The San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Police Officers Association are very proud to announce the addition of two new Police Chaplains who will be serving the members of the SFPD and their families.
In a Hall of Justice ceremony on January 25, 2011, Assistant Chief Thomas Shawyer swore in Reverend Pastor Staci Current. Pastor Staci will serve as a full time Chaplain.
Pastor Staci W. Current is a native Californian. She was born in Hollywood, California and raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos. A graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, she holds a Bachelor Degree in Political Science and International Relations. Pastor Staci initially thought she would go to law school and become an attorney, but the call of God redirected her path. After receiving the call to pastoral ministry, Pastor attended Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. She then transferred to Claremont School of Theology in California to finish her seminary education. Pastor Staci received her Master of Divinity Degree in 1998.
Pastor Staci has served United Methodist Churches in the North Georgia Annual Conference, Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, and the California/Nevada Annual Conference. She is passionate about preaching God’s word and seeing lives transformed by the healing, empowering gospel of Jesus Christ. She considers it a privilege to have preached at church revivals, Consecration Sunday’s and other special celebrations and ceremonies. Pastor Staci has led numerous retreats for the United Methodist Women and various other groups throughout the United States.
Her service beyond the local church also includes serving on the Faith Advisory Board of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco serving as a mentor for five candidates for ordained ministry. She is also the current Chairperson for the California/Nevada Annual Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women.
For the past eight years, Pastor Staci has served as the pastor of the Shattuck Avenue United Methodist Church in Oakland. Under her leadership, the membership of the congregation grew, new ministries to the community were initiated, and the sanctuary that had been uninhabitable for nine years was retrofitted, restored and re-opened for worship.
The great work that was accomplished at Shattuck Avenue United Methodist Church was all possible through the grace and power of God.
Pastor Staci now calls San Francisco her home, as she is the Senior Pastor of Jones Memorial Methodist United Church in San Francisco. Hers has been a journey of faith that has continually sustained by the power and love of God in Jesus Christ.
Pastor Staci is truly grateful for the blessing and joy of her family. She is the loving stepmother to John Current, Jr. and Faith Current and very special “Nana” to Faith’s son David, the wife of the Reverend John D. Current, Sr. and treasured mother of 11-year old Leon “Leo” Current.
On February 7, 2011, in another Hall of Justice ceremony, Thomas V. Martin, and third-year Seminarian and very proud native of San Francisco is was administered his oath by Assistant Chief Shawyer. Thomas will serve as an Auxiliary Chaplain as he continues his theological studies just down the peninsula at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Seminary in Menlo Park. He is studying for the priesthood for service in the San Francisco Archdiocese.
Tom is a graduate of Sacred Heart High School, Class of 1982 and the University of San Francisco, Class of 1987. He graduated with degrees in Philosophy and History.
Before entering the seminary, Tom worked for several years in the Mayor’s Office in San Francisco under then Mayor Willie Brown as coordinator for Community Relations Liaison to San Francisco Parochial and Public Schools. Tom also spent a substantial amount of time teaching at Sacred Heart and St. Dominic’s grammar schools in San Francisco, as well as at Bellarmine College Prep High School in San Jose.
In service to his fellow man, Tom has also served on several Boards of Directors of non-profit organizations serving at-risk children, youth and seniors.
Since entering the seminary, Tom has served at Saint Mathias and Saint Pius Churches in Redwood City, as well as at Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Anne’s of the Sunset Churches in San Francisco. He is currently serving his “Pastoral Year” at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Belmont.
Tom has a very strong affiliation and affinity to the city of San Francisco and especially to the San Francisco Police Department where he has many close friends, associates, and family members.
Tom has served the department and membership well in several capacities to date including assisting and attending to the Rosary and Funeral Services of our dearly departed Brothers in Blue, John Mulkern and Charlie Ellis, and delivering the Homilies at each of their funerals. Tom also presided over the memorial service last year for our departed brother Nick-Tomasito Birco at Bayview Station.
Tom has proven to be a steady, strong comfort and advocate for the families of each of these departed officers as well as to other members of this department and association who have lost family members or have needed someone to talk to in times of need. Tom has always made time to assist our members and will continue to do so in his current capacity.
Tom is a sports enthusiast who loves the San Francisco Giants and the Forty-Niners. He also loves the city of San Francisco and its rich, colorful history. He has a great interest in politics and possesses a great sense of humor.
With all these wonderful attributes, the only weakness we’ve been able to detect in this outstanding young man is that he is of all things, a fan of the Boston Red Sox. We don’t quite know how that could have ever happened but with prayer and divine intervention, we are hoping to get him on the right track and become a Yankee fan to augment his love for the Giants.
