As of July 1, 2008, Christ Church has a new Minister for Congregational Care: Rev. Cynthia K. Schneider.

Cindy was the co-pastor, with a team of pastors, serving the French Creek Valley Cooperative Parish in the Erie-Meadville District. She graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, and from Wesley Theological Seminary, in Washington, D.C., with a Master of Divinity degree.

Before her calling into the ministry, Cindy was engaged in a successful twenty-year career in Information Systems, Engineering and Data Processing with Fortune 500 and privately owned companies.

Rev. Schneider has always had a passion for the pastoral care of the members of her congregations wherever she has served. She also has a passion for missions and outreach ministries, both on the local level and around the world. She traveled to South Africa as part of a missions immersion program while at Wesley Seminary.

Cindy is a native of Western Pennsylvania. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and has two grown children: a daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons in Greenville, PA, and a son and daughter-in-law, both of whom are currently captains in the U.S. Air Force (having graduated from the Air Force Academy), and stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, as pilots of C17s.

Cindy comes highly recommended from the Bishop and Cabinet, and we warmly welcome her to the Christ Church family.
 

Also on July 1, Christ Church warmly welcomed Rev. Bill Beatty (pictured with his wife, Lori) as our Minister for the Seeker Initiative and Emerging Ministries. Bill comes from 6 years as Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church in Warren, PA, and previously 5 years as Senior Pastor at the Brockport UM Charge. At First UMC, Bill was the youth director, created and led the contemporary worship service and started an active young adult coffeehouse ministry in the community. He has a B.S. in English (Education minor) from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and received his Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1998.

Bill and Lori have been married for 16 years and have two girls, Rachel (7) and Eliana (4). Welcome!