Church Leadership & Staff
Pastor
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The Rev. Laura Bachmann Rev. Bachmann has been dedicated to ministry for 17 years and completed the Master of Divinity program at CRCDS in May 2018. She recently served as the Associate Pastor for South Presbyterian Church, and previously served as Director of the Mission Immersion Program at ROC SALT. She has developed a deep respect for and personal commitment to the outreach provided by St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality and plans to continue to share her gifts there. |
Director of Children, Youth, and Young Adult Ministries
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Jennifer Olsen Jen has been a GPC’er for her entire life. She was an active participant in the youth program until graduation when she moved to Pennsylvania to attend Franklin & Marshall College. After completing a psychology bachelors, she went to SUNY Fredonia to earn a degree in music education and spent the following years teaching in Connecticut. |
| Jen lives in the town of Greece with her husband, Ben, and their two wacky, adorable, wonderful children, Everett and Freya. The entire family has felt embraced by GPC since their move back to the area in 2015. “I am so excited to become the Director of Youth, Young Children, and Young Adult Ministries here at GPC. I grew up experiencing the awesome love of this congregation and am honored to answer the call to serve in this position.” |
| Office Manager | Treasurer | Financial Secretary |
| Karen Kozlowski | Tracy Burkovich | Vicki Gutheil |
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| Adult & Youth Choir Director | Custodian | Childcare Provider |
| Roy Smith | Bob Staszewski | Anne Tonery-DeMars |
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Debbie White, Junior Choir Director A former General/Instrumental Music teacher, Debbie has been a church staff member for many years and loves to get updates on her junior choir friends from times gone by! She and her husband Dennis enjoy reading, camping, traveling and delicious food, but most of all they look forward to spending time with their three grown children and much-loved grandchildren. |
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Andy Pratt, Interim Keyboardist Andy spends his days as the Vocal Director at the Aquinas Institute, his non-COVID evenings as the resident musical director at Blackfriars Theatre, and Sundays as the Music Minister at South Presbyterian. He has been a singer since birth, a pianist since age 7, a guitarist since age 12, and can play the harmonica part of “Piano Man.” He is the proud father of two young women, Ellie (11) and Lucy (nearly 9), as well as step-dad to Eloise (17) and husband to Elizabeth. They are all huge fans of musical theatre/Broadway, New York City, and Disney World. His non-musical hobbies include model railroading (and anything train-related) and LEGO. |
| Evan Mikoll, Video Live Stream Director Evan is a Buffalo-area native with a BS degree in Communication from Medaille College. He is currently working as the Media Production Coordinator at Nazareth College, and will be working part-time here at GPC leading the production of our on-line worship services. We’re very confident that he brings an expertise that will help us evolve the recording and streaming capability of our church into very new and exciting directions. |
Ruling Elders For a description of the board that Ruling Elders belong to, see Session.
| Linda Beattie | Jan Beutner-Shirtz | Christine Cook | Carrie Dykes |
| Keith Hadley | Carol Henchen | Lauren Henderberg | Sheri MacFarlane |
| Cam Mossgraber | Ben Olsen | Janice Phillips | Linda Sidore |
| Ann Marie Simm | Larry Wakeman | Clerk: Kathy Coons |
Deacons For a description of the board of Deacons, see Deacons.
| Nora Bush | Jan Brewer | Sally Christensen | Cathy Goodykoontz |
| Kay Harder | Tess McKeel | Keith Morgan | Simon Njumbwa |
| Bill Shirtz | Barbara Snaith | Paula Sousa | Irene Ward |
Trustees For a description of the board of Trustees, see Trustees.
| Roger Best | Ed Coons | Bill Dassero | Gary Dykes |
| Vicki Gutheil | Mary Hadley | Marty Ohman | Jason Taylor |
| Tom Ward | Dennis White | Carson Wohlers (youth) |
