The Reverend Lilo Carr Rivera is the Interim Priest-in-Charge at Christ Episcopal Church, Bellport, NY. A 2021 Masters of Divinity graduate of General Theological Seminary, Lilo also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MassArt in Boston, MA, as well as a Masters of Social Work from Hunter College in NYC.
Before her call to the priesthood, she worked as a graphic designer, social worker, and hospital chaplain in palliative care. Mother Lilo was raised with an awareness of energy efficiency and climate issues: her father is a scientist, an early adapter to alternative energy, and is a climate change educator and activist in his retirement.
Mother Lilo joined the Creation Care Community because she believes creation care is an essential part of our partnership with God in God's ongoing healing of the world through Jesus Christ.