Paula Roberts and Jacob Sierra

Paula A. Roberts, LCSW, is the former Senior Warden of Trinity Episcopal Church Morrisania and Founder and Former Director of “Gathering Around the Table”, a ministry of welcome, worship, and shared meals.

Jacob Sierra is currently the Senior Program Director of Digital Resources at ECF. From Chicago originally, Jacob moved to New York City in 2022 to dedicate a year to living in community and supporting the outreach work at Church of the Heavenly Rest in Manhattan through the Episcopal Service Corps. His work focused on key areas: prison reentry, food insecurity, education access, mental health, housing, and emergency response. He also organized formation for Trinity Episcopal Church Morrisania in the South Bronx, creating and leading liturgy for bilingual prayer services and a children's formation program to facilitate church growth and community engagement.