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Pastor Kurt came to Emmanuel in 2001 from Clarksburg, having grown-up in Springfield, MO. He went to college at Missouri State University; graduate school at Gordon Conwell in MA; and got his doctorate at Palmer in PA. He is married to Mona (since ’82) and has four grown children: Michelle, Stephanie (and Blake), Kurt (and Amber), and Becca. Pastor Kurt has been involved in vocational ministry since 1985. His desire is to know Christ and to make Him known.
Jenny is a graduate of Parkersburg South High School and Salem College with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. She retired as a software developer from Ohio University in 2021.
Over the years, Jenny has volunteered with children and youth through various church activities such as Sunday School, Children’s Church, camps, and Vacation Bible School. She has served as a camp counselor for all ages at 4-H camps throughout the state, and has served as the statistician for the Parkersburg South wrestling team since 2005.
Jenny is continually blessed by the children of Emmanuel, and considers it an honor to be the part time director of Children’s Ministries.
Joe is a graduate of Parkersburg South High School, Glenville State College with a bachelor’s degree in secondary English and oral communications education, and Walden University with a master’s degree in education. He has taught at Parkersburg High School since 1997, and before that, he was the director of youth ministries right here at EBC. He was a volunteer with the youth group for several years before Jonathan Delgado, our beloved Family Life Minister, stepped down to take a position in a church in his home state of Georgia.
Joe is excited to be stepping in to work with the youth group until the church decides how it wants to proceed permanently. He’s also ecstatic to be working alongside his beloved wife Sarah, who is the director of children’s ministries.
Terri is a graduate of Parkersburg High School and Mountain State Business College. She worked at a local chemical plant (Cytec Industries/American Cyanamid in Willow Island, WV) for over 33 years in various executive secretarial, administrative assistant, and customer service positions, and took an early retirement in 2009. After her daughter Meghan (who is a Registered Nurse) got married and moved out, she decided to return to work and joined the staff at Emmanuel in 2016 as Office Secretary. She feels blessed to work in such a wonderful environment and feels every day is an opportunity to serve God. She has two small grandchildren, Aurora and Theo, that light up her life.
David is a graduate of Parkersburg High School, attended Glenville State College, and graduated from Mountain State College with an Associate Degree in Business and Transportation Management. David retired from the U.S. Treasury Dept. Bureau of the Public Debt with 26 years of civil service.
Prior to this position at Emmanuel Baptist, David had been employed as an organist for another local church for over 29 years, retiring in 2002. He lived in Florida for over 10 years and was employed at a church there too until returning to West Virginia. Since his return, he has been substituting at Emmanuel and various local churches. He feels very honored to once again become a staff member organist at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
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