About Our Rector
Reverend Rebecca was ordained in 2003 in the Episcopal Church and was called to serve as Rector/Pastor of St. Dunstan’s in 2023 and as the Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer in 2021. She has served parishes in San Diego as well as in Oregon, Missouri, and Ohio, and as a chaplain at the University of Michigan. She discovered her call to ministry while serving as a missionary in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a young adult. She is happily devoted to her husband, Mark, and three children Charlotte, Graysen, and Brennie. In her free time you will find her with her family, hiking, swimming at the beach, playing with their adorable dogs, reading, making art, dancing, or enjoying live music.
In the wider church, Rebecca is an author and writes sermons for the national Episcopal Church podcast “Sermons that Work:” https://www.episcopalchurch.org/authors/d-rebecca-hansen/ She has also advocated for creation care and animal welfare and has been featured in articles and stories on the topic around the nation including for Sojourners Magazine.
A Message from Rev. Rebecca:
It is such a blessing to serve alongside the people of St. Dunstan’s and I hope you will come and join us in worship or one of our many weekly activities. This is a church where the Holy Spirit is active and renewing our faith as we strive to follow Jesus together. We are a growing church that feels called to reach out to our wider community to serve and share the Good News of God’s love for all people – no exceptions. My favorite Bible verse is 2 Corinthians 12:9: “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” In other words, our weaknesses and the difficult times are always the most fertile ground for God’s grace to work most powerfully in and through us. God’s grace is always sufficient and there is always healing and power on the other side of struggle (Easter resurrection!). I hope you will come and experience God’s grace being lived out here at St. Dunstan’s wherever you are on your journey of faith.