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Church Staff
Church Committees
(Updated 4-21-24)
Coordinating Council
Sandy Pray '25
Dave Trump: Vice Mod. '25
Jeff Phillips '25
Susan McNally: Clerk '26
Brenda Beechner '26
Liz Fasel '27
Bruce Blackman: Past Mod.
Trustees
David Trump '25
Chris Ahl '25
Sarah Phillips '26
Jack O'Brien '26
Fritz May: Chair '27
Don Fox '27
Pastoral Relations
Pat Casey '25
Herb Beadle '26
Barbara Slye '27
Bruce Blackman '28
Sue McNally '29
Common Life
Kathy Ahl '25
Judy McNeil '25
Sue Greco '27
Mission Team
Sue Sparnecht: Chair '26
Ellen Stokes '26
Janette Keenan '26
Worship Team
Marie Foltz '25
Annette Brotzman '25
Teaching Team
Ginna Blackman: Chair '25
Pat Holderbaum '26
TBD '27
Nominating Committee
David Trump '25
TBD '25
Regional Representative
Annette Brotzman
Saundra Augustus: Office Assistant
Caroline Duers, David Griffith, Caroline Cooke: Eastman Choral Scholars
Laura Swail: Nursery Assistant
Meho and Hava Kapidzic: Church Custodians
Deacons
Judy McNeil: Chair
Marsha Kiriazides
Carol Morse
Sue Sparnecht
Pastor Steve Brotzman
Rev. Steven Brotzman became an Ordained Minister in the American Baptist Churches, USA in 2002. In 1997, while at work, Steve sensed a calling to ministry. In the 20 years since, he has tried to honor this calling. In 1998, Steven and his family, which by then included children David and Vanessa, moved to Pittsburgh for seminary. Pastor Steve interned at First Baptist Church of Crafton, then served as Pastor at First Baptist Church of Washington, PA. He completed one year as a Chaplain Resident/Associate at West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, WV, then served as an interim Pastor in Washington, PA and has served the past 9 years as Pastor of First Baptist Church of Beaver Falls, PA. During his years at FBC Beaver Falls, he also served as President/Contact for the Beaver Falls Ministerium, as Administrator for the Church Leadership Institute of Western PA, then as Dean of Advancement for the Academy of Christian Training and Service, where he served until 2016. Despite living in Pittsburgh area, Steve has remained a long- suffering Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres fan. Steve and Annette are excited about the opportunity to return to the Rochester area, to get to know the people of FBC Penfield, and to serve as God leads.
Dr. Naomi Gregory, Music Director
We welcome back Dr. Naomi Gregory to our church. Naomi holds degrees in music (B.A. Hons, first class) and musicology (M. Phil.) from the University of Cambridge, UK, where she was Organ Scholar at Sidney Sussex College. In May 2014, Naomi was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music, in the studio of David Higgs. Her studies at Eastman also included organ improvisation, harpsichord, and theatre organ with William Porter, and organ repertoire and continuo realization with Edoardo Bellotti. Naomi is currently completing a PhD in musicology at Eastman School of Music. Naomi is currently a graduate instructor of Early Music at Eastman School of Music and project coordinator for ‘Performing History: The Italian Baroque Organ and its Cultural Intersections,’ a Humanities Project of the University of Rochester.
Originally from England, Naomi came to Rochester in 2006 to embark on dual doctoral degrees in Organ Performance and Musicology at the Eastman School of Music. She had previously served as music director at Penfield First Baptist Church for eight years where Naomi led the adult choir and bell choir, and established a youth bell choir program- which, to our great joy- she continues to do today. Prior to coming to the U. S., she was Head of Academic Music at the Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset, England.
Technical Team
Michael Pray
Jeff Phillips
Sarah Phillips
Gregg Goodman
Penny Goodman
Church Constitution
Printable Tech Fees Schedule
Financial Secretary
Bill Werther
Treasurer
Jeff Bertrand