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| Director of Christian Education |
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A.J. graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Choral Music Education. His call to Christian Education stems from years of being involved with the Presbyterian church as Elder and Sunday School Superintendent as well as his affiliation with Camp Wyoming, where he served as a camp counselor and more recently as Assistant Director. A.J. joined the Westminster Presbyterian Church staff in June 2010. He and his wife Marta reside in northeast Cedar Rapids.
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Director of Student Ministries
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Christina was born and raised in Cedar Rapids. She became a part of
the Westminster staff in May of 2007. She resides in SE Cedar Rapids. |
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Larry Bachman |
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Larry retired from Rockwell Collins in 2008 after 31 years of
service. He and his wife Paula live in Marion. They have 2 daughters,
Heather, age 23 and Anna, age 18. Larry joined our staff in April 2011.
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Director of Music Ministries/
Conductor of Chancel Choir
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Melissa Emerson
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Melissa joined the WPC staff during the summer of 2011. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music with a K-12 teaching certificate. She graduated from Boston University School of Theology with a Master of Sacred Music emphasis in choral conducting.
Melissa is the conductor of Chancel Choir, as well as our Director of Music Ministries. |
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Marilyn Lodge |
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Marilyn has served as Westminster Organist since 1990. She is a graduate of Coe College and retired as a music teacher from Linn-Mar Middle School. |
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Director of Bells |
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Julia Titus
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Julia Titus serves as our Director of Minster Bells as well as the Director of the Logos Bell Choirs. |
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Jason
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| Jason serves as the Vice President for Development at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library. Previous positions include Executive Director of the Cedar Rapids and Amarillo (Texas) Symphonies, Development Director of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies and Operations Director of the Omaha Symphony. Jason received a Bachelor of Music degree (Music Business major) from DePauw University. His main instruments are keyboards, guitars, percussion and vocals. Jason's wife, Leslie, works as Director of Community Impact with United Way of East Central Iowa. Jason has two children: step-daughter Casey and son Grant. |
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Director of Logos Vocal Choirs |
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Julie Schlader |
| Julie directs the Logos Choirs - Grace Notes and Canticles - on Wednesday evenings. She graduated from Coe College in 2007 with a Bachelor of Music Education degree, and taught K-12 vocal music for 4 years after that. Julie has been a life-long member of Westminster, and was very honored to become part of the Westminster staff in 2008. She currently works as a Quality Specialist in the software department at RuffaloCODY. She and her husband, Ryan, live on the NE side of Cedar Rapids. |
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Rich Hillyer
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| Rich began working at Westminster in December 2010. Rich has owned and operated a picture frame shop in Arizona and was a boat builder and cabinet maker in Washington for several years, as well. Rich and his wife moved to Cedar Rapids in 2008 and reside on the SE side. |
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