Dianna
Damstra, Coordinator of Ministries
Dianna,
who is a Certified Lay Speaker, has been in ministry at
our church since July, 2007. She is a Certified Candidate
for Ordained Ministry. Before coming to the VUMC Dianna
served as the Youth Director and Sunday School teacher
as well as serving in many other ministries and various
committees through the DingmanĄ¯s Ferry, PA UMC.
As the Coordinator of Ministries, Dianna oversees the
work of the Administration, Committees, Ministry teams, Christian Education and Youth Group Ministries.
She is also actively involved in the youth ministry SEARCH for Christian Maturity.
Dianna has two children,
Stephanie and Eric.
Susanne
Henry, Office Administrator
Susanne
joined our church staff in October, 2008. She comes
to us with a background in Network Systems Administration
at a Global package delivery company. Before that
her experience had been in banking and office administration.
As the Office Administrator, Susanne controls all aspects
of running the Church office. She more recently
took over the financial roll of processing payroll and
the associated tax filings as well as processing AP.
She is also involved in sermon editing and postings to
our Website.
Susanne is married to Shawn and they have one son, Nathan.
Adam Gilbert,
Music Director
Singer
songwriter/composer/arranger and producer Adam Gilbert,
has been our Music Director since January of 2005. Born
and raised in Sparta, New Jersey, he began studying the
piano privately at the age of 5 and continued until the
age of 14. His interest shifted to alto saxophone at the
age of 12 and by the time he was 16 he was accepted to
study with many well known jazz musicians at the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center. He was also accepted at NJPAC
as a jazz vocalist. Voice became a main focus after training
for 3 years before college.
At the University of Miami's prestigious Frost School
of Music, Adam studied voice, piano, composition, music
production and music business and received a BA in Media
Writing and Production (Music Composition with an emphasis
on Production) with a minor in Music Business. Check out
Adam's website at www.gilbertmusic.net.
Todd
Lattig, Youth Pastor
Todd has been in ministry at our church serving as lay
speaker, Technology Team Leader, Youth Leader, and is
an active member of the Worship Committee. He is currently
attending the Theological School at Drew University and
is pursuing ordained pastoral ministry upon completion
of seminary.
As Youth Pastor, Todd provides vision and guidance to
the youth leaders in order to equip them to fulfill the
mission of making disciples of our youth. He also actively
pursues, along with the youth leaders, developing strong
relationships with the youth in order to build up trust
and accountibility.
He is married to Bernadette and has two children, Katie
and Lorien.
Georgeanne Van Sickle, Accompanist (8AM)
Margaret L'Eplattenier, Sexton
