Kanawha United Presbyterian Church

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Charles Ringe, Interim Pastor

The interim pastor is a graduated of Davidson College, Princeton Seminary and New York Theological Seminary. He served two pastorates and one institutional chaplaincy in New Jersey. He served the last congregation in Chester for 25 years In addition he served as Stated Clerk for the Presbytery of Newton for 21 years and as adjunct faculty at Drew Theological Seminary for a number of years. One of the most profound and faith enhancing experience was the six months living in and the subsequent ten visits to the Presbytery of Nairobi in Kenya. When he retired he moved to Sun City Center, Florida where he failed retirement and became the interim pastor in a church there. He came to Kanawha in February of 2010. During the interim period he will be assisting the congregation to complete a mission study and preparing the congregation for their new pastor.

 

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Ron Neal, Music Director, Administrative Assistant

Ron Neal was born in Charleston, has a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and Organ from Concord College, and a Master's degree in Church Music, Organ and Conducting from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. He formerly served as music director and organist at Central Presbyterian in Lafayette, IN, Woods Memorial Presbyterian in Severna Park, MD (the largest congregation in the Baltimore Presbytery) and Second Presbyterian in Richmond, VA. Ron's original hymn-tune Artists' Procession appears in Rejoice in the Lord, the hymnal of the Reformed Church in America, and in publications of the Gregorian Institute of America. He has also studied at the Royal School of Church Music in Croydon, England, and with SKS, the educational department of the state Lutheran Church of Sweden, and privately with Marie-Claire Alain and the late Jean Langlais in Paris. He has also served as adjunct faculty for the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Anne Arundel Community College, (MD), and WV Institute of Technology. He has been with the Kanawha United Presbyterian Church since 1994.

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Chris Rogillio, Director of Christian Education

Chris Rogillio joined the staff of Kanawha United Presbyterian Church on June 1, 2006.  She has been employed within the Presbytery of West Virginia as a Church Educator since 1988. She is a life-long Presbyterian and is married to Ron Rogillio.  They have three grown children.

Over the years Chris has been active in the work of the Presbytery through the Christian Education Committee, the Resource Center sub-Committee, Youth Council and the Presbytery Council.

Christian Education and Mission are Chris's passions.  Her joy is seeing young people  grow in  relationship with God and the church as they are impacted by Mission.  She has led numerous Sr. High and Young Adult Mission Groups including trips to Ghost Ranch, Montreat, Youth Action Days in Washington DC, Appalachian Service Project, and to Kenya.  She has great Mission and service dreams for KUPC.

As well as church activities, Chris enjoys spending time with her children, reading and movies.

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Chris is off Friday

Ron off Friday