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Tammy Cartia
Tammy has been a member of the Church of the Brethren for years and joined our church when another closed. She has served the church in child care, children's education and maintenance of the flower beds. She now works on the Witness Commission programs and in Nov. of 2022 took over as the Board Chair. Her goal again is to reach out to serve the community and grow our congregation.
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Tim Powell
Tim is working in the areas of maintenance as part of the Stewards Commission including participating in a search for new and replacement equipment. He is now also serving as Vice Chair of the Board.
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Marshall Ritchey
Marshall is a long-time Church of the Brethren member. While his career meant he was gone for long periods, he is now back in Pittsburgh and has been found to be with invaluable information on in particular the construction and maintenance issues at the church. He has accepted a role added during COVID as research and presenter of a segment in our Sunday service entitled "The History of Hymns" and is also part of a committee working on a revision of the congregations Bylaws and Constitution. Late in Nov., 2022, Marshall was elected to serve a one-year term as Board Chair and faithfully led us in looking for avenues within our community to grow the church. We thank him for his service in this capacity.
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Jan Stauffer
Previously working in the area of building and property care, Jan most recently served us for three years as Board Chair. Jan is now working with the Executive Commission. As the initial contact for the Community Yard Sale in 2021, he again followed through with that success in 2022. He has also been our representative for Annual Conference and has assisted us with knowledge of some of the inspections due at the church as a once member of the Stewards Commission..
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Margi Furey
Margi is our creative and excellent meal coordinator, a much-needed and appreciated role in the church! She also is gifted in decorating, and makes the inside of the church building eye appealing and yet serene. She is now also assisting with the coordination of maintenance activities, acting as liaison with the Head Start program staff and has assumed some of the church's financial duties.
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Rebecca Stauffer
In addition to acting as the Board Secretary for a time, Rebecca also has served in educating the children for the church and has also researched and afforded us the opportunity to serve many of the needy, under privileged and ill in our community. We value her service.
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Pastor Dan Ishman
In addition to all pastoral duties, Dan's background in contracting and remodeling has proved invaluable as we both maintain and upgrade our property's facilities. His faith guides us and his constant search for ways we can serve the Lord is so valued.
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Angie Ishman
Angie works with education of the children at the church, assists with fellowship activities and is an active participant in congregant improvement activities at the church.
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Rosalind Teets
Roz is the Church Treasurer. She also acts as the Messenger correspondent and the Food Bank coordinator. With her background in advertising, she has updated the Church Directory, is working on preparing a "Welcome" brochure, attempts to keep the website up-to-date and has started an occasional newsletter to those who are homebound/moved, etc.
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Greg Bowman
Greg has been with the church since he was a child and through the years has given of his time and talents in many ways. The stained glass windows at the church were donated by his Mother, now deceased and he recently cleaned the protective coating on the outside of those windows in the prescribed manner saving us thousands of dollars. We value, too his knowledge of the history of the church.
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Mary Ellen Cartia
Mary Ellen also joined our church following the closure of another church. A faithful congregant, she helps in any way possible including decoration of the church for the Christmas season and assistance with meals served at the church. She is working on the Nurture Commission.
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Larry Shank
Asked by then Board Chair Marshall Ritchey to join our meetings as Parliamentarian in 2022, he was elected to the Board by the congregation beginning for the 2023 year. He is also serving on the Bylaws and Constitution revision committee with his knowledge of business practices and their relation to a religious community.
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