Hannah Loughman – Pastor

Hannah has a passion for addiction recovery, small group life, creating safe spaces for all people to worship and grow, and engaging the community. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A., and she received her Master of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.    

Erik Kolodziej – Music Minister

Erik is a musician, educator, and minister. He has been actively involved in music ministry for over 25 years. He is a 22-year veteran music educator and, for the past 18 years, has been spreading the love and joy of music at Edgeworth Elementary. He plays piano, organ, trumpet, and sings.

Kelly Herman – Contemporary Worship Coordinator, Vocals

Hurst Bartley – Acoustic Guitar, Keys, Vocals

Hurst has been involved with the music ministry at SUMC for a number of years and has led the Worship Team since 2009. He serves on various committees within the church, including the Board of Trustees. He has been playing and singing since he was eleven years old, but it has only been in recent years that he has come to understand why he received these gifts, and he is very thankful to the Father for the opportunity to lead God’s people in worship each week. He strives in his work with the ministry to fulfill God’s commandment through the prophet Micah, “...to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)

Joe Boward – Saxophone

After picking up the saxophone in fourth grade, Joe participated in a number of different ensembles, including his high school marching, symphonic, and stage bands. He also played with Purdue bands for a short stint, then put his efforts into family and career while his sax collected dust. Fortunately, via a series of events impossible to assign to coincidence, God called Joe back to the instrument to make music in His name with SUMC’s Leap of Faith. With a mostly cerebrally-based faith journey prior to that point in his life, the contemporary service exposed Joe to emotionally-charged and genuinely spiritual Christian experiences. Joe feels truly blessed to be called to participate in LOF and the SUMC contemporary worship service.

Johnathan Burnett – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keys, Vocals

Richard Fairlie – Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Pam Mayo – Keys

Pam has been offering her musical talents at our church for many years and considers music one of her most cherished gifts from God. She is constantly amazed at its power and ability to touch the soul, delivering a message in a way that the spoken word does not. Music is the channel God uses most often to speak to us—leading, teaching, re-assuring, comforting, and reminding us of what is most important in this life. The opportunity to sing praises and worship with everyone on Sunday mornings is the highlight of Pam’s week.

Jack Moffett – Drums, Vocals

Jack has been playing drums since the sixth grade when his father told him to stop beating on the table and join the band. He was a member of the acclaimed WVU drumline and plays an array of percussion instruments, his favorite being the marimba. Jack hadn’t played much after college, but found a new calling when the contemporary service was founded. It quickly became the highlight of his week, pushed him to develop a much deeper relationship with God, and revealed a new talent for songwriting. Now a certified lay speaker, Jack considers it an honor to use his talents in the Lord’s service.

Scott Spencer – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Scott started playing the drums at age 4 and continued through high school in NY. During that time, he played in a number of bands (wind ensemble, marching band, jazz band). He also began teaching himself how to play the guitar, but at a very slow pace. He had not played any percussion instruments after high school and only played the guitar at home. Scott was first able to join Leap of Faith to fill in while Jack was on vacation a few times. His relationship with the Father was not all that strong, but since joining LOF, he has grown tremendously in his faith. Scott feels truly blessed to be a part of the worship team.

Mark Wiggins – Violin

Mark began playing the violin at age four, taking lessons from his grandfather, the concert master of his home town symphony in Roanoke, Virginia. Mark’s father played, arranged, and conducted big band orchestras and met Mark’s mother, a minister, in the Roanoke Symphony. Mark later played in the Roanoke Youth Symphony for 6 years, but left the fiddle in it’s case virtually undisturbed since age 16. Fortunately, his wife told Hurst that he played, and it wasn’t long before Mark was accompanying Leap of Faith regularly. “It’s been absolutely surreal, the positive feedback and feeling that has come over me since playing with Leap of Faith,” Mark told us. “I’ve had a musical awakening playing in worship.”