Margot Connor - Senior Pastor 
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What you like about your role - Everything - especially experiencing different kinds of worship with a variety of people.
Where did you grow up? Mostly in West Chester Pa but I graduated from high school in Birmingham Michigan.
Family - Husband Chuck and 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren
Who are your heroes? - Martin Luther King, Jr, Oprah Winfrey, Joan Chittister
Favorite Books - Fiction: Jonathon Franzen’s books, Michael Connelly; Non-fiction - Peterson, Joan Chittister, Walter Brueggemann
Favorite movies - True Grit, The King’s Speech
Favorite music - Everything!
Guilty pleasures -  Reality TV on Bravo
Passions - Reiki, Spiritual Direction, Walking
Favorite quote - “ I had been my whole life a bell, and I never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.” (Annie Dillard)

Dr. Charles Montgomery - Pastoral Associate/Consultant
What you like about your role -  Working alongside an AMAZING Pastor (Margot-she really is) and in a church that is large enough to serve but small enough to know someone intimately
Where did you grow up? – Between Youngstown and Columbus, Ohio. (Ask Greyhound!)
Family – Married for 8 blissful years!
Who are your heroes? -  My parents, Margot Connor, wife, Cornel West, and most importantly Jesus Christ
Favorite Authors – Cornel West, Howard Thurman, Michael Dyson, and great Fiction writers.  
Favorite movies – Coming To America, Rocky Series, Star Wars Series versions)
Favorite music – Gospel, R&B, Hip Hop (Old-School), Jazz, and Country?(the soulful kind….lol)

Kim Anderson - Organizst/keyboard    [back to top]
What do you like about your role - freedom for a variety of styles of music and instruments to play
Where did you grow up? - Steubenville
Family - Live with “Huckleberry” my bassett hound and “Berkley” my cockatiel
Who are your heroes?  My mother
Favorite books? Anything by Stephen King or Agatha Christie
Favorite movies - “The Wizard of Oz,”  “The Women” (original version) “Sunset Bouvevard” “Murder in the Blue Room”
Favorite musicians - Elton John, Bette Midler, Manhatten Transfer
Guilty pleasures - Las Vegas, cooking
Passions - Music and Animal Rescue, Musicals, Theatre

Joe Dewitt - Cras dictum. Licensed Minister  [back to top]
Serving as - a leader guiding spiritual and worshipful expression thru Care Ministry, Healing Ministry, teaching Ministry and Worship Ministry in service to the congregation. 
What do you like about your role - I love the interaction with people in God's service.
Where did you grow up? - Columbus, Ohio.
Family - Wife Mary, daughter Joan, son Tim, daughters Janice and Trish.
Who are your heroes?  Billy Graham, Ulysses S Grant and Vince Lombardi.
Favorite books? I love too many to list; but am especially enthralled by Seabiscuit written by Kathleen Hillenbrand and Hope Unseen by Scotty Smiley.
Favorite movies - The Jolson Story with Larry Parks, Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand.
Favorite music - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by the Platters, and Elvis Presley singing Gospel.
Guilty pleasures - I love old movies, and chocolate covered peanuts.
Passions - Singing, Reading, Talking to People, Golf and double deck pinocle or euchre.
Favorite quote - Jeremiah 31:34, "I will forgive their iniquity and " I will remember their sin no more."

Carol Fry - Director of Music  [back to top]
What you like about your role - Picking music that the choir can sing well and that enhances the scriptures and sermon themes
Where did you grow up - Saratoga Springs NY
Family - husband, 2 daughters
Who are your heroes? My parents, Carol Burnett, Beverly Sills, Julie Andrews
Favorite Authors - Jim Butcher, Mercedes Lackey, Patricia Briggs, Andrew Greeley
Favorite movies - The Kings Speech, A Christmas Carol (all versions)
Favorite music - I like to listen to classical and I like to sing about everything

Bonnie Furr - Minister;
Serves as Outreach Chairperson.  [back to top]
What do you like about your role - Keeping congregation informed of opportunities
Where did you grow up? - Columbus Ohio, 4th Avenue Christian Church
Favorite music - Classical and Big Band

Erica Gonzales - Director of Christian Education.
What do you like about your role - It allows me to  be creative.
Where did you grow up? - Chillicothe, Ohio.
Family - Husband Frank, 2 daughters a cat and a dog.
Who are your heroes?  Jimmy Carter & Mother Theresa.
Favorite books? I can't pick just one.  i discover new favorites all the time!
Favorite movies - Moonstruck, The Princess Bride.
Favorite music - Maná, U2, The Police, Brad Paisley.

Jerry Miller - Licensed Minister; Evangelism  [back to top]
What do you like about your role - Being the “Go To Person who fills in where needed.  Always “on call”
Where did you grow up? - Canewood, Ohio
Family - Wife Gerrie; 10 children between us and 12 grandchildren
Who are your heroes?  Nelson Mandela, Pres. Obama, my wife Gerrie
Favorite books?  Bible, The Robe
Favorite movies - James Bond Series
Favorite musicians - Music_Jazz, Big Band
Guilty pleasures - Lazy mornings
Passions - Social - Christ Centered - Justice, family
Favorite quote  “Be Still and Know”

Deric Norris - afternoon service Minister of Music  [back to top]
What do you like about your role - being able to "bridge cultural gaps" thru the commonality of music
Where did you grow up? - born in Columbus , grew up (and began playing piano) in Flint Michigan
Family - Im the youngest of 7 children---I have an 11 yr old son
Who are your heroes?  hmmm......
Favorite books? (don't laugh)--comic books!!!  (been collecting since I was 8 yrs old)
Favorite movies - The Devil Wears Prada, Titanic, Super Hero Movies
Favorite musicians - James Cleveland, Jeffery LaValley, Thomas Whitfield, Richard Smallwood
Guilty pleasures - internet chatting/surfing
Favorite quote - What's To Come Is Better Than What's Been 

Seth David Stout - Ministerial Intern  [back to top]

Purpose: I am here to learn and to serve. 

What I do: Weekly Bible Study for the Young Adults; Pastoral Contact for 
Young Adults and Youth, Monthly Youth Bible Study, Lead Annual Youth Mission 
Trips.

Reasons I love serving at Karl Road: I am confident that KRCC has prioritized their Youth and Young Adults. Because we share desire to be active members of the body of Christ. We are a congregation working and seeking the work that God is calling us to.

Hometown: Cambridge, Ohio ( also lived in Delaware, Columbus, Cleveland, and Cuyahoga Falls, Minnesota, Michigan, Chicago, Los Angeles CA; )

Hobbies: Hulu. Studying and writing papers. I read. I read a lot (favorite authors include: Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Mercedes Lackey, Nick Hornsby, Amy Tan, Robert Jordan, Tolkein, Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Stephanie Meyer, Cassandra Clare, and Kelly Armstrong)
Church Homes (where I’ve hung my heart): Cambridge First Christian Church; 
Broadway United Methodist Church (Boystown, Chicago, IL; a Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Camp Christian; Karl Road Christian Church.

Favorite Summer Activity: Counseling at Camp Christian. Seriously.