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Our Leadership: Pastor Matt and Kara McKeown

Pastor Matt has been our Senior Pastor since 2020, but has served our church since 1998 first as our youth pastor and later as an associate pastor.  His wife Kara is our Director of Christian Education, sings on our praise team and leads our drama ministry.    Pastor Matt holds a Bachelor's Degree in Pastoral Counseling and a Master's Degree in Practical Theology.  He is ordained in the Christian world as a Reverend and in the Messianic Jewish world as a Moreh Torah (Bible Teacher).  Both Pastor Matt and Kara have a passion for teaching and discipling people of all stages of their journey with God.  Pastor Matt is a musician and songwriter and has managed Sound Mind Studios, a full service recording studio since 2003.  Please feel free to call the church and make an appointment to meet our leadership and get to know them better.

Who We Are

Our Beliefs

Our Ministries

Our Beliefs

We are a part of the United Brethren in Christ Church, a denomination with its roots going all the way back to the 1700s in Lancaster, PA.  More information can be found below at our denominational, website UB.org

Our Worship

Our Ministries

Our Beliefs

Our worship service is engaging and uplifting with modern music, a prayer for our children, and holy communion.  Each year we have a theme for our sermons and 2025 has been the year of 'Transform' based on Romans 12:2.

Our Ministries

Our Ministries

Our Ministries

We offer a variety of ministries and programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. Please see our Love, Learn, Live wall at the church or the 'get involved' page here on our site to see where you fit.

Our Mission and Discipleship Process

Love

Our first step in discipleship is LOVE.  The ministries that focus on outreach are in this category like our Food Pantry, Sound Mind Studios and our Wednesday Night Dinners, Youth Game Night.  No preaching, just loving people where they are.

Learn

If someone decides to be a part of our church family or decides to join God's family by choosing to follow Jesus we invite them to join our LEARN step.  This is where we learn the Bible and what God expects out of disciples of Jesus.  The ministries that focus on education and equipping are in this category like our Sunday Morning Worship, Kids Church Sunday School and our Wednesday night Bible Studies and Small Groups.  

Live

Once someone has spent some time learning and being equipped to serve we give them the opportunity to LIVE out their faith in serving.  We feel strongly about guiding people through our process so that they end up here where they can use their gifts and abilities to serve our church and the community.  The ministries that focus on serving are our Ministry Service Teams.  You can find out about them and their Team Leaders on the information cards at our LOVE, LEARN, LIVE wall in the lobby.  

Our Denomination

The Church of the United Brethren in Christ

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