Meet the staff of Hempfield UMC
Our staff consists of our pastoral team, worship and ministry directors, youth and children’s ministries leaders, our pre-school leaders and teachers, and operational personnel.
Our staff comes from a variety of backgrounds, but all are called to teach and lead our community to know Jesus Christ and raise up generations of new disciples.
Leadership teams at HUMC consist of members of Hempfield UMC who have been called and have volunteered to serve in various capacities. Get to know who represents our church on our leadership teams here.
Lead Pastor
Rev. John Longmire
I am daily amazed at the beauty and transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. God draws us day-by-day into a deeper relationship, loving us unconditionally, giving us daily grace, and showing us new ways of living. Every day is an adventure to see what God has in store! It is a great privilege to serve such an excellent church of devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Hempfield is a church that is passionately devoted to making disciples of Jesus…
Associate Pastor / Director of Online Ministries
Pastor (Rev.) Kevin Kresge
I absolutely love serving at Hempfield. It’s an honor to be able to serve at a church where I’m also a member of the local community. My goal as a pastor has always been to lead God’s people in a direction that causes them to grow and become disciples. Growth is not always the comfortable or easy path. Usually it involved some challenges and frustration, but it’s what God calls us up to as we become part of His story.…
Pastor for Senior Adults
Rev. Dr. Ed Barlow
Director of Care & Minister of Visitation
Joyce Young
“As Christians, God has given us a special mission. That mission is to love others just as God himself loves us. We become His voice, His hands, His feet and His heart to those who are suffering. Times of suffering call for the best we can bring in hope and in compassion. As a community of believers, we are empowered to offer God’s comfort to all who need it. As we model the life of Christ in ministry to others,…
Administrative Assistant to the Pastors
Debbie Flores
Director of Youth Ministry
Jeff Miller
Associate Youth Director
Stacy Knight
Coordinator for Preschool Ministries
Wendy Matchett
Coordinator For Elementary Children’s And Family Ministry
Nancy Herman
Director of Operations
Jeff Pijanowski
Jeff Pijanowski was born in Buffalo. He went to college at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., and the University of Houston. He spent 23 years in newspapers, most of which were at Newsday in New York where he was a News Editor and Sunday Business News Editor. There he worked on a variety of news stories including the biographies of all the Sept. 11 victims, business news, Viewpoints opinion pieces, sports, international and local news. His career in nonprofit…