Pastor and Staff
Pastor
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Good
Cynthia was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1987. During the early part of her career, she served as full-time pastor for three churches in New England. Beginning in 1999, she shifted her focus to part-time and interim pastoral work in order to devote more time to her family. For 17 years, she served as interim pastor for more than a dozen churches. Before being appointed at Calvary, she was Interim Pastor at Lexington United Methodist Church, where she was raised, confirmed, and approved for candidacy in ministry.
Cynthia received her Master of Divinity degree at Yale Divinity School and her Doctorate in Ministry from Hartford Seminary, with a focus on spirituality, creativity, and worship. During seminary she devoted considerable time to working in homeless shelters and food banks and remains passionate about issues of social justice.
Cynthia is married to Alan Pratt and they have two children, Alden and Noah.
Director of Christian Education
Sandra Barrios
In her teenage years, Sandra began a leadership journey that allowed her to get involved in Youth ministries and Missions. Teaching, storytelling, and finding creative ways to use arts and crafts in her ministry became her passion, but Missions opened the door to intercultural experiences that broadened her perspectives and encouraged her to work on her international skills. As a former full-time veterinarian in Mexico City, she was part of the pool of volunteers of Christian Veterinary Mission, and she then felt called to pursue higher education in Bible studies.She has a degree from the Boston University School of Theology and started working at both Calvary and Harvard-Epworth in August 2024.
Music Director
Lots of musical involvement while growing up in Sudbury United Methodist Church—singing in cherub, junior, senior, and folk choirs; playing guitar, piano, and organ—led to a passion for church music. Sue arrived at Calvary Church in 1994. Prior to coming to Calvary, she was the music director at United Methodist churches in Wellesley and Newton and a Lutheran church in Framingham.
Office Administrator
Susan G. joined the Calvary staff in January 2014. She publishes the Sunday bulletins and monthly newsletters, updates the web page, manages rental requests, answers phone calls and email, and waters the choir room piano. She was raised in the United Methodist Church and started attending Calvary when she moved to Arlington in 1998. Before becoming the office admin, she was a stay-at-home, PTO-president, minivan-driving soccer mom, and in her previous work life was a technical writer at IBM. In her free time, she reads, crafts, tries to stay abreast of what her college-aged kids are doing on social media, and walks her dog.