![Conductors Deborah and Joseph Mello and organist S. Gregory Shaffer. PHOTO COURTESY CHRIST CHURCH, NEWTON Conductors Deborah and Joseph Mello and organist S. Gregory Shaffer](https://dioceseofnewark.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_image/public/images/Christchurchnewton-joedebbiegreg.jpg?itok=QlNCWczQ)
March 25, 2014
By:
Laurie Gordon / The Sparta Independent
[The Sparta Independent] A pair of conductors and an organist have been filling the rafters of Christ Episcopal Church with music for more than 30 years.
For the past 35 years, Deborah and Joseph Mello have conducted the choirs at the church in Newton along with S. Gregory Shaffer, who has been the church's organist for 30 years.