As we launched a search to find an Interim Associate Pastor for Youth and their Families, dare I say that when we became aware that the Reverend Andy Greenhow was moving back to the area, it felt providential.
Many folks at BMPC know Andy from his time at Broad Street Ministries in downtown Philadelphia, where he served as pastor, administrator, educator, and coordinator of the youth groups on mission and summer immersion trips.
For the past eight years, he has served at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary working as Special Projects Manager and more recently in the President’s office as Chief of Staff. His administrative leadership at the seminary also gave him opportunities for pastoral care for students, preaching in chapel and supply preaching in the presbytery, coordinating special trips, and supporting a Lilly Endowment project in Pittsburgh presbytery by coaching congregations in how to reimagine using their sacred spaces.
When Andy’s wife, the Reverend Karen Rohrer, was called to be the Associate Academic Dean at Princeton Theological Seminary, Andy was exploring his opportunities for ministry while we were looking for an experienced interim to work with our youth and their families. An initial conversation with Rachel Pedersen and me led to Andy’s meeting with BMPC’s leaders of the Youth Ministry Council, parents, and youth. A call to this important work was extended and accepted, and the next thing you know, Andy was on a bus with a crowd of BMPC youth heading to the Montreat Youth Conference!
The Session has called a Congregational Meeting for this Sunday to elect the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee for Youth and their Families, who will begin their search in the coming weeks. In the meantime, how grateful we are that God has led us to Andy Greenhow! We are enthusiastic about the experience, gifts, commitment, and joy he brings to the good work of youth ministry at BMPC.
