Zwingli United Church of Christ

Zwingli Staff

• Butch Kuykendall, Senior Pastor   e-mail pastorbutch@zwingli.org
  
• Nicole Melara, Associate Pastor   e-mail pastornicole@zwingli.org
  
  

  Pastor Nicole is originally from the Delaware Water Gap area and was raised in the United Church of Christ. She graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a BS in Sociology/Anthropology. Since then she has gone on to earn three Masters degrees, in Ministry and Theological Studies from Moravian Theological Seminary and in History from the University of Scranton. She also teaches online courses in Death and Dying and Ethical Issues at Northampton Community College.

  Nicole enjoys opportunities to learn and dialogue with other faith traditions. Her experience includes teaching, serving as an Elder in her home church and as a dialogue coordinator. While in seminary she was Coordinator of Youth, Family, and Educational Ministries in Easton, PA.

  She was ordained a Presbyterian pastor in 2007 and served First Presbyterian Church in Williamstown, NJ, before coming to Zwingli in 2009.

  Pastor Nicole and her daughter Eden have moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania!

  Pastor Nicole on the radio!

  Here's a recording of a Christmas Day 2010 radio show. The true meaning of Christmas by way of the Grinch... Listen for yourself to Nicole with Lorelei on internet radio at www.pitco1.com.

• Adam Dieffenbach, Director of Music
  
• Steve Emery, Bell Choir Director
  
• Lisa Cinciripini, Secretary
  
• Karen Gular, Assistant Secretary