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. 

Soule, Andrew

Andrew Soule
Chair

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Mark Bleecker

Sidebothom, Tim

Tim Sidebothom

Allgyer, Matt

Matt Allgyer
Chair

Rogers, Dan

Dan Rogers

Waldo, Jason

Jason Waldo
Chair

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Dana Ormerod

Bob Hivner

Bob Hivner
Chair

Seldomridge, Kim

Kim Seldomridge

Michael Mante

Michael Mante

Brooks, Lee

Lee Brooks

John Mwaura 2

John Mwaura

Hunt, Kyle

Kyle Hunt
Chair

Conner, Eric

Eric Conner
Clerk of Session

Helms, Dave

Dave Helms

Ziegler, Bill

Bill Ziegler
Chair

Barry, John

John Barry

Frey, Rick

Rick Frey

Snoke, Kevin

Kevin Snoke

Williams, Todd

Todd Williams

Rohal, Patrick

Patrick Rohal
Chair

Barrall, Ben (Crop for Web)

Ben Barrall

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.

Ben Ritenour

Ben Ritenour
Head Deacon

Jeff Caddick

Jeff Caddick

John Davies

John Davies

Aaron Donnachie

Aaron Donnachie

Ben Hagan

Ben Hagan

Robert Heisey 2

Robert Heisey

Landon Horst

Landon Horst

Seth Johnston

Seth Johnston

Mark Moses

Mark Moses

Dan Newhard

Dan Newhard

Jim Oosting

Jim Oosting

Kevin Reed

Kevin Reed

Ron Runk

Ron Runk

Tim Sheetz

Tim Sheetz

Ben Stiles

Ben Stiles

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

Anderson, Sue

Sue Anderson

Armstrong, Shelley

Shelley Armstrong

Bower, Lois

Lois Bower

Boyer, Carol

Carol Boyer

Brearly, Judy

Judy Brearly

Butterworth, D

Deb Butterworth

Chapin

Deb Chapin

Fentiman, Brenda

Brenda Fentiman

Fortna, Dawn

Dawn Fortna

Heisey, Barb

Barb Heisey

Helms, Jen

Jen Helms

Lynn Hivner

Lynn Hivner

Irvine, Becky

Becky Irvine

LaBelle, Diane (copy)

Diane La Belle

Mattson-Read, Judith

Judith
Mattson Read

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Kathy Newhard

Nolt, Doris

Doris Nolt

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Amy Ormerod

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Linda Phillips

Rizzuti, Naomi

Naomi Rizzuti

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Marge Styer

Teply

Ann Marie Teply

Michelle Thudium

Michelle Thudium

Winpenny, Marilyn (shadow)

Marilyn Winpenny

Ziegler, Patty

Patty Ziegler