Rev. Tom Ebersole
Lead Pastor
Effective July 1, 2022, Pastor Tom became WLUMC's lead pastor. Tom graduated from Penn State University in 1987 with a BS in Earth and Mineral Sciences before responding to a call to ministry. In 2008, Tom completed a Master of Divinity degree at Palmer Theological Seminary and was ordained in 2010. Prior to WLUMC, he served at Valley Forge UMC, Messiah UMC, and Wayne UMC.
Rev. Chris Hardy
Associate Pastor
Associate Pastor since 2019, Pastor Chris previously worked in law enforcement before following a call into ministry and being ordained in 2018. Studying criminology, he earned his undergraduate degree from Wilkes University and completed his Master of Divinity degree in 2016 from Drew Theological School. Chris is married to his best friend, Teisha, and have three beautiful children, and two dogs. In his spare time, Chris enjoys coaching youth baseball, watching sports, and reading.
Pastor Terry Cooney
Pastor of Visitation
Besides our Pastor of Visitation, Terry is also the Pastor at Christ United Methodist Church in Birdsboro and is pursuing a Masters of Divinity degree at Evangelical Theology Seminary.
Lisa Hoopes
Lay Pastor
Pastor Lisa Hoopes is the Lay Pastor at WLUMC , assigned on November 1, 2019. Prior to her assignment, she served in various ministries at West Lawn UMC since 2004. God put a calling on her heart several years ago to be in ministry, but it was through the My One Word Bible study in 2019 that Pastor Lisa made the decision to answer the call. Her word for 2019 was “BOLD”.
John "Doc" Moyer
Lay Leader
Serving as an unpaid member of our staff, "Doc" plays an integral role in representing the laity at staff meetings and leadership meetings providing valuable insight and ideas for mission and ministry.
Kelly Rismiller
Director of Children and Family Ministries; Director of Leadership Development
Kelly ministers to children, infants to tweens, and their families. She coordinates age appropriate discipleship programs, events, mission projects and special events including Sunday School, VBS, Kid’s Club, Tween Group and more.
Laurie Jentes
Program Coordinator for Children and Family Ministries
Laurie plans, executes and supports all programs and special events within the scope of Children’s and Family Ministries. She is involved with our mid week, Sunday evening and special event programs for children, assists with Sunday School scheduling, classroom organization and teacher support, and overall supports this growing & active ministry.
Elise Coakley
Preschool Director
Elise has a bachelor’s degree in both Early Childhood and Elementary Education from West Chester University, and brings years of teaching and leadership experience to our preschool. She previously taught in the Children’s Center of West Chester United Methodist Church. She also worked as a substitute teacher in various school districts, and most recently taught nutrition and cooking education programs for pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade children in the Reading and William Penn School Districts, as an employee of The Food Trust.
Trisha Rabold
Youth Pastor
Trisha is in charge of ministering to students in grades 6-12. She coordinates all Youth Group related activities, Youth Sunday School, as well as our Confirmation program. She graduated from Eastern University in 2004 with a BA in Youth Ministry, and by 2007 she earned a MA in Education and began teaching Secondary Science. After 8 years of teaching High School Physics, and 4 years of staying home with her 3 children, she returned to ministry here at West Lawn during the summer of 2020.
David Haas
Audio/Visual Technician and Sexton
Dave runs all of the equipment for the sound, lighting and videos during our worship services, and keeps our campus clean.
Pat Kenna
Director of Contemporary Music and Youth Pastor
Pat leads both our adult and youth worship band, as well as participates in our preschool music program. He brings with him years of worship and ministry experience. Pat has previously worked as a youth and young adult Pastor, as well as a Worship Leader. He recently earned a Biblical and Theological Studies with a minor in Christian Counseling degree from Liberty University.
John Coakley
Minister of Music
John leads our traditional music, working closely with other members of our music ministry to make worship an exciting and moving experience . John is a graduate of West Chester University where he studied music education and vocal performance. John and his wife, Elise, our Director of Children's Music, lead our Children’s worship during Sunday School and direct our Children’s Choir.
Christopher Rodgers
Organist
Christopher Rodgers has served as both organist and director of music at numerous churches in the Philadelphia and Reading areas for over thirty years. He currently provides organ music for our Sunday morning worship, as well as accompaniment for our choirs and soloists.
Judith Alvarez
Bell Choir Director
Daryn Zeiner
Director of Administration and Outreach
Working as the liaison between the congregation and the staff, Daryn oversees all of the services, programs, ministries and missions at West Lawn.
Kathy Ballick
Administrative Assistant
Kathy assists Church office guests with their special requests. Also, she’s the primary assistant to our Pastors & staff and coordinates many of the publications.
Diane Moyer
Administrative Assistant
Diane works on our office administration team. Her primary duties include preparing the weekly worship bulletin and other special bulletins or documents, managing our church statistical rolls and database, and supporting the needs of our pastors and administrator.
Sally Brown
Receptionist
When you call West Lawn UMC, or come into our Education Building, you will be greeted first by Sally. She also assists the staff with clerical and administrative tasks.
John Meinhart
Financial Manager
John works to oversee line item budgets and handle all outgoing expenses in the form of check requests and payments of receipts.
Kim Swartz
Assistant to the Financial Manager
Kim oversees all incoming funds the church receives, including tithes and offerings, online giving, and ministry funds.
Warren Marweg
Maintenance Manager
Warren is in charge of keeping our buildings, garages, and vehicles all in the best condition possible.