State College Presbyterian Church

Worship Schedule
Sundays
Worship: 9am & 11:15am
Sunday School: 10am
Coffee Hour: 10am

Wednesdays
Taize Service: 5pm

Special Worship
Sunday Bulletin

We are pleased to serve you as your church staff.

Charles Curley, Pastor
ccurley@scpresby.org

Chuck has been our pastor since 1993. He is a native of Harrisburg and did his undergraduate work at Lebanon Valley. He went to seminary at Union in New York City and completed his doctorate at McCormick in Chicago.

Before coming to State College, he served churches in the New York City suburb of New Rochelle, upstate New York near Oneonta and Binghamton, and the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills. At SCPC, he is Head of Staff, working primarily in the areas of Worship and Preaching, Pastoral Care, and Administration. He enjoys teaching his Pastor's Class every Thursday morning from 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Chuck is married to Jill, recently retired from the Child Development Laboratory at Penn State, and they have three children: Patrick, who works for Ford near Detroit, and two married daughters who live here in Centre County: Ketja Lingenfelter, who works with the Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences at Penn State; and Erin McCall, a Penn State graduate in Landscape Architecture, who works for Keller Engineering.

 

Joel Blunk, Associate Pastor
jblunk@scpresby.org

Joel has been with us since the summer of 1994. In addition to general pastoral responsibilities, Joel works with our high school youth group -- FISH, the Board of Deacons, the Mission and Outreach Ministry Unit, and the newly formed Spiritual Formation Task Force - which is developing small group ministries and contemplative practices for our congregation.

Joel, who is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and his wife Kristen, have three teen-aged sons. They moved here from Nashville, Tennessee, where Joel attended Vanderbilt Divinity School.

 

Ruth Blume, Student Pastor
grkblume@verizon.net
Ruth has been a long-time member of the church and is currently a student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is doing her academic internship with our church. Ruth is married to Glen and they have three children and one grandchild.

 

Deannine Shipman, Director of Education and Program
dshipman@scpresby.org

Deannine spent her childhood years in North Carolina, California, and Virginia, while her family moved around the country. She graduated from Presbyterian College in 1982 and received her MA from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1984. She worked in churches in South Carolina, Georgia, and Birmingham before coming to SCPC in November 1997.

Her responsibilities include guidance and oversight of the education programs such as Sunday School, LOGOS, and Adult Education. She is also a staff resource to the Congregational Fellowship and Membership Ministry Units. Deannine leads worship and especially enjoys doing the Children's Messages on Sunday mornings. She is married to Steve Shipman and they have three children, Abby, Joshua, and Brittany.

 

Ned Wetherald, Director of Music Ministry
ned@scpresby.org

Ned has served SCPC since 1994 after nine years of service at The Hagerstown, Maryland Presbyterian Church. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Church Music and Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. Ned is our organist, he directs or supervises all choirs and the handbell choir, works with the pastors in planning worship, and edits the PresbyPost -- our monthly newsletter.

In his spare time, he conducts the Williamsport Civic Chorus. Ned has a grown son who lives in Wyoming and he and his wife, Karen, a musician and teacher, live in Bellefonte with their three cats.

 

Diana Malcom, Associate in Ministry for College-Age Ministries
dmalcom@scpresby.org

Diana has been on staff since 1999. Originally from DuBois, she came to SCPC after serving in ministry as Camp Director of Geneva Hills in the Scioto Valley Presbytery and Calvin Center in the Greater Atlanta Presbytery. She has degrees from Columbia Theological Seminary, Penn State, and Lock Haven University.

She enjoys her varied ministry responsibilities at SCPC, including working with middle school youth, college-age, and mission ministries. She and her husband Blair have two children, Wilson and Lydia.

 

Martha Trout, Membership and Program Associate
mtrout@scpresby.org

Martha is a lifelong resident of State College and member of SCPC. She received a BS in Individual and Family Studies in the College of Human Development from Penn State. After operating an Administrative Consulting business and managing a local independent psychologist's private practice for several years, she joined the staff in this new position in 2003.

As Program Associate, Martha manages the church database, supports the church programs with the development and publication of informational materials, and compiles the Annual Report. She works closely with the Membership Ministry Unit, organizes and co-facilitates the New Member Classes, coordinates the wedding calendar, and provides administrative support for FISH, the Web site committee, and the Session.

She is an ordained Elder and has volunteered with LOGOS and FISH. Martha and husband Kerry, Facilities Manager at WPSU-TV, live in State College and have a daughter, Kristi, who is a third generation Penn State graduate.

 

Janet Heasley, Church Secretary
office@scpresby.org

Janet grew up in Elmira, New York. She graduated from Ohio Northern University with a BS/BA and moved to State College in 1983. She joined the membership of SCPC in 1988 and joined the staff in 2000.

Janet has served as a Deacon and volunteered with Stay and Play, LOGOS, and FISH programs of which her two children, Brad and Kelsey, have also participated in. She is married to Paul who is the Agricultural Sciences teacher at State College Area High School.

 

Jane Heckman, Stay and Play Director
jheckman@scpresby.org

Jane began working at Stay and Play in 2004. She brings with her a wealth of expertise in the early childhood field and holds a BA in Communication Arts from Grove City College, an Elementary Education degree from the University of Wyoming, as well as a Director Credential from Penn State.

Jane loves working with young children and their parents, and has enjoyed working with the staff at SCPC. She and her husband, Allen, pastor at St. John's UCC in Boalsburg, have a daughter, Sarah, who is a Stage Manager major at Penn State.

 

Sharon Kasting, Treasurer
skasting@scpresby.org

Sharon served as the financial secretary from 1992-1997 and became the church treasurer in 1997. She has a BS in Accounting from Miami University in Ohio and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Sharon worked for Arthur Anderson in Denver and for Bank of the West in California prior to moving to State College in 1988.

She is married to Jim Kasting and has three sons.

 

Anne Thomas, Assistant Treasurer

Anne grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. She graduated from the University of Michigan with both a Bachelor's degree in Voice Performance and an MBA. Because she is a Navy wife, she has lived extensively overseas as well as in various locations on the Eastern Seaboard.

Her husband, Scott, is enjoying his first landlocked assignment as Executive Officer of Penn State's Naval ROTC Unit. Anne and her family moved to State College in 2004, and she began working at SCPC at the end of 2005. She and Scott have two children, Hunter and Alexandra.

 

Paul Sheets, Building Manager
psheets@scpresby.org

Paul grew up in Washington, Pennsylvania, and spent four years in the Marine Corps. He made his home in Greene County on 17 acres showing American saddlebred horses and field trailing English pointer bird dogs. He worked for 20 years at McGraw Edison Power Systems and eventually became a General Supervisor before selling everything and moving to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

He and his wife, Beverly, owned and operated a Bed & Breakfast there for 11 years. They moved to State College in 1997 where he worked at Skills and then joined the SCPC staff in 1998. Paul and Beverly have one daughter, Pam, who is the director of Parks & Recreation in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Pam is a Penn State graduate with a master's degree from the University of Georgia.

 

Nelson Hite, Assistant Custodian

Nelson is originally from Altoona and has lived in State College for 25 years. He is a former Independent Contractor Courier and joined the church staff in July 2005. He is married to Rhonda Stemn.