Clergy & Staff

Rev. Carolyn comes to us having served the past four years at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ogdensburg, NY. Her five years of ordained ministry rests on the foundation of being a lifelong Episcopalian and over twenty years of children and youth ministry leadership in the Church. Rev. Carolyn, a graduate of Nashotah House Theological Seminary, holds a Master of Pastoral Ministry degree.  She has a passion for sharing the love of God with his people and firmly believes that love is for everyone.

Carolyn, and her husband, John, enjoy camping, the great outdoors, cooking and consuming good food with her three children, their spouses, and her six grandchildren. She also enjoys reading and dabbling in her creative side through art, especially Ukrainian dyed Easter (Pysanky) Eggs.

Gary grew up in the state of Maryland.  He received his Bachelor of Music Education K-12 from Gordon College (Wenham, MA) his Master of Music in Voice Performance from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, TX) and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Organ Performance from the University of North Texas (Denton). He has 30+ years of experience successfully conducting choirs and directing music programs both in schools and churches in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and prior to that in Boston, Massachusetts.  Gary is a professional, award-winning music educator.  He served as Director of Upper School Music at Parish Episcopal School in Dallas and as Director of Music K-12 at The Canterbury Episcopal School in DeSoto, Texas, where he earned the honor of “Teacher of the Year.” He has participated in national and international performance and service tours, including the United States, England, Ireland, China, Australia, Holland, Poland, Germany, and the Virgin Islands. Gary previously served Annunciation from 2015 to 2020 and returned in October, 2022. In addition to leading the music ministry, Gary's full-time role includes using his creative skills to maintain our website, expanding social media and outreach initiatives. 

Beth Parker is a cradle Episcopalian and moved to the Lewisville/Flower Mound area in 1994. Her parents moved to Flower Mound in  the spring of 1994 and Beth soon followed after. She has been involved in Alpha Course, Flower Ministry, and now  Children's Ministry. Her favorite scripture is 3 John 1:4: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”  This verse is important to Beth because this  scriptural message  is a  good reminder  about the importance of family love, unity happiness, and all that is good. Beth is married and she and her husband have a son. 

Amy Kenney was born and raised in East Texas, attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX and moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2000. She grew up Methodist and in her adult years, began attending a non-denominational church. Amy became a part of the Annunciation staff in 2020. Her favorite scripture is Romans 8:28 because it reminds her to hold on to hope knowing that when life doesn't make sense, God will make sense out of your life. Amy is married with 2 daughters, 2 dogs and lives in Highland Village.

Tracey Reinhart is the Head of School and has been with MES since 2001. She attended Texas Tech University where she studied Economics and International Trade and before discovering the amazing philosophy of Montessori, Tracey worked in the Human Resources and Training field earning her Professional in Human Resources Certification. She began her career at MES as an office assistant, librarian and assistant teacher. In 2003, she received her Montessori Certification and became a Lead Teacher, working in these classrooms for 15 years. Tracey has been married since 1991 and has two MES alumni children.

Daniel Rodriguez is originally from the Houston area. He and his wife Regan have four kids. Daniel’s PhD is in biblical languages and he works full-time in Bible translation. He is in the ordination process in the Diocese of Dallas.