PASTORS
INTERIM SENIOR PASTOR AND HEAD OF STAFF
DAVID P. BAAK |
Rev. David P. Baak
The Rev. David P. Baak is the Interim Senior Minister and Head of Staff at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids. He served as a member of the Leadership Team of the Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism (GRACE) through 2007 and as its executive director from 1983-2002. He is an ordained clergy in the Reformed Church in America (Specialized Interim Minister), is a member of the Association of Presbyterian Interim Ministry Specialists and of the ecumenical Interim Ministry Network. He is married to Betty Zylstra and lives in the city of Grand Rapids.
Rev. Baak has served congregations in New York City and Flint, Michigan and has worked as an administrator in criminal justice system pre-trial alternative programs in Flint and Salt Lake City, Utah. David is a graduate of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids and has received training in criminal justice administration at the University of Detroit and in ecumenical studies through Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.
ASSOCIATE PASTOR FOR MISSION AND PASTORAL CARE
 ANNE WEIRICH |
Rev. Anne Weirich
Anne returned to Westminster Presbyterian Church in September 2006 after ten years away from Grand Rapids, her adopted home town and church. Anne brings a combination of experiences, blending her prior career in business in Chicago and Los Angeles with her service in various global, local and interfaith ministries.
From 1993 - 1995, Anne served as Director of the
Westminster Food Pantry before she left to attend Princeton Seminary
where she received her Master of Divinity degree and was awarded the
John Alan Swink Prize in preaching. 1998 – 2001 Anne served as Associate
Pastor at First Congregational Church (UCC) in Harwich, MA on Cape Cod
where she focused on pastoral care, youth ministry and education.
2001-2006 she served Claremont Presbyterian Church in S. California
where she concentrated on evangelism, education for all ages and
pastoral care. Local and global mission, outreach and interfaith
relationships have always been a part of Anne’s ministry since her time
here at the Food Pantry.
MINISTER FOR CONGREGATIONAL CARE
 NANCY CLODFELDER |
Rev. Nancy Clodfelder
Nancy has held the position of Minister for Congregational Care since September 2007. Her key responsibilities include visitation, assisting in worship, and officiating funerals and weddings. Prior to joining Westminster's staff, Nancy was the Associate Pastor of John Knox Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nancy holds a BS from Western Michigan University, and a MRE and MDiv. from Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan and is a member of the Presbytery of Lake Michigan.
Nancy has 5 grown children with her husband, Paul, and her interests include travel, reading, fishing.
| Pastors | ||||
| Rev. David P. Baak | Interim Senior Pastor | 717−5543 | ||
| Rev. Anne Weirich | Assoc. Pastor for Mission and Pastoral Care | 717−5544 | ||
| annew at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Rev. Nancy Clodfelder | Minister for Congregational Care | 717−5545 | ||
| nancyc at westminstergr.com | ||||
PROGRAM STAFF
CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR
 ANNE GURECKI |
Anne Gurecki
Anne Gurecki
INTERIM MINISTER OF MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
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SUSAN JENNINGS |
Susan Jennings
Susan Jennings
MINISTER FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
 NATE ROOSIEN |
Nate Roosien
Nate Roosien has been a member of Westminster since 2002 after he married his wife Christy, who has been a member since she was tiny. Nate and Christy had been volunteers in the Youth Ministry at Westminster for over 7 years before Nate took the full-time position in 2007. Christy is also involved as the Middle School Youth Group Director. Nate and Christy have a son, Dillan and two yellow labradors, Boaz and Moses. When Nate is not at Youth Group, he enjoys running, hiking, snowboarding and playing with Dillan. Before becoming the Minister for Youth and Young Adults, Nate was a homebuilder with his father for 6 years.
MINISTER FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & FAMILY LIFE
 SHERRILL L. VORE |
Sherrill L. Vore
Sherrill received her BA from the University of Michigan in English
and Speech/Theater with Secondary Teaching Certification, and
her M. Ed. from Slippery Rock University (Reading - Certification
K-12). She taught for eight years in the public schools in Michigan
and Pennsylvania. She began her work in Christian Education in
1981 and served in both volunteer and paid positions in various
facets of this ministry. Sherrill served as Director of the Resource
Center for the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ
(1985-86) and resource consultant/ bookstore secretary at Bishop
Baraga Bookstore for the Diocese of Grand Rapids (1990-93). Sherrill
came to her full-time position at Westminster in August of 1993.
