Penny Block and her husband Jim have been members of Emmanuel since their retirement and move to Chestertown from Western Massachusetts in 2014. She spent her career teaching students from preschool through the college level and acted as a dorm parent at the secondary private school where they lived. Since retiring, Penny has been a committed volunteer in local organizations, and also spends time traveling, gardening, practicing yoga, reading, taking adult lifelong learning classes, and exercising her adopted foxhound. At Emmanuel, she has been a member of the hospitality/kitchen crew, garth, bazaar, and pastoral care ministries, and helps the flower guild on special occasions. She was the parish registrar for 7 years. Penny and Jim have 3 grown children and 2 grandsons who are scattered around the US.