Linda Shelton Betjeman has been the Minister of Music at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church since 2007. She is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music, New York City, where she received a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting. During her 50-year career in church music she has served in congregations in Manhattan, Westchester County, and Long Island.

Linda has been a recitalist at concert series in Manhattan, Westchester, and Rockland Counties, and has performed as a soloist in England and Italy (including St. Peter’s in Rome). She has been a keyboard soloist (organ, harpsichord, piano) with the Broadway Bach Ensemble of Manhattan and has performed with the Chappaqua Chamber Orchestra and Mimosa Chamber Ensemble of Manhattan. Additionally, Linda has been the accompanist for Taghkanic Chorale and Tri-County Opera of northern Westchester and has taught on the music faculty of the Walden-Lincoln and Trevor Day School in New York City as well as the Riverdale Country School and Sarah Lawrence College.

Linda is currently the Director of the Shelter Island Community Chorus and summer organist-choir director at Union Chapel in the Grove, Shelter Island.

Katherine is a preacher's wife and mother of three grown daughters who has a lot of experience in church life. She was trained as a school teacher (English) and home schooled her children K-12. Her children are all college graduates and one has a Master's Degree in Theology while the other two are graduate students. 

In addition to her experience as a school teacher, Katherine worked in mental health and as Director of a ministry focused on homeless and chronically unemployed adults to guide them in returning to work. For the last few years Katherine has worked in many positions at Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch in Riverhead including Executive Assistant and Assistant to the Director of Finance. During Pandemic years Katherine completed a training program and is a Certified Spiritual Director. 

Five years ago Katherine and her husband John moved to Shelter Island and he began his work at the East End Church of Christ in East Hampton. Katherine also works part-time at the Shelter Island Public Library.

Ruling elders are so named not because they "lord it over" the congregation, but because they are chosen by the congregation...to strengthen and nurture its faith and life.  Ruling elders, together with teaching elders (pastors), exercise leadership, government, spiritual discernment, and discipline and have responsibilities for the life of the congregation as well as the whole church. (Book of Order - G-2.0301)

Class of 2021: Marianne Baird, Peter Vielbig, Laura Nelsen

Class of 2022: Marilynn Pysher, Heather Reylek, Karin Bennett

Class of 2023: Dan Binder, Ellen Gove

The ministry of deacon as set forth in Scripture is one of compassion, witness, and service, sharing in the redeeming love of Jesus Christ for the poor, the hungry, the sick, the lost, the friendless, the oppressed, those burned by unjust policies or structures, or anyone in distress. (Book of Order - G-2.0201)                                         

Class of 2021: Rachel Brigham, Cindy Griffin

Class of 2022: Alison Binder, Sharon Donno, Roswitha Wissemann

Class of 2023: Brenda Bergman, Colleen Smith, Elsie Mae Brigham, Lauren Gibbs