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OUR MINISTRY TEAM |
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Rev. Margie Osborn - Pastor
margie@eastminsterchurch.org |
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Rev. Margie Osborn brings many gifts of the Spirit to our church. Growing up in Portland, Indiana, Margie's grandmother taught her to love the Lord and the Church. This love of God and the desire to share that love shines through as she interacts with others. Margie's first career was as a teacher, wife, and mother in Battle Creek. When she moved to Port Huron with her husband Larry, she became active in the First Presbyterian Church and served as Parish Assistant. Feeling a strong call from God to serve as an ordained pastor, she graduated with honors from McCormick Seminary in 1995 and was ordained in 1997. Margie has been our pastor for one year, and is known for her approachability, strong leadership and thoughtful sermons.
Margie and her husband, Larry, have two children, enjoy being grandparents to two young boys and a baby girl, and playing with Kizzi, their Airedale. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, cooking, scrapbooking, and college sports. |
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Helen Johnson - Director of Spiritual Growth
helen@eastminsterchurch.org |
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Helen has always been active in the church and has served in several churches in the various capacities including Children's Choir Director, Sunday School Superintendent, Music Librarian and VBS Director. Helen earned a Bachelor of Science in Education (with Honors) from Central Missouri State University majoring in Social Sciences and Adult Education. She has frequently used this training in many informal teaching situations as diverse as being a certified LaLeche League Leader, PTO President of an elementary school and organizing a parents' group.
Knowing God's amazing love and sharing that with others are basic parts of Helen's faith. Nurturing Spiritual Growth in members and increasing the community of faith here at Eastminster are goals of her faith in action. She works with all Christian Education areas and includes Fellowship and Mission in programming opportunities. Additionally, she leads the Prayer Presence group and coordinates the Prayer Buddies. She finds that Luke 12:48 provides direction for her life.
Helen is married to Jim. Her first career was raising two wonderful daughters, Meagan who is married to Ben, and Kate. All three are musicians. She enjoys organizing, crocheting and singing. She and Jim are members of the Renaissance Singers who perform music written 500 years ago. |
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Bruce Campbell - Organist & Choir Director
bruce@eastminsterchurch.org |
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| Bruce has been the Organist and Choir Director since autumn 1993. He leads the adult choir, plays the organ at the 10:30 am worship service, and oversees the ministry of music. He played the dedication recital of Eastminster's 19-rank tracker pipe organ, built by Lynn Dobson of Lake City, Iowa, in December, 1995.
Prior to Eastminster, he served for seven years as Music Director of First Presbyterian Church in Mason, Michigan. Bruce teaches music theory in the College of Music of Michigan State University where he has been an Associate Professor since 1985.
Bruce has a Masters degree in organ performance from the Juilliard School. He holds the "Associate" certificate from the American Guild of Organists (AAGO), and is active in its local chapter. He received his Ph.D. in music theory from Yale University. He has articles and reviews published in The American Organist, The American Choral Directors' Journal, The Journal of Music Theory, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and Music Theory Spectrum. His numerous concert appearances have included a solo concerto with the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Campbell has written musical works in many media and genres, including the "State of Michigan Sesquicentennial March," chosen in open competition to commemorate the year-long event in 1987. His compositions have been published by Concordia Publishing House, GIA Publications, Paraclete Press, Shawnee Press, Southern Music Company, and Transcontinental Music. Several are commercially distributed on compact discs. His choral works are performed frequently during worship services. |
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| Sulin Campbell - Bell Choir Director
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Doug King - Organist, 8:45 am Service
mcsdoug@comcast.net |
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| Doug plays the organ and provides musical accompaniment to the 8:45 am worship service. In addition, Doug is Clerk of Session, and is a member of the Fellowship and Outreach Committee. |
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| Sue Rosser - Children's Choir Director
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| Rev. Hugh Banninga - Parish Advisor
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| Dr. Fred Graham - Parish Advisor
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| Rev. Shirley Paxton - Parish Advisor
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| Shirley serves as Parish Advisor at Eastminster. Her primary ministry includes teaching regularly in the adult Sunday School program, assisting Rev. Robertson in the regular visitation and pastoral care of the members, and assisting in the leadership of the Board of Deacons. Shirley has been at Eastminster since 1991, where she originally served as a part-time Associate Pastor for Christian Education. Since 1994 she has been serving Eastminster as a part-time Parish Associate.
Rev. Paxton is a graduate of Wellesley College with a major in Biblical History and of Union Seminary, New York City with a Master of Divinity. She was ordained in 1985 in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and served as the Assistant Pastor for Christian Education in the Ponds Reformed Church in Oakland, New Jersey. Later she served at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey as the Interim Associate for Pastoral Care. Even prior to seminary, Shirley was very active in the church as a church school teacher for children and adults, an accompanist, singer and choir member, and director of a children's choir. She was ordained as an Elder at the West Side Church.
Shirley and her husband Bill have four daughters and seven grandchildren who live around the world. She and her husband Bill settled in East Lansing in 1991 to be closer to their summer home on Lake Michigan. While there, Shirley is involved in the life of the community church serving the 80 cottages in that area. |
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| Ruling Elders 2008
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Jim Johnson & Brenda Ramsby, Buildings and Grounds
Emmanuel Yewah & Trena Thornburg, Christian Education
Michael Quinn & Nancy McGilliard, Mission Committee
Shawn Elliott & Sara Brooks, Fellowship and Outreach
George Miller & Madeline Trimby, Stewardship and Finance
Chris Reimann & Marcia Engelkes, Worship and Music |
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