Our Pastor

Pastor Susan Strouse is a native of Pottstown, PA (near Philadelphia) and is a graduate of Antioch University/Philadelphia (B.A. in Human Services) and the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg (Master of Divinity) She has previously served congregations in Buffalo, NY and Novato, CA. She has been at First United since December 2004.

In 2005 she received a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Her area of study and interest is interfaith theology, particularly working with congregations and clergy to explore the meaning of being a Christian in our religiously diverse world. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, as well as the planning group for the annual gathering of the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) in San Francisco in 2008.

Pastor Susan can be reached at Pastorsusan@fulc.com

To access the September 2008 Compact between First United and Pastor Strouse click here.

Our Music Director & Office Administrator

Orion Pitts--

Seek and engage the Mystery.

Cultivate silence.

BA Music Ed--Lenoir-Rhyne University

US Navy School of Music

Graduate studies in Music/Choral Conducting

       --Westminster Choir College

Master of Fine Arts in Acting--Rutgers University

Certificate in Interspiritual Wisdom

       --Spiritual Paths Institute (www.interspiritualwisdom.org )

e-mail address: orion@fulc.com

Hear some samples of First United's music here.