Anastasia Kupstas

Anastasia Kupstas (she/her)
Media Specialist
Joined in 2020

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In Office: Sun, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM*

*This represents a typical schedule, but Anastasia is reachable and responsive to email, where phone contact can be made available for media needs as necessary.

Anastasia cherishes the accepting and caring community found at Brown Memorial and, through her work providing virtual worship connections, shares that community with churchgoers far and wide.

Anastasia can be found in the sanctuary balcony, running the audio systems during worship services. She has a background in audio engineering, earning her degree in Recording Arts & Sciences from Peabody Conservatory in 2019.

In her free time, Anastasia enjoys gardening, crafting, and perusing art museums. She lives in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore City with her roommate and fellow Brown employee, Kazi Rayhan, and their cat, Lana.

Must-Know Info about Anastasia:

The most interesting food she’s ever tried is haggis – and she thought it was pretty good!

Kazi Rayhan

Kazi Rayhan (she/her)
Nursery Caregiver
Joined in 2023

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In Office: Sun, 10 AM-12 PM

Kazi’s love for children and spiritual community brings her to work at Brown Memorial as the principal Nursery Caregiver, predominantly during Sunday morning service. She works to ensure that the children, usually ages 2-5, have a nurturing, fun, and engaging environment to play and socialize with each other. At the same time, she provides parents and guardians with peace of mind, knowing their children are safe and well cared for while they get a little spiritual replenishment.

Though Kazi’s primary career is as a 3D computer graphics artist, she also has a background in youth arts and tech education, working with K-12 students. Through this experience, she learned to appreciate how open and eager children are to learn, grow, and creatively express themselves when provided with the right opportunities. Coupled with her desire to raise a family someday, her experience as a youth educator inspired her to seek out more opportunities to play a positive role in the lives of youth.

For Kazi, there are few things in this world more precious than seeing a timid, shy child blossom into an engaged social being in playful communion with others, and she considers having the opportunity to play a role in that process, however small, to be a true blessing.

As a deeply spiritual person and practicing Buddhist who values religious pluralism and interfaith coexistence, Kazi is grateful to be counted as a member of the Brown community, where she can bring together her love for children, spiritual community, and reverence for the divine into a single meaningful occupation.

Kazi resides in Baltimore, Maryland, with her roommate Anastasia and her adorable little tabby-cat friend, Lana.

Must-Know Info about Kazi:

Her go-to karaoke song is “Halo” by Beyoncé.

Sharon Holley

Sharon Holley (she/her)
Wedding and Funeral Coordinator
Joined in 1987 

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In Office: As needed basis*

*Sharon is available on an as-needed basis but is always reachable and responsive via email, where phone contact can be made available for handbell needs as necessary.

Sharon retired in 2024 after 36 years as the Administrative Assistant at Brown Memorial. During that time, she was recruited by Jim Schuman, an active member, former wedding coordinator, and former Clerk of Session, to take on the responsibilities of representing the church for weddings upon his move out of the area.

One day, the church needed an extra greeter for a memorial service, and Sharon pitched in to help greet visitors. Although not an extroverted person, she soon realized that she enjoyed welcoming visitors to Brown and had a calling to make everyone who walked through the sanctuary doors feel welcome. Now, after many years of honoring that call through administrative work, she is continuing her service as a Wedding and Funeral Coordinator.

Sharon lives in West Baltimore County and enjoys spending time with her children, grandchildren, pup, Autumn, and grand pups, Kobe and Pepper.

Must-Know Info about Sharon:

She loves watching British television shows and singing and dancing when no one is watching.