Our Clergy
Rev. Canon Patricia Powers
Priest In Residence
The Rev Canon Patricia Powers retired in 2012 from St. Nathaniel’s Church in North Port, Fl. where she served as Rector for 12 years.
Before coming to Florida, she was a missionary to Brazil for 23 years. She began her ministry in Brazil as a Volunteer in Mission and then as an appointed missionary from the US National Episcopal Church and the Order of the Daughters of the King. In 1986 after completing Seminary in Brazil and the United States, she was ordained. Ministries while in Brazil were in three areas. The first area, education, administrator of an elementary school, professor of theology, Dean of the Southwest Seminary in Porto Alegre. The second, Expansion of the Church, Director of the National Department of Mission, creation of the Missionary Diocese of Brasilia, and the Missionary District of the Northwest of Brazil. The third, Pastoral, Rector of several parishes and start-up missions, Dean of the Cathedral of the Resurrection, Brasilia, work with women, street children and the poor. She continues to work with the Bishop of Brasilia as the Missionary Canon for International Relations.
Staff
Ann Marie
Isacc
Music Director
Isaac James is the Music Director at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Punta Gorda, a role he began in August 2023. A lifelong musician, Isaac is a classical pianist, choral director, conductor, and church organist who began playing piano by ear at age six and entered his first international competition at sixteen. He has performed at major venues like Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the National Cathedral, and has collaborated with renowned artists and conductors across the country. In addition to his musical career, Isaac serves as the Executive Director of the Military Heritage Museum, where he was instrumental in transforming its Gulf Theater into one of Charlotte County’s busiest performing arts venues. He is also Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Board of Directors for the Florida Philharmonic. Isaac is passionate about making classical music accessible to all and is equally committed to serving his community through arts, culture, and civic leadership.
Jana Young
Finance Administrator
for the Church & Good Shepherd Day School
Jana Young joined the Good Shepherd team in July 2023. She previously worked for 30 years at the Center for Cancer/Huntsville Hospital Radiation Oncology Deptartment as the Director of Finance & Human Resources. After retiring from the Cancer Center, she went on the road as a Medical Compliance Auditor.
Jana lived in North Alabama her entire life until October of 2021, when she and her husband, Ramsay, relocated to Punta Gorda. They have one daughter and three sons. In her spare time, she loves reading, cooking, gardening, and crafting. She attends the Good Shepherd 8 a.m. service where she serves as a Eucharistic Minister and has been the Chairman of the Stewardship Committee since 2022.
