Pastor Bill Lentz
Pastor Bill Lentz concluded 36 years of ordained ministry in small, medium, and large church settings in July 2022. His longtime ministry focused on preaching, worship, teaching, leadership, and local community missions. Pastor Bill’s post-retirement includes exploring a new pastoral call to expand a consultancy and executive business coaching firm founded with a dear friend in 2015. He’s also maximizing his joy as a husband to Kathy, a father of three children, and a grandfather of four grandsons and one granddaughter. Pastor Bill and Kathy enjoy traveling, gardening, food, music, and the arts. This summer, they’ve enjoyed the Phillies and watching their oldest grandson play third base for his High School team! Walking side-by-side with God’s people in their high and low times is a gift from God that Pastor Bill has received with joy. He’s enthusiastic about partnering with Pastor Jeff Raffauf and the people of Coventryville UMC in a year-long intentional interim pastorate.
Pastor Jeff Raffauf
Pastor Jeff Raffauf served three churches in our Annual Conference over a 40-year span, retiring from full-time pastoral ministry in June of 2022. Like Pastor Lentz, Pastor Jeff has served small, medium and large churches, the last of which was a 22-year ministry as Lead Pastor at his home church, West Lawn UMC in Reading.
Pastor Jeff has a Master of Divinity degree and a Doctor of Ministry degree in “Church Leadership Excellence,” both from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Highlights of his local church ministry include relationship-building, community engagement, and living out the joy of following and proclaiming Jesus as Lord.
Pastor Jeff and his wife, Cheryl, will celebrate 43 years of marriage in August. They have 2 grown children: a son, Justin, who lives in the Reading area, and a daughter, Andrea, who lives outside Denver, Colorado. Cheryl and Jeff also have 2 grandsons in the area, and a granddaughter in Colorado. For the past year they have been worshiping at NorthStar UMC in Exeter Township, Berks County. They live in Sinking Spring.
He is very much enjoying retirement, as he reads, walks every day, and roots for the Phillies and Penn State. He is excited to partner with Pastor Lentz in serving God here at Coventryville United Methodist Church and to walk alongside the members and friends of this congregation.
Karen Finkbiner, Music Director
Karen started playing the organ at CUMC in September of 1970 and left in 1973 to go to Zion Lutheran Church in Spring City. As the organist at Zion, she met and married her husband. After leaving Zion in April of 1995, she returned to CUMC as organist/choir director. Outside of church, she enjoys family time with 2 sons and 2 grandsons.
She feels blessed to have a wonderful group of adults in the Senior Choir who make her job easy. Having grown up living nearby on Franklin Drive, she first came to this church by joining the youth group. She’s always felt this church was like one big family. Everyone is loving and caring for each other, which makes it a great place to worship.
Maggie O’Malley, Church Administrator
Maggie joined Coventryville’s staff in August of 2018. She enjoys putting her technical abilities and social skills to good use in this role as Church Administrator. She manages the weekly publications, along with calendar maintenance, website updates, social media posts, and daily office routines. Some of her many interests include volunteering, being fit, spending time with family, crocheting, and caring for her dog, Cookie the Yorkie.
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