Clergy and Staff

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Rev. Dr. Bart A. Natoli
Vicar
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 804-234-3138

The Rev. Dr. Bart A. Natoli is Vicar of Varina Church.  Bart was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1985. After moving to America, he took his B.A. in Latin, Greek, and Secondary Education from the University of Richmond in 2007. He then took his M.Ed. in Adult Education and Training from Colorado State University in 2012. He took his Ph.D in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. More recently, he completed in M.Div from Bexley-Seabury Seminary in 2025 and was ordained in the Episcopal Church.

In addition to his service to Varina Church, Bart is also Professor and Chair of Classics at Randolph Macon College. He eceived his K-12 license for Latin in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2007 and has taught on the secondary and collegiate levels for nearly 20 years. In 2019, he was named the Lurlene W. Todd Teacher of the Year by the Classical Association of Virginia. More recently, in 2025, he received the Thomas Branch Excellence in Teaching award from Randolph-Macon College and the Libby and Hiter Harris Award ​for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.

Bart's passions in the Church are many, especially educational ministry with children and families, pastoral care, and community engagement.

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Robert "Bob" Copeland
Director of Music and Organist
Email: [email protected]

Robert "Bob" Copeland was born into a musical family and began his musical training at the age of five playing the violin. While singing in church choirs as a young boy, he discovered his lifelong calling to church music.

Bob earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College and has faithfully served several congregations throughout the Richmond area. During his years with the Lewis & Hitchcock Pipe Organ Company, he accepted the position of Organist and Choirmaster at St. John's Church in Richmond, where he served with distinction for 32 years before retiring.

Although retired, Bob's passion for serving God through music continues. He is grateful for the opportunity to share his gifts with the congregation at Varina Church, where he remains committed to enhancing worship through sacred music.
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Bob especially enjoys collaborating with fellow musicians and mentoring aspiring music students, encouraging them to develop and share their talents in worship. Outside of church, he enjoys gardening, baking, and model trains.

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Karey Sitzler
Director of Children's Music
Email: [email protected]

Karey Sitzler holds a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education with emphasis in Strings from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music in String Performance Pedagogy from Arizona State.  She was raised in a musical family as the youngest of 4 children who were always, along with their parents, involved in church choirs. Piano lessons began at 4 because she wanted to be like her siblings but her grandfather moved in in 1963 and brought his violin. This began her long love for string music. As a vocalist, Karey studied voice at Western Michigan with retired Metropolitan Opera soprano, Marcella Faustman. Primarily a violist, she has performed with professional symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras and chamber ensembles in Michigan, Indiana, Arizona, Ohio, and now Virginia for over 40 years on viola, violin, and cello. She also plays guitar, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, bouzouki, and ukulele.  She has taught string classes and private lessons to students ages 4-adult at beginning to university/conservatory levels, and taught in school music programs for 45 years. 

Karey and her husband Tommy love serving as church musicians. Karey has been writing music for worship for choir, solo, and children for most of her life.  She and Tommy and their band, All In His Name, have traveled around Virginia to help to lead music for church services, coffee houses, and community events.  Karey also served as children music coordinator in Chelsea Michigan, Butler Indiana, and as VBS music leader in Portsmouth where she wrote songs for the group. She directed Adult church choirs over 20 years in Michigan, Indiana, and Arizona.