Jim Garrity has attended Pentucket Baptist Church for the past 16 years and currently serves as volunteer Interim Pastor. He served for 25 years at New England Bible Church (Andover, MA) as Deacon, Elder, Youth Pastor, Pastoral Assistant, Church Moderator, Building Committee and Sunday School teacher. Jim graduated from University of Massachusetts (BA, History), Burlington Bible Institute (Biblical Studies), and Norwich University (MA, Diplomacy). Jim works in the Technology industry. He served as Atkinson's State Representative for 8 years, serves as Atkinson's Town Moderator (16 years), is a Justice of the Peace, a certified baseball umpire, and is active in civic and charitable groups. He is Chaplain for the Atkinson Fire and Police Departments.  He and his wife, Sydni have been married for 43 years, raised 6 children and have 14 grandchildren.