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Kathy Strickman
Sunday Operations
Coordinator
Kathy Strickman has been
serving as the Sunday Operations Coordinator
for Emmanuel Church since 2002. She lives
near the church with her husband, Scott,
and their two children. If you would
like to help out on Sundays to ensure
the church service runs smoothly, please
contact Kathy at ops@emmanuelnyc.org.
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Ava Ligh
Children's Ministry Coordinator
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Dennis Christians
Praise Band Coordinator
Dennis Christians was born and cornfed in the great midwestern state of Iowa. After trading in the keys to his John Deere for a double bass he went on to study music at Northwestern University and the University of Iowa (BM in Music). Further studies took Dennis to Yale University (MM in Music) and Columbia University (no comment). After performing on a variety of Broadway shows in New York, Mr. Christians left for sunny Los Angeles, California. He currently resides in New York with his lovely wife and his overbearing musical instrument collection.
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Chelsea Chen
Organist, Special Music Co-Coordinator and Artist in Residence
With playing described as "stunning" and possessing "lovely lyrical grandeur" (Los Angeles Times), organist Chelsea Chen has electrified audiences throughout the United States and Asia in venues such as Singapore's Esplanade, Hong Kong's Cultural Centre, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, and Los Angeles's Disney Hall. Her playing has been aired on CNN.com, Pipedreams, Hawaii Public Radio, and Taiwan's Good News Radio.
Originally from San Diego, California, Ms. Chen's early piano studies were with Jane Bastien and Lori Bastien Vickers, and organ studies were with Leslie Robb and Monte Maxwell. She obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the Accelerated program at Juilliard, studying with John Weaver and Paul Jacobs. In 2006-07, she composed, lectured, and performed throughout Taiwan as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Upon return she completed an Artist Diploma at Yale under the tutelage of Thomas Murray.
In 2009, Ms. Chen was the recipient of the international Lili Boulanger Award, awarded annually to a young musician exhibiting unusual talent and promise for the future. As Artist-in-Residence at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, her vision is to enhance worship music and to produce high-caliber classical concerts featuring talented young musicians (both instrumentalists and vocalists) in solo and chamber repertoire
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Mara Torres
Office Coordinator
Baptized at Emmanuel in 2005, Mara is grateful to be a part of the Emmanuel community and happy to use her administrative skills to assist Emmanuel in its mission. She is officially a member of Uptown Community Church where she is the Prayer Coordinator. She works afternoons at the Emmanuel office in the Interchurch Center. Stop in and say hi to her if you’re in the neighborhood. |
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Julie Koontz
Special Music Co-Coordinator
Bio coming.
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Emmanuel Presbyterian Church is a congregation
of the Presbyterian Church in America. We believe in
the historic Christian faith as summarized is the Apostles'
and Nicene Creeds. We call ourselves "Emmanuel" (God
with us) because we believe that Jesus' substitutionary
death and poured out Spirit have brought God near. God's
nearness brings life to all that we do – to our worship,
our friendships, our families, our thought life, our
studies, and our work. We embrace Emmanuel's love for
the city and seek to share his beauty, truth, healing
and goodness with the communities where we live and
work, particularly the communities of Morningside Heights.
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