Rev. Sandi Mizirl, Supply Priest-in-Charge
(pictured above with retired Reverend Torrence Harman)
Danni Plaice, Youth Director
Danni (Jones) Plaice was christened at St. John’s Episcopal Church, where she attended as a child, and was later confirmed at North Farnham Episcopal Church. After graduating from Rappahannock High School, Danni lived in Ruai, Kenya for 6 months, teaching at St. Charles Lwanga Boystown, and volunteering at Hope for Orphans Rescue Center. Upon her return to the United States, Danni worked in youth programming for YMCAs in Virginia and later Texas, also earning her associate degree in sociology at Alvin Community College. At ACC, she served as a Student Ambassador, Vice President of the Church of Christ Student Fellowship, and was both a Presidential Scholar and the school mascot! After graduating with honors, Danni completed a bachelor’s degree in sociology at University of Mary Washington in Virginia while also volunteering with a support group for adolescent girls at Empowerhouse.
Danni’s career has spanned the globe: in Cambodia where she worked at Crossing Cambodia, a ministry serving the children of street families; Massachusetts where she served as an AmeriCorps Youth Leadership Coordinator for Social Capital, Inc.; and Virginia where she worked with Childhelp at a residential treatment community on a 270-acre horse farm specializing in the treatment of children and adolescents with trauma, neglect, psychiatric, and neurodevelopmental disorders. After many years of bouncing around, Danni returned to the Northern Neck and bought her childhood home in Warsaw. She currently works for a local Department of Social Services as a Family Services Specialist and Children’s Services Act Coordinator. Danni and husband, Christopher keep bees, tend their garden, and raise chickens with their precocious daughter, Clare, in tow. St. John’s Episcopal Church is very dear to the Plaice family as it is where Christopher and Danni’s “Banns of Marriage” were proclaimed and the place where Clare was baptized from the same historic marble font as her mother.
Arline Hinkson, Music Director
Fran King, Parish Administrator
Fran brings her remarkable creative and organizational gifts to our congregations. Originally from Louisiana, she married a Virginian and after living in Texas they landed back in Virginia in the Northern Neck. Fran’s professional background includes interior and graphic design, and she is sought after for her decorative floral design work for weddings and special events. She is active in the Northern Neck Garden Club and serves as an artistic judge for The Garden Club of Virginia. She is married to Kirwan King whose parents, Martin and Tish King, were long time members of St. John’s and active in preservation efforts in the Northern Neck. Fran and Kirwan have two married children, Martin and Tay, and three adorable granddaughters.
