The Gloria Dei Church office will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2023 for Memorial Day.
 

Staff

Pastor Karyn

Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman

Lead Pastor

kwiseman@gloriadei.com

The Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman is an ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ, who grew up and was first ordained in The United Methodist Church. She has pastored at Gloria Dei for six years, in multiple configurations, concentrating on preaching, worship, administration, and faith formation. Karyn has twenty-two years of experience pastoring churches in Kansas, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She has a PhD in Liturgical Studies/Preaching and Worship from Drew University. Dr. Wiseman is the Herman G. Stuem​pfle Associate Professor of Homiletics at the United Lutheran Seminary, where she teaches on both the Philadelphia and Gettysburg campuses.

 

She is married to Cindy Clawson, an avid knitter and social worker in Philadelphia, and they have a son, Shelby, who lives and works in Pittsburgh after graduating from Temple University in 2021. Karyn loves action movies, social media, Broadway musicals and plays, New York Yankees baseball, and the Dallas Cowboys. Her love of the church means she is often dreaming of new ways for the church to be all it can be in a new and changing world.

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Jeff DeHaven

Maintenance

jcdwoodworker@comcast.net

Earp, Susan

Susan Earp

Bookkeeper

finance@gloriadei.com

Dana

Dana Harrison

Kids and Family Ministry

kidsandfamily@gloriadei.com

Betsy Maier

Betsy Maier

Senior Adult Ministry

betsy1344@earthlink.net

Chris Schmer

Chris Schmer

Praise Band Leader

cschmer@comcast.net

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David Stryker

Property Manager

gdcproperty@gloriadei.com

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Jennifer Suit

Office Manager

jsuit@gloriadei.com

Melissa

Melissa Whitman

Preschool Director

director@gloriadei.com

KeishaWilkins

Keisha Wilkins

Custodian

keishawilkins67@gmail.com