MUSIC & ORGAN
MUSIC & ORGAN
MUSIC & ORGAN
MUSIC & ORGAN
MUSIC & ORGAN
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Oak Park
OUR STAFF
Pastor, Reverend Dr. Katherine Thomas Paisley
Rev. Katherine grew up in a series of UMC congregations throughout the Northern Illinois Conference, and met her husband, Randy, a student youth pastor, while working together at Rock Falls UMC. When her family moved to Nashville, Katherine attended seminary at Vanderbilt Divinity School and remained in the Tennessee Conference through ordination, serving multiple churches, and the completion a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Homiletics. Twenty-two years after moving South, Pastor Katherine and her family returned to the Northern Illinois Conference and served at Freeport and Irving Park United Methodist Churches before her current appointment at FUMC of Oak Park. She has three children: Meg, Carol, and Donny; and enjoys music, drama, poetry, and writing hymn lyrics from time to time.
Church Musician, Dr. Eun Joo Ju
Eun comes to us with a broad background of church music experience, most recently at Grace United Methodist Church in Lake Bluff where she has served as their organist since 2013. Eun earned all of her degrees in organ performance: a Bachelor's in Music and Master's in Music from Hansei University in South Korea, a Master's Degree in Music and additional Professional Studies Diploma in Organ Performance from Manhattan School of Music, and her DMA in Music Performance and Literature at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Facilities Manager, Mike Dutka
Custodian, Kevin Reese
Kevin was born in Chicago and then attended school in Oak Park. He loves working for FUMC and being part of a wonderful staff team.
2021 Leadership Team
Adminstrative Council
Chairs: Judy Gazaway
Rae Kalin, Cora Burton, Joyce McCullough, Cynthia Breunlin, Laura Gallinari, Cynthia Breunlin, Beverly Bochenek, Bruce Janacek, and Karen Doty
SPRC
Chair: Kaye Masters
Pastor Katherine Paisley, Beverly Bochenek, Kaye Masters Orr, Bruce Janacek, Rebecca Kaegi, Laura Gallinari, Jeff Dungan
Trustees
Chair: Randy Bees
Mike Dutka, Johnna Kelly, Alice Godfrey, Julie Zeller, Karen Doty, Ellen Stinziano, and Randy Bees, Judy Gazaway
Finance
Chair: Steve Nickas
Pastor Katherine Paisley, Judy Gazaway, Tracy Zurawski, Bill Wigham, Steve Nickas, Randy Bees, Beverly Bochenek, Bruce Janacek, Jeff Dungan, Fritz Kaegi, and Greg Cummings
Stewardship
Finance Chair: TDE
Pastor Katherine Paisley, Bruce Jancek, Jeff Dungan, and Fritz Kaegi
Education
Chair: TDE
Worship
Chair: TDE
Endowment
Chair: Bruce Janacek
Pastor Katherine Paisley, Joe Milburn, and Fritz Kaegi
Lay Leadership
Chair: Pastor Katherine Paisley
Lay Leader: Beverly Bochenek
Missions
Chair: Joyce McCullough
Pastor Katherine Paisley, Bill Wigham, Ed Hiestand, Rae Kalin, and Steven & Krissy Nickas
Congregational Care
Chair: Cora Burton
Alice Boomhower, Judy Eckberg, Padma Ezra, Barbara O’Connor, and Nancy Hiestand
Justice
Chairperson: Cynthia Breunlin
Joyce McCullough, Ed Hiestand, Bill Fillmore, and Elizabeth Loudermilk