Bethlehem Life Church
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Mission Statement: To give of ourselves so others may know Jesus Christ.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022 Interim Pastoral Team
 
Lead Pastor: Rev. Dr. Dennis Otto
 
Pastoral Assistant: Carol Burkindine 
 
 
Other Staff and Leadership at Bethlehem UMC
 
Director of Development, Discipleship and Youth: Sean Garner   
 
Congregational Care: Kimberlee Piper
 
Children's Ministry Coordinator: Julie Spyker 
 
Nursery/Toddler Coordinator: Sue Sharp
 
Choir Director: Natalie Smith
 
Organist: Roger Fuller
 
Contemporary Worship Coordinator: Bob Huska 
  
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  
 
Chair: George Jones
 
Vice-Chair: Ronald Kirkwood
 
Secretary: Teresa Bollis 
 
Lay Leader: Dan Jordan   
 
Lay Delegates to Annual Conference H. Rondald Swift, Suellend Williams, Peter Atwood 
 
Administrative Council Members at Large: 
 
Louise Reisinger, Lori Breen, Pete Atwood, Jane Weaver, Linda Atwood, Bob Kuhn, Ryan Harper, Mitch Rodkey
Honorary Members of the Administrative Council: 
Marguerite Kornbau, Gene Gemmill, Paul Summers, Katheryn Summers, Bob Good
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
  
Chair (elected in commitee): Jay Orwig/Robert Schmuck
2019 Term:  Wendy Pichler, Jame Hielman, Todd Oberdick 
2020 Term: Mitch Rodkey, David Lentz, Caorle Koch (treasurer)
2021 Term:  Robert Schmuck, Jay Orwig, Leslie Reamer
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
 
Finance Committee Chair: James Stine   
 
Financial Secretary: Linda Reed (for accounting)   
 
Financial Secretary: Sandi Neal (for audit) 
 
Assistant Financial Secretaries: Georgia Heilman, Terry Tyson, Palmer Poff, James Stine (for purpose of check signature)
Stewardship Chair: All Wikert/Ed Hesson     
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
  
 
Endowment Fund Committee   
 
Chair- George Jones   
 
2019 Team: Austin Eberly   
 
2020 Term:  Patrice Heironymus   
 
2021 Term: Dave Raver
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
 
Lani Jones, Kay Ann Seitz, Margaret and Tom Tome, Louise Reisenger, Terry Tyson, Roger Mentzer, Carole Koch, Torus Crouse, Janet Fuller, Julie Zart, Linda Schmuck, Kimberlee Piper, Carolyn Rojahn, Margie Orwig, Nancy Knisely, Gail Gianneschi
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
  
 
2019 Term:      Cynthia Lentz, Austin Eberly, Dan Jordan
 
2020 Term:      Ron Swift, Jill Heilman, Bill Morton 
2021 Term:       Debra Young, Jane Weaver, Bill Garmen 
 
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  
 
 (formerly Nominations/Personnel) 
 
2019 Term: Patricia Bowersox, Georgia Heilman, Elizabeth Trump 
 
2020 Term: Palmer Poff, Brad Coe
 
2021 Term: David Lentz, Gail Gianneschi   Higher Education/Campus Ministry:  Ann Morton 
  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  
Carole Koch (chair)
Gail Gianneschi, Jim Hott, Linda Meanor, Nancy Foster, Ryan Haper   
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
  
 
 
Prayer Team   Kim Piper/Carol Swift   
 
Certified Lay Minister:  H. Ronald Swift
 
Historian: Brad Coe   
    
Mission/Outreach
Co-chairs Kelli and Scott Sellers
 
Technology and Communications Team 
Keith Metzel, Michah Metzel
Website- Sean Garner
Facebook- Steve Navaroli, Melissa Harper, Deborah Raver
   
Education Chair:           Sean Garner
 
Scouting Institutional Representative: Mike Letts
 
Children's Coordinator (staff)  Julie Spyker
 
Youth Coordinator (staff) Sean Garner
 
Higher Education/Campus Ministry:  Ann Morton
    
 
Pre-school Board of Directors: 
 
Co-chairs- Jolene Hill/Alesia Bray 
 
Members: Barbara Kirkwood, Julie Spyker, Cathy Mentzer, Roger Mentzer, Jim Heilman, Chris Fetter, Dolly Wheeler, Lisa Hott, Dolly Wheeler, Pre-school staff members 
 
 
Youth Team   Sean Garner (lead)  Ryan Harper, Kim Bacon, Andra Bull, Palmer Poff