Meet our dedicated staff and board members committed to serving our community with love and faith.

Our Staff

Pastor Diane Kinley

Pastor Diane is the pastor at St. John's United Church of Christ. She started off as a part time interim pastor in July of 2017 and became the settled pastor as of 2019. She is from the Williamsport area and is a plain and honest speaker who uses a team concept to approach her work. She has a wonderful sense of humor and loving spirit that everyone feels when they meet her. St. John's United Church of Christ is very blessed to have her as a part of our church.

St. John's United Church of Christ Consistory Board consists of:

​Rodney Stine - President

Dan Masullo - Vice President

Tony Dotterer - Secretary

Phyllis Corman - Assistant Treasurer

Autumn Beck

Cindy Polinski

Stephenie Coffman

Lisa Carey

Jim Fultz

Administrative Assistant, Rhett Walsh

Rhett Walsh has been working for St. John's United Church of Christ since 2016. He has over 30 years of experience in retail, business management and event planning. Rhett owned and operated his own toy store in Bellefonte for 16 years. He has helped organize numerous community projects and promotions over the years. He currently runs the day to day operations of St. John's UCC and provides assistance to the pastor, ministry teams and members of the church.

Music Director, Anne-Marie Hildebrandt

Anne-Marie Hildebrandt is a composer, arranger, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She began classical piano lessons at age 3 and she is a graduate of The Juilliard School in Piano Performance. While living in New York City to attend Julliard, she was exposed to many cultures and musical training.

Music education has long been an important part of Anne-Marie's life. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Education at Penn State, and she has been working on an intuitive new teaching method. In 2011, she and Katie Davis Henderson released a CD of Irish songs with Anne-Marie on vocals and piano and Katie on fiddle. “The Golden Keyboard” is available for download on iTunes! Anne-Marie's setting of "At Jesus' Knee," has been featured in Creator Magazine as one of 2012's Select 20 church anthems.

Anne-Marie is a featured performer in Carnegie Hall’s “Musical Explorers” series, and performs with many other groups.