Staff

Lexi Burcham--Childcare
Lexi entertains, comforts, and enthuses our children during services, events, and adult education sessions.

 

Roger Holmes--Organist
Roger has served faithfully as North Church's organist for more than twenty years! An accomplished musician, Roger accompanies the senior choir and supports the church worship service through his piano and organ pieces.

Susan Kinzer--Office Management
Susan serves as North Church's Office Manager, coordinating the church calendar, publications and providing the initial contact for much of the church's business. Susan brings a genuine desire to be helpful to her work at North Church.

David Hagelin--Moderator, our highest lay official
David moderates congregational meetings, board meetings, and facilitates the day-to-day activities of the church.

Jo Anne Nay--Minister of Equipping the Saints
Jo Anne mentors the congregation, especially new members, and helps us explore our gifts and how to serve with those gifts.

Rev. Cynthia Speller--Minister of the Sacred Story

Johnny Steiner--Minister of Music

Johnny is a professional musician who lives in Columbus. He is a singer, voice-teacher, choir-director, conductor, pianist, song-writer, actor, arranger, and columnist - sometimes all of these in one given day. He is thrilled to be at North Church, and looks forward to many years of music, music, music! To learn more about Johnny, go to www.johnnysteiner.com.

 

Eric Williams--Pastor
Eric was installed as Senior Pastor for North Congregational Church in 2002. He has ten years of congregational ministry and five years of hospice chaplaincy experience. Ordained in the Evangelical Luthern Church in America in 1984, Rev. Williams obtained his Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Bexley, Ohio. In 1995 he completed a year of Clinical Pastoral Care residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital, and in 2001 he received a Master of Social Work degree from the Ohio State University. In 1999 Rev. Williams was granted ordained clergy status in the United Church of Christ (UCC) and he has been an active member of North Church for six years.