Meet Our Staff
Our community thrives with the hard work and dedication of our church staff:
Rock Spring would like to welcome our new Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Kathryn Nystrand Dwyer. Kathy will be on staff at Rock Spring starting September 12, 2010
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Kathryn Nystrand Dwyer
703-538-4886 (ext. 10)
Email: kathy@rockspringucc.org
Rev. Dr. Kathy Dwyer begins her duties as Senior Minister at Rock Spring in September 2010 after serving as the Senior Minister of St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church UCC in Columbus, Ohio since 2001. She has previously served as Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Thornville, Ohio, as well as Associate Pastor for Karl Road Christian Church in Columbus, Ohio. One of her first ministerial jobs was as Director of Children’s Ministries for First Community Church, also in Columbus.
She received a B.A. from Miami University (Ohio), a Master’s of Divinity from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and was ordained by the United Church of Christ in 1998. In 2009 she received her Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching from the Chicago Theological Seminary. The title of her thesis was The Largest Table Effect: Preaching to Cultivate Compassion, Justice and Inclusion in the Urban Church. She currently is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Methodist Theological School in Ohio and serves as the chair of its Development Committee.
Pastor for Parish Life: Rev. Dr. Janet Parker
703-538-4886 (ext. 12)
Email: janet@rockspringucc.org
Rev. Dr. Janet Parker came to Rock Spring in September 2005. She was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), but transferred her ministerial standing to the Potomac Association of the United Church of Christ after coming to Rock Spring. She received her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1989 to serve a Taiwanese/Chinese UCC congregation in Staten Island, NY. Subsequently, she pastored two Presbyterian churches part-time while pursuing a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York, which she completed in 2001. Following the September 11th attacks, Janet served the Presbytery of New York City as Coordinator for Disaster Relief.
She taught Religion and Society for two years at Chicago Theological Seminary and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion prior to coming to Rock Spring. She served on an advisory team to the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence Initiative from 2002-2006. Janet has received three sermon awards from different organizations since coming to Rock Spring, for the sermons “From Apocalypse to Genesis”, “The Ties that Bind,” and “Noah’s Promise.”
Pastor for Children, Youth & Families : Rev. Henry E Fairman
703-538-4886 (ext. 13)
Email: hank@rockspringucc.org
Rev. Fairman and his wife Christina came to Rock Spring in November 2006. Growing up in Ohio and Michigan, Hank has served UCC congregations in Illinois and Michigan. A graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary and Michigan State University, Hank is a student of art history, religion, and philosophy.
From 1993-2000, Hank served on the Outdoor Ministries staff of the Ohio Conference, UCC. His work in camping continued in the Division of Outdoor Ministries of the Illinois Conference, UCC (1999-2003) and with Vision, Inc of the Michigan Conference, UCC (2003-2006). Hank’s passion for working with children and youth comes from this time of service.
Director of Music: Elizabeth Kluegel Niblock (ext. 16)
Email: elizabeth@rockspringucc.org
Assistant Director of Music: Edward Roberts
Email: ed@rockspringucc.org
Communications Administrative Assistant: Ellen Flores (ext. 24)
Email: ellen@rockspringucc.org
Temporary Administrative Support Assistant: Gail Tuck
Email: gail@rockspringucc.org
Property Manager: Don Bauman
Email: don@rockspringucc.org
Nursery Care Providers: Fern Lawrence, Magda Keegan & Janine Halton
Custodians: Willis Gardner, Vicki Morales
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