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The Rev. Dr. Mark Porizky is the Interim Pastor for the First Congregational Church.

Rev. Dr. Mark Porizky began serving Road Church as the Interim Pastor in January of 2025.  He grew up in California and went East for graduate school, always thinking he would return to the West Coast soon after seminary.  God had other plans and led him to serve as the Youth Minister of Miami Shores Presbyterian Church for seven years.  In 1996, Mark came to Southeastern Connecticut to pastor St. Andrew Presbyterian Church.  However, in 2015, he made a shift to chaplaincy and has served as the multi-site chaplain for Yale's Hospitals in New London (Lawrence and Memorial Hospital) and Westerly (The Westerly Hospital) since that time.  Still loving to lead worship, Mark has stayed in the pulpit through guest preaching and one interim with another 4C's congregation (Preston  City Congregational).  Mark and his wife Lucretia have three children: Joshua, Cassandra and William and live in Mystic.  A bad birdwatcher, a worse swing dancer and a somewhat competent mountain biker are his hobbies.

Mark is more storyteller than preacher, utilizing a lifetime of memories to reflect on God's grace upon him...and us.  Come and see!