Our pastor is Reverend Logan Garth Swanger, who was appointed to us in July 2004.
He attended and graduated with honors from Mifflinburg Area High School, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, in 1973. Following high school, he attended Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. Three years later he obtained the Masters of Divinity degree magna cum laude from Drew Theological School, Madison, New Jersey. His thesis was entitled Incarnation and the Body of Christ: A Conflation of Johannine and Pauline Spirituality for Ministry in a New World for which he received a "Passing with Distinction" grade.
He married the former Pai Ann Fissel in 1979 and is the father of two grown sons: Jeremiah David and Benjamin Jacob.
His interests are genealogy, Pennsylvania and local history, Pennsylvania German culture, hiking, church history and sharing one's faith.
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Evangelical United Methodist Church / 157 East Water Street
Middletown, PA 17057-1888
Phone: (717) 944-3501 / FAX: (717) 944-5495
Email: eumc@paonline.com