Staff and Board

Reid Hamilton:

Reid Hamilton is the Chaplain of Canterbury House because he loves everything the University environment has to offer, from bright and interesting people to ivy-covered libraries to smoky dives. Poet, musician and scholar, he is most interested in things he has not seen before.

Before becoming a priest in 1998, Reid jumped out of airplanes, practiced law, got married, got divorced, and got married again - permanently this time! Reid has two children and has spent nearly half of his life in one school or another.  He is passionately committed to justice and civil rights. His wife, Deb (originally from Detroit), also loves music and social activism.  Reid and Deb enjoy cooking together and conducting bold culinary experiments on their friends.

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Reid has lived in Nashville, in North Carolina, in Atlanta and Kansas City before at last making his way north. In his life as a priest he has served as Assistant Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Kansas City, Missouri, and as Rector of Christ Church in Kent, Ohio – home of Kent State University – where he encouraged a parish-based campus ministry.

Matt Endahl:

Since 2007, Canterbury House Music Director Matt Endahl has enjoyed the flexibility of post- undergraduate, pre-familial life. His prime focus, music, has acted as a gateway to other interests including history, religion, and government.

Though trained as a jazz musician, Matt's musical focus has often been in more experimental territories. An early interest in and identification with the jazz avant-garde of the 1960's led to a cautious respect for the traditions and conventions of musical styles, and an appetite for the (often bizarre) deviations from such traditions. His work as the music intern at Canterbury House, under the tutelage of Stephen Rush and Reid Hamilton, gave him first-hand experience in placing radical music alongside radical theology.

Matt has taught jazz piano privately since 2006 and at Hillsdale College since 2008. He is involved with the noise/experimental scene and recently toured with guitarist Christopher Riggs, with whom he has recorded several works.

Kathleen Peabody:

Kathleen, office manager at Canterbury House since January 2005, spent the previous 20 years caring for family and running her home transcription business. Kathleen was born, raised, made it through 12 years of Catholic school, had a lot of fun, worked, married, had her first son and got divorced in Detroit. She moved to Ann Arbor in 1975, became active in the open schools of Ann Arbor and with Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice. She graduated from EMU in 1980. She married Michael in 1981 and had two more children, now both in college. Kathleen also has two (perfect) grandchildren. A couple of highlights have been the joyful and gut-wrenching effort of co-founding the public high school, New School, 1996-2000 and meeting Bishop Tutu in 1999 and again at Canterbury House in 2008. She is a weaver and also an active member of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting and the Anti-militarism Working Group of Michigan Peaceworks.  Kathleen loves her job at Canterbury House and is happiest when camping with Mike in the north woods.

Woody Goss:

Woody Goss is grateful to be at Canterbury House for his second year as Concert Series Coordinator. Born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, Woody is attending University of Michigan for his third year in the Jazz and Contemplative Studies program on piano. When he's not at the piano, he is probably outside. He hopes to see you soon!

Wendell N. Gibbs:

The Right Reverend Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., is the Tenth Bishop of Michigan and President of the Canterbury House Board.

Wendell was born March 21, 1954, and lived in Washington, D.C. as a child. Before college he became a postulant in the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Trinity, living and taking classes for three years at a Maryland monastery. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Towson University, Maryland, worked several years in various businesses. He joined the Episcopal Church during this period, and in 1984 enrolled in Seabury-Western Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, where he graduated in 1987. After serving as rector of Emmanual Church, Rockford, Illinois (1987-1989) and in several other positions, he became rector of St. Andrew’s, Cincinnati, in 1993, where he served until he was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Michigan on October 2, 1999.   He was consecrated bishop on February 5, 2000, and became the Tenth Bishop of Michigan on the retirement of Bishop Wood in November of that year.  For some bizarre reason, Bishop Gibbs is an OSU fan; but we love him nonetheless.