Meet Our Team
Staff
PASTORAL
DR. BILL SMUTZ, Interim Senior Pastor
REV. TERRI THORN, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP, MUSIC AND ARTS
MATT KAUFFMAN, Director of Music Ministries
LEAH CRANE, Contemporary Service Music Director
CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTRIES
JENNIFER WIRT, Director of Children’s Ministries
AMY REXROTH, Director of Youth Ministries
DAN REXROTH, Co-Director of Youth Ministries
GLOBAL MISSIONS
REV. TERRI THORN, Associate Pastor
COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
JANAE’ WOODSON, Community Ministry Coordinator
RECREATION MINISTRIES
BEN HUGHES, Recreation Director
NIGEL FOREMAN, Recreation Chaplain
COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES
ERICA HEWITT, Director of Communications
FACILITIES
JEFF EARNEST, Facilities Manager
GREG KASHMAN, Custodian
SEAN O’BANYEL, Custodian
JAMES PAYTON, Custodian
ADMINISTRATION
KRISTINE GREEN, Director of Finance
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Lay Leadership
The ministers of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church are the members themselves. The governing board is called The Session. Deacons, an office found in scripture, acts as the hands of Christ on earth to serve God, Tab members, and the community. The Endowment Trustees oversee Tab’s Endowment Fund.
The Session
ADMINISTRATION
Budget and Finance: Ryan Miller
Facilities: Bruce McDonald
Human Resources: Adam Packer (Chair), Blake Morton, Carol Lukemeyer
DISCIPLESHIP
Adult Ministries/Spiritual Growth: Jeff Poole (Chair), Janet Hohlt
Children’s Ministries: Judy Fraps
Youth: Ann Weller
OUTREACH
Missions: Byron Robinson (Chair), Bernice Corley
Recreation: Caitlin Teague
WORSHIP
Communication: Debby Wessel
Congregational Life: Pat Carlson
Worship, Music and Arts: Cathleen Perry
OTHER SESSION AREAS
Clerk: Sharon Marshall
Treasurer: Dave King
OTHER RELATED AREAS
Presbytery Commissioners: Dan Hursh, Mike O’Banyel, Jim Pfeiffer; Dave Perry-alt
TCSI Board: Mitch Daniels, Bob Donaldson, Kate Ems, Mark Lubbers, Bruce McDonald, Gale Wilkerson
Nominating Committee: Debby Wessel (Moderator), Byron Robinson (Vice-Moderator), Karlee Moore (Deacon Rep); Bob Donaldson, Julie Foster, Sara Heitman, Jeanne Morton, Sarah Noel
Worship Communion Coordinators: Matt Gall
Home Communion Coordinator: Kevin Ahearn
WWV Presbytery: Sharon Marshall–Session Records Review Committee, Investigating Committee Pool; Sandra Reid—Commission on Ministry; Jim Pfeiffer—Sexual Misconduct Response Team, Commission on Preparation for Ministry, Commissioner Lincoln Synod (alt);
Commissioned Ruling Elders: Nick Hill, Mark John, Bart Ost
Board of Deacons
Caleb Goss, Moderator
Karlee Moore, Vice Moderator
Karen Amstutz, Secretary
Kevin Ahearn
Stephanie DeTrude
Kathy Donaldson
Peyton Hart
Marion Hoopingarner
Ann Ost
Sandy Roob
Margie Craft
Caroline Foster
Karen Murrell
Sharon Poole
Marsha Robinson
Julie Simmons
Liz Strodtman
Sue White
Jeff Crane
Kirby Moffatt
Kit Moorman
Peg Padgett
Angi Parks
Randy Phillips
Endowment Fund Trustees
Carl Evans, President
Mark Lubbers, Vice-President
Lucy Emison, Secretary
Carl Evans, Joe Kukolla, Mark Lubbers
Bob Donaldson, Lucy Emison, Andy Costlow, Kate Ems