INTERIM PASTOR
Rev. Susan M. Pfeil- M.Div '94 YDS; STM '02 YDS; MA '06, Fairfield University; LADC, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CT), and Certified