The Rev. Elaine Caldbeck, Ph.D., is serving the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Webster City.

The church shares Caldbeck with St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Fort Dodge.

Caldbeck, a native Iowan, has worked as a forester, transportation research analyst, seminary librarian, a faculty member and a priest in various roles. She served as rector in the Church of the Ascension in Middletown, Ohio.

She has a bachelor of science degree from Iowa State Univesrity and a doctorate degree in religious and theological studies from Northwestern Universtiy.

Services at Good Shepherd are held Sundays at 11:15 a.m., execept for the second Saturday of the month when a 5 p.m. service is held with social activity following. On that weekend, there is no Sunday service.

Church officials said they are getting ready to start a few exterior upgrades on the 60-year-old building at 1100 Mary Lane. Renovations include steel siding, stone facing, energy efficient windows, more stained glass, a new sign and landscaping.

For more information, visit www.goodshepherdwcia.org and accompanying Facebook page.