Who We Are
Anglican Church of North America
We belong to the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA.org). It was formed in 2009 to provide a home for persons in the United States and Canada who choose to worship and practice our faith in the Anglican tradition. We adhere to its historic teaching in the 39 Articles. We hold the Bible to be authoritative in all that it teaches. Our bishops are in Apostolic Succession.
Grace Anglican Church of Boise formed in 2007 and joined the ACNA when it was formed in 2009. We were blessed with being able to build our own building at the corner of Milwaukee and Northview and began worshiping in it in 2021.
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Within the ACNA, Grace Anglican Church is part of the Diocese of Western Anglicans in the U.S. The ACNA is a province of the Global Anglican Communion, which is distinct from the Canterbury Communion. The Global Anglican Communion includes parishes in North America, including some in Mexico, and most of the African provinces, the Archdiocese of Sydney, and the Southern Cone of South America.
Clergy, Staff and Ministry Leaders
Clergy
Grace Anglican has one priest, the parish’s rector, Father Jeffrey Smith, and two assisting deacons, the Reverend Stephen Barton, Deacon and the Reverend Ronald Jutzy, MD, Deacon.
The Reverend Jeffrey Smith, Rector
priest@gacboise.org 208 801-1381
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Rector Fr. Jeff Smith, an Anglican Priest for 40 years, has served as a vicar, a seminary instructor, a teacher, and a rector of several congregations. In 2017 he moved with his wife Lynn to Boise to serve as rector of Grace Anglican Church. Fr. Jeff was ordained as a deacon in 1985 and as a priest in 1986. He earned an AB with Honors at Pitzer College and an MA in History at Loma Linda University where he studied Church history. It was while working on a PhD at UC Berkley that he received his call to ministry, and switched to seminary. He finished seminary at St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley with a Bachelors of Sacred Theology.
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Fr. Jeff was born in Glendale, California and met his English wife, Lynn, at a classical music concert in Augusta, Georgia, while he was rector of an Anglican church in Aiken, South Carolina. On his time off here in Boise, he and Lynn enjoy an evening at the Boise Philharmonic. They also enjoy ballroom dancing. And they can be found at Boise’s World Center for Birds of Prey, viewing condors, eagle, hawks, and falcons. They love to travel and visit family, art museums, and a wide variety of places of interest. ​
The Reverend Ronald Jutzy, MD, Deacon
208 861-9701
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Dr. Ron Jutzy is a recently retired neurosurgeon who trained at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, practiced for many years in Boise, and received numerous awards in appreciation for his dedication to patients and families. While practicing neurosurgery, he was ordained in the Anglican Province of America as a deacon, and is a founder of Grace Anglican Church. Ron is a lifelong scholar of religion and a voracious reader.
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Ron likes and lives the saying that Jesus meets us where we are, but loves us way too much to leave us there. Ron and the love of his life, Lana, are natives of California. They enjoy classical music together, and have been instrumental in fostering the traditional Anglican music at Grace Anglican, where Lana sings in the choir. The Jutzys' home hosted many a choir rehearsal. And many a party.
Ron and Lana’s children and grandchildren live with their wives in Spokane, Chandler, AZ, and the south of France. Holidays find the extended family gathered at one of their homes, as they live and cherish life together both in person and long-distance.
The Reverend Stephen Barton, Deacon
208 866-6100
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Steve Barton grew up in the Church of the Nazarene and spent many years actively serving in bus ministry, teaching Sunday School groups ranging from fifth grade to college-aged and young married adults, and serving on church boards.
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He earned his B.A. in Business and Accounting from Northwest Nazarene College and M.S. in Business Administration at the University of Wyoming.
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He worked for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. before retiring and returning to Idaho.
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Deacon Steve’s journey to Anglicanism began nearly 30 years ago, when he felt a longing for deeper worship within church services. That led him and his British wife Sandra “Sam” to a small, independent church shaped by the liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer, and to an exploration of ancestral roots during their visits to England. One day, praying before an ancient Anglo-Saxon cross, the prayers and liturgy came alive for him; not long after, he and Sam joined Grace Anglican.
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He later served seven years on the Vestry (four as treasurer and two as senior warden) helping guide the church through fundraising, securing a building loan, and constructing the facility God provided through the faithfulness of His people.
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Steve served as a lay minister until his ordination as a deacon on July 18, 2025. Steve and Sam have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Seminarian Jeffrey Whitaker
Jeffrey Whittaker first felt the call to ordained ministry at the elevation of the host during Holy Eucharist. Since then, he and the Church discerned his call to the priesthood, and he is currently enrolled in Trinity Anglican Seminary’s Master of Divinity program as one of the many aspects of priestly formation, and takes classes both online and in-person during week-long tensives. Jeffrey is passionate about prayer, all things monastic, the Great Tradition of the Christian Faith, and believes that Christ’s love and holiness is present in the liturgies of the Church.
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He is married to Moon Whittaker, who both teaches and paints religious artwork, and they have three daughters. Jeffrey takes his girls to Christian school in the mornings, and he teaches 5th grade at The Ambrose School. (Jeffrey attended Ambrose himself, and graduated in 2014).
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His responsibilities at the parish include leading the Youth Group, hosting Anglican Theology Barbecues, and teaching in the Sunday School.
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If you have any questions, or want to schedule a time to get coffee and discuss God and Anglicanism, please contact him at jcharleswhittaker@gmail.com.
Staff and Ministry Leaders
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Administrator: The Rev’d Mr. Stephen Barton
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Music Director and Organist: Dr. Barton Moreau
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Parish Secretary: Ann Barton
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Accountant: Lorelli Hackler
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Altar Guild Directress: Tina Ridgeway
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Flowers: Mary Arima
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Sunday School Superintendent: Jeff Whittaker
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Hospitality Ministry: Sharon Helppie and Pam Hunter
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School Scholarship Committee: The Rev’d Mr. Stephen Barton, Ridgely Denning, David Turkheimer
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Building and Grounds Task Force: Timothy Bollinger
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Security: James Thomas
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Bible Study Leaders: The Rev’d Mr. Stephen Barton, Wesley Goudy, William Swartzendruber
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Intercessors: Priscilla Meldrim, Annette Toebe, Salome Tudor
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Newsletter Editor: Lorraine Bollinger
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Youth Director: Jeff Whittaker
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Women’s Ministries: Annette Lund Toebe
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Maintenance: Jim Falk
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Member of the executive council, and chairman of the canons' committee of the Yellowstone Missionary District within the Diocese of Western Anglicans: Douglas Hackler
Vestry
​The Vestry is the board of trustees for the parish.
The current members are:
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Senior Warden: Ridgley Denning
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Junior Warden: Timothy Bollinger
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Secretary: Galen Schuler
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Treasurer: Perrin Robinson
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Sharon Helppie
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David Turkheimer