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Church officers and Deaconesses

Westminster Church is committed to a Presbyterian system of church government. This means that the congregation elects their leaders, who then make decisions about the vision, ministries, finances, and life of the church. In a Presbyterian system of government, there are two ordained offices that have authority to lead the ministry of the church: elders and deacons.

ELders

The elders form the governing board of the church, called the Session. The elders are all elected by the congregation and called to shepherd the members of Westminster. The Session is made up of teaching elders, whom we typically identify as pastors and whose primary role is the teaching ministry of the Word, and ruling elders, whose primary role is shepherding care and providing leadership to the mission and ministries of the church. 

The elders lead and serve on the following committees and each committee consists of men and women of WPC. 

Eric Conner
Clerk of Session

Soule, Andrew

Andrew Soule
Chair

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Mark Bleecker

Rogers, Paul

Paul Rogers
Chair

Allgyer, Matt

Matt Allgyer

Hunt, Kyle

Kyle Hunt
Chair

Snoke, Kevin

Kevin Snoke

Bob Hivner

Bob Hivner
Chair

Michael Mante

Michael Mante

Seldomridge, Kim

Kim Seldomridge

Dave Anderson

Rick Anderson
Chair

Helms, Dave

Dave Helms

Barry, John

John Barry
Chair

Mark Espenshade

Mark Espenshade

Todd Williams leadership

Todd Williams

Ziegler, Bill

Bill Ziegler
Chair

Barrall, Ben (Crop for Web)

Ben Barrall

Brooks, Lee

Lee Brooks

Frey, Rick

Rick Frey

Ormerod-Dana

Dana Ormerod

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Rohal, Patrick

Patrick Rohal
Chair

Sidebothom, Tim

Tim Sidebothom

Deacons

Besides ruling elders and teaching elders, there are ordained deacons who have a ministry of practical service and mercy tasks within the church. The ordained offices are open to men only, consistent with I Timothy 2 & 3.

Jim Oosting

Jim Oosting
Head Deacon

Jeff Caddick

Jeff Caddick

Mel Carwile

Mel Carwile

John Davies

John Davies

Aaron Donnachie

Aaron Donnachie

Ben Hagan

Ben Hagan

Seth Johnston

Seth Johnston

Quentin Lapp

Quentin Lapp

Duane Miller

Duane Miller

Mark Moses

Mark Moses

Kevin Reed

Kevin Reed

Ron Runk

Ron Runk

Tim Sheetz

Tim Sheetz

Tomassetti Penn

Penn Tomassetti

Ed Vander Bush

Ed Vander Bush

Kyle Wenger

Kyle Wenger

Mike Zappitella

Mike Zappitella

Deaconesses

In accordance with 1 Timothy 2 and 3, Westminster believes God’s Word calls men to fill these ordained roles of elder and deacon. However, there are many other significant leadership and ministry roles that women fill at Westminster. In addition to the ministry and staff positions that women fill, Westminster’s congregation elects a non-ordained board of deaconesses who assist the deacons in practical ministry of the church.

Gillingham, Linda

Linda Gillingham
Chairwoman

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Amy Ormerod
Co-Chairwoman

Ammerman

Deloras Ammerman

Anderson, Sue

Sue Anderson

Armstrong, Shelley

Shelley Armstrong

Bower, Lois

Lois Bower

Boyer, Carol

Carol Boyer

Butterworth, D

Deb Butterworth

Chapin

Deb Chapin

Edwards

Katie Edwards

Fentiman, Brenda

Brenda Fentiman

Fortna, Dawn

Dawn Fortna

Heisey, Barb

Barb Heisey

Helms, Jen

Jen Helms

Hise

Valerie Hise

Lynn Hivner

Lynn Hivner

LaBelle, Diane (copy)

Diane La Belle

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Kathy Newhard

Nolt, Doris

Doris Nolt

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Linda Phillips

Rizzuti, Naomi

Naomi Rizzuti

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Marge Styer

Teply

Ann Marie Teply

Warfel

Carol Warfel

Winpenny, Marilyn (shadow)

Marilyn Winpenny

Ziegler, Patty

Patty Ziegler

Nominations

Later this Spring, Session will meet to begin the process of identifying and evaluating men to serve as elders and deacons and women to serve as deaconesses beginning in 2026. The congregation has the responsibility to nominate godly, qualified men and women in the congregation for these positions, respectively. Session desires and takes seriously each nomination that comes from the congregation. All nominations must be received by Sunday, April 13.