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St. Paul's United Methodist Church
620 Romeo Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307
Mailing: P.O. Box 80307 Rochester, Michigan 48308
Phone: (248) 651-9361 Fax: (248) 651-7391

 

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Rev. Jeff and Linda Regan and their children, Molly, Katie, and David.

  Rev. Regan graduated from Eastern Michigan University and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He did graduate work at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and Anderson School of Theology. Rev. Regan was a delegate to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2000 and an alternate delegate of the 2000 General Conference. His hobbies and interests include sailing, golf, baseball, skiing, reading, and concerts.  

 

Rev. John Harvey Amick, Susan, Evelyn, and Samuel

  Rev. Jack Amick comes to St. Paul's from his position as Pastor of New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Redford, Michigan.  As a Probationary Elder in the Detroit Annual Conference, he also serves on the Michigan Area School for Pastoral Ministry Senate, the Volunteer-In-Mission Committee of the Conference Board of Global Ministries, and the Detroit West District Liberia Task Force.  Rev. Amick completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Boston University School of Theology in 2006.  In 2003, the Amick family returned from two years in India, where Jack served as the Economic Officer at the U. S. Consulate in Mumbai and Susan volunteered with non-profit groups as an organizations consultant.  During his tenure in Mumbai, he received a Meritorious Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State.  Jack's nine years with the federal government also included two years with the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and as Desk Officer for Eastern Europe at the Peace Corps.  Jack's previous experiences include street outreach with the homeless population in Silver Spring, Maryland, disaster response with the American Red Cross and one year as an individual Volunteer-In-Mission volunteer with the Methodist Church in Grenada, West Indies, where he served as Director of Education.  He spent two years working for Habitat for Humanity in Americus, Georgia, Bombay, India, and Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Rev. Amick holds a Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird in Glendale, Arizona and a Bachelor's Degree in International Service and Economics from the American University in Washington, DC.

Jack in the proud father of Evelyn (9), who loves reading and American Girl dolls, and Samuel (7), who enjoys science and the outdoors.  His wife, Susan, is a recreation therapist, certified yoga instructor and foot reflexologist, trauma and loss specialist, laughter reader, and Circle of Life Coach.  Combining these gifts, she has a business/ministry called New Dawn Healing and Yoga.  In their spare time, Jack plays the highland bagpipes and Susan enjoys singing and gardening.

  

Rev. Latha Ravi

  Rev. Latha Ravi comes to St. Paul's from her position as Pastor of Cherry Hill United Methodist Church in Canton, Michigan.  Rev. Ravi previously served as Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist Church, Detroit; Interim Pastor at Central United Church, Flint; and Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Ypsilanti.  Rev. Ravi received her Master of Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School  in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  She finished all her Methodist requirements at the School of Theology at Boston University and Harvard Divinity School.  Rev. Ravi also graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan with a degree in Asian Studies.  She received an award in Mission Education while in Ypsilanti.

Rev. Ravi was born in Madras (now renamed Chennai), India.  Her family moved to the United States in 1976, just in time to join the rest of the United States in the Bicentennial celebration.  An eldest child of an inter-faith, inter-lingual, inter-regional marriage; of a Telugu Baptist mother an a Malayali Hindu father  she quickly learned two different histories, myths, cultures and traditions within her own family.  Both of her parents served as physicians during the India-Pakistan War.  While growing up in India, she and her younger sister were raised speaking English since that, in addition to Hindi, were the only languages that her parents had in Common.  While attending a French convent, Good Shepherd Convent, she learned to love the Lord's Prayer, tall, dark, heavy marble and granite cathedrals, with large carved stone fonts in the entrance filled with cool, dark spots of sanctified water,  She also attended the Church of South India with her mother while in Madras.

  

Rev. Dwayne & Ruth Kelsey

  Rev. Kelsey has agreed to join our staff as a part-time associate in charge of Senior Care. He will be the coordinator of Visitation to our Convalescent Homes and our shut-ins. He will also be the Staff Representative to the History and archives Committee.

Rev. Kelsey received his B.A. from Asbury college, Wilmore, Kentucky; his M.A. from Scarritt college, Nashville, TN; and his M.Div. from Methodist Theological School of Ohio. He has been the Pastor at Howard/Thomas UMC, Lake Orion; Lincoln Park UMC, Flint; Davison UMC, Davison, and Romeo UMC. He retired in January 2001

Rev. Kelsey and his wife, Ruth, currently reside in Rochester Hills. His personal interests include travel, collecting antiques, photography, and visiting historical homes/museums.

 

  

 

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