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The Reverend Dr. Meg Hess was born and raised in Danville, Virginia.  She graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC with a BA in Religion and American Civilization.  Meg received her Master of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School in 1981.  Ordained by the American Baptist Churches-USA at the First Baptist Church in Newton Centre, MA in 1982, she served ABC churches in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as Pastor and Interim Pastor for over twenty years.  She was the Interim Minister at OCBC from 1988 to 1990, when Irv Cummings became pastor of OCBC.

Meg received her Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Counseling from Andover Newton in 1994.  She wrote her DMin. thesis on women and preaching, using theories of women’s psychological development as a lens to explore how women develop their voice and authority for preaching.  Meg is a Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a New Hampshire Licensed Pastoral Psychotherapist with a psychotherapy practice in Nashua, NH.  Her special interest is in the application of Bowen Family Systems Theory to leadership development in the religious context.  Meg has been a faculty member of the Leadership in Ministry Workshops, which uses Bowen theory as a lens to coach clergy on leadership development. She facilitates monthly clergy leadership development groups and works with clergy coaching them on how to be healthier and more effective leaders in churches and synagogues.

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Baritone Thomas Jones is in the 29th year of his career as a performer and appears with orchestras, opera companies, choral ensembles, pops concerts and on recital series throughout North America, Europe and the West Indies.  Critics from coast to coast have hailed his performances as elegant, passionate, expressive and sensitive.  Richard Buell of The Boston Globe calls the vocal and stage presence of Thomas Jones "irresistible".  Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times proclaims that Mr. Jones sings "with plush sounds and musical vigor".

Mr. Jones’ solo appearances include The Santa Fe Symphony, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Boston's Handel & Haydn Society, The Apollo Chorus of Chicago, The San Francisco City Chorus and Orchestra, The Vancouver Chamber Choir and The Canadian Broadcast Orchestra, The Phoenix Bach Choir, The Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, New York's St. Cecilia Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Omaha Symphony, The Pacific Chorale and The Pacific Symphony in Southern California, The Battle Creek Symphony (Michigan), The Billings Symphony (Montana),The Louisville Bach Society at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, The Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, DC, The Simon Sinfonietta of Washington, DC., The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bucks County Choral Society and The Philadelphia Festive Arts Orchestra under conductor Robert Page.  Thomas Jones has sung on recital series coast to coast in the USA and in the cities of Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen among others.

Kathy Maskell, a lifelong church musician, has a varied and rich musical background.  She studied organ with Donald Willing at New England Conservatory and piano with Bob Winter, pianist with the Boston Pops.  She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music and a Masters of Music Education degree from Boston University.  Kathy has been a highly successful piano instructor both in her home studio and in the many years she owned and directed MusicWorks, Inc. a commercial music education facility offering lesson in piano, voice, guitar, strings and drums.

Her interest in music technology has led her to give presentations on the subject at national conferences for both Music Teachers National Association and the National conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.  Her music technology articles have been published in Clavier Companion, a periodical for piano teachers.  Since 2003 Kathy has been adjunct professor at Regis College in Weston, MA teaching piano classes, music theory, keyboard ensemble and several independent studies with students interested in vocal arranging and counterpoint.  Kathy has been organist and pianist here at Old Cambridge Baptist Church since 2003 also, happily returning to collaborate with Thomas Jones after their tenure at Tremont Temple Baptist Church.  With her background in technology, Kathy aids the OCBC choir with rehearsal compact disks as they prepare for special holiday services.  The choir has performed her composition "Send Down Your Spirit" written for choir and piano.  Her background in composition and arranging has given her opportunities to write original music for keyboard ensembles and most recently incidental music for the children's book "Gwendolyn the Graceful Pig" by David Rottenberg.  Kathy continues to explore musical opportunities to enhance her musicianship and to benefit her students.