ALL PASTORS OFFICE STAFF MUSIC CUSTODIAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Warren Bock, lead custodian
Warren Bock was selected as lead custodian early in 2010. Before retirement from the federal government he completed 31 years of service, the last 26 years as a budget analyst with The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda MD. He has two children, Susan who lives in Massachusetts and Alan who lives in Maryland.
Judy Bomberger, music director
Judy Bomberger has been music director since 1998, scheduling musicians and song leaders, and directing many children's musicals. Judy holds a Bachelor of Arts in music education from Eastern Mennonite University. In addition to her work at PVMC, she teaches music at Hunter McGuire Lower School of Stuart Hall. She is married to Don Bomberger, and they have one married daugher and two grandsons.
Don Burkhart, custodian
Don has been on the custodial staff since 2011. He has spent half of his life growing cut flowers in Lancaster, PA. He married his wife, Carol Gaeddert, in 1955. He and Carole currently reside in Park Place at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.
Jane Eanes, finance and facility manager
Jane began as office administrator in January, 2012 and transitioned to finance and facility manager in Sept. 2013. She moved to the Harrisonburg area from Scottdale, Pennsylvania in June of 2011, along with several families associated with the Mennonite Publishing Network (now MennoMedia). Jane holds a Bachelors Degree in secondary education from the University of Maryland. She is married to Russ Eanes, executive director of MennoMedia, and they are parents of 4 sons (3 married), 2 daughters, and 2 grandchildren.
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Contact Jane by email: click here
John Fast, organist and custodian
John Fast has been organist at Park View Mennonite Church since 1996. In addition he has been on the custodial staff for a number of years. He has a Master of Music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and has taught in the music department at Eastern Mennonite University since 1975. Prior to becoming the regular organist at Park View he served as organist for a number of Shenandoah Valley churches. During his years in Harrisonburg he has been an accompanist for several local choral organizations. Married to Barbara Fast, a professor in the art department at EMU, the couple have two married children and three grandchildren.
Roy Heatwole, custodian
Roy Heatwole has been on the custodial staff since 2004. He held a similar position at Belk for a short while. He has taught Mathematics and Statistics at EMU and JMU. Between the teaching stints, he worked 31 years as a Mathematical Statistician for the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the National Center for Health Statistics. He is married to Donna Merillat, the couple has two children and two grandchildren.
Moriah Hurst, Nurture & Faith Development Pastor
Moriah Hurst joined the Park View Mennonite pastoral team in May 2016 after finishing an 8-year term with Mennonite Mission Network in Australia. Moriah worked with several Baptist Churches in Australia in their youth ministries and taught ecumenically in young adult faith formation. She holds a Master of Divinity in Youth Ministry from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. Moving to Virginia has meant being closer to her brothers’ families and Moriah is loving being an Aunty (more complete introduction to Moriah can be found here).
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Contact Moriah by email: click here
Phil Kniss, Senior Pastor
Phil Kniss has served as senior pastor at Park View Mennonite since 1996. This is his third pastorate, following Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg (1991-1996), and Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Gainesville, FL (1983-1990), where he was founding pastor. He holds a Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg and a Doctor of Ministry from Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL. Married to Irene Hershberger Kniss, a legal nurse consultant and clinic director, the couple has three daughters, two sons-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Contact Phil by email: click here
Karen Moshier-Shenk, choir director
Karen Moshier-Shenk rejoined the Park View Mennonite Church staff as Adult Choir Director in 2007. Karen holds a Master of Music degree from Duquesne Univerisity, Pittsburgh, PA. In addition to her work at PVMC, she is an Associate Director of Development at Eastern Mennonite University since 1996. She is married to Steve Shenk. They have two sons, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and three grandsons.
Sandy Wenger, Congregational Administrator
Sandy began as office manager in May, 2015. She holds a BS degree in Business, and a MA degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (focus on Formation and Religious Studies), from EMU. Sandy also does some adjunct teaching in spiritual formation at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Sandy is married to John Wenger, an Integrative Medicine physician; they have 4 children (2 married), and 3 grandchildren.
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Contact Sandy by email: click here
Shirlee K. Yoder, Interim Care and Visitation Pastor
Shirlee previously served as minister of pastoral care at PVMC (from the early 1990s to 2001), then worked for a number of years as a chaplain at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, before retiring from active ministry. This summer she has come back from retirement for several months to serve PVMC again in the area of pastoral care, after the retirement of Barbara Moyer Lehman, and before Paula H. Stoltzfus, our new Care and Formation Pastor begins on Sept. 1.
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Contact Shirlee by email: click here