She is responsible for helping to envision, resource, oversee,
and coordinate educational programs for infants through adults.
| Program Staff | ||||
| Anne Gurecki | Church Administrator | 717−5538 | ||
| anneg at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Susan Jennings | Interim Minister of Membership Development | 717−5542 | ||
| susanj at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Nate Roosien | Minister for Youth and Young Adults | 717−5540 | ||
| nater at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Sherrill Vore | Minister for Christian Education and Family Life | 717−5541 | ||
| sherrillv at westminstergr.com | ||||
MUSIC MINISTRIES
MINISTER FOR MUSIC
 HELEN HOFMEISTER HAWLEY |
Helen Hofmeister Hawley
Helen Hofmeister Hawley currently serves as Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She holds both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in organ performance from the University of Kansas. While a student, she was inducted into the honorary fraternities, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Kappa Phi, She is a recipient of a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship, and spent four months at a Goethe-Institut in Blaubeuren, Germany, and nine months at the Music Conservatory in Cologne, where she was a organ student of Michael Schneider. She has been employed in church music since 1980 including positions in Germany, Washington, Kansas, and Missouri. Her church choirs have performed at various churches in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Her choirs have also been featured in a Toy for Tots Telethon, and have been guests for Native American and African American congregations.
Besides a career as a church musician, Ms. Hawley has served as Adjunct Professor of Piano and Organ at Ottawa University and Bethel College, both in Kansas. She has also held the position of Accompanist/Choral Assistant in the Eudora Middle School and High School in Eudora, KS.
Ms. Hawley is also a
nationally known carillonneur, and has performed carillon recitals in
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington; and in Europe, Belgium,
and the Netherlands.
| Music Ministries | ||||
| Helen Hofmeister Hawley | Minister of Music | 717−5539 | ||
| helenh at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Jackie Schoon | Director of Children’s Choirs | |||
| jax at ischoon.com | ||||
| Lee R. Copenhaver | Director of Westminster Winds | |||
| copenmudgeon at hotmail.com | ||||
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
| Administrative Assistants | ||||
| Judy Bowen | Finance | 717−5534 | ||
| judyb@westminstergr.com | ||||
| Kathy Cisler | Administration | 717−5533 | ||
| kathrync at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Linda McDiarmid | Publications | 717−5531 | ||
| lindam at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Becky Stein-Wells | Programs | 717−5532 | ||
| beckyw at westminstergr.com | ||||
MAINTENANCE & KITCHEN
| Maintenance and Kitchen | ||||
| David Hawley-Lowry | Facilities Manager | 717−5539 | ||
| davidh at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Mark Hendricks | Kitchen Manager | 717−5537 | ||
| markh at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Dick Parmenter | Custodian | 717−5528 | ||
WEDDING COORDINATORS
| Wedding Coordinators | ||||
| Becky Stein-Wells | 717−5532 | |||
| Judy Bowen | 717−5534 | |||
PRE-MARITAL COUNSELOR
| Pre-marital Counselor | ||||
| Remi Rakipi | ||||
WESTMINSTER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
| Westminster Child Development Center | ||||
| Telephone | (616) 458-8480 | |||
| wcdc at westminstergr.com | ||||
| Website | www.wcdckids.org | |||
| Linda Larson | Director | 717−5548 | ||
| lindal at westminstergr.com | ||||
WESTMINSTER FOOD PANTRY
| Westminster Food Pantry | ||||
| Telephone | (616) 456-6115 | |||
| Chuck Strickwerda | Director | 717−5580 | ||
| chucks at westminstergr.com | ||||
CAMP HENRY
| Camp Henry | ||||
| Telephone | (616) 459-2267 | |||
| Newaygo Camp Telephone | (231) 652-6472 | |||
| Website | www.camphenry.org | |||
| Dennis VanKampen | Executive Director | 717−5555 | ||
| dennisv at camphenry.org | ||||
| Mary Robinson | DevelopmentDirector | 717−5557 | ||
| maryr at camphenry.org | ||||
| Betsy Bougie | Year-Round Program Director | |||
| betsyb at camphenry.org | ||||
| Christine McClain | Business Manager | 717−5556 | ||
| chris at camphenry.org | ||||
| Jennifer Hughes | Marketing Director | 717−5558 | ||
| jenniferh at camphenry.org | ||||