St. John's Rector
Father Guy Mackey
My tenure as rector at Saint John’s has been an amazing experience for me. I was introduced to green chile when I got here and now I can’t live without it. This area is always changing and exploring it is one of my favorite past times. I believe that the desert here has the telltale spiritual landscapes that are full of divine rewards & visions. Yet, it represents the opposite for all who feel lost and hopeless. It is a visual, physical, experimental reality that is made to drive us to our Lord God.
Through those physical realities, God teaches us, shows us, and give us hope in this unseen realm. When we make sure the hungry have food, the poor are warmed in the winter, the frightened are comforted, we are quite literally teaching them that, even though there are dangers, there is someone who cares-we, with hands held out in concrete ways; the Lord God with his hands stretched out on the hard wood of the cross. The physical and the spiritual are melded in us as we are faithful.
About Fr. Guy
Vocational Study
Fr. Guy was raised in the Holiness Movement within the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, where his father was a pastor. During his educational years that followed, he hold:
- · Master of Divinity degree from Cranmer Theological House (1998)
- · Doctor of Theology through Laud Hall Theological Seminary, located in York, PA (2009)
- · PhD from Evangel Christian University, located in Monroe, LA (2017)
In 1999, Fr. Guy became an ordained deacon and a priest in 2000. He is a founding member of the Anglican Order of Preachers (the Dominicans), making his vows in the OPA in 2002.
Search & Rescue and Martial Arts
In Fr. Guy’s spare time, he has taken up working with the Civil Air Patrol. It is an important service that responds to disasters that happen in the community and throughout our state. Through his service for this state, he graduated from Hawk Mountain Ranger School (Search & Rescue) in 2018. Additionally, he is a third-degree black belt in Chinese Kenpo and first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.