at Furman University, she completed a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Puget Sound in 2007 and began her career as an occupational therapist in hospitals, clinics, and schools in the area. Kelly found her way into the Episcopal Church in Seattle and was confirmed in 2015. She eventually paired her OT work with part-time ministry at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (2017-2021), and later St. Michael and All Angels in Issaquah (2021-2022), supporting spiritual formation for people of all ages as she discerned a call to the priesthood. Kelly graduated from the School of Theology in Sewanee in 2025 (MDiv), and was ordained a priest in Seattle that same year. She began her first ordained call at St. Mark and St. Paul, Sewanee, where she serves as a member of the clergy while completing coursework for an advanced degree in biblical studies, focusing on Second Temple texts. Her thesis will explore cultural context as an exegetical and hermeneutical key. Kelly and Jacob are proud parents of three teenagers in college and high school: Micah, Leah, and Will.
Keep Kelly in your prayers as she prepares to begin her new call, along with all congregations and clergy in transition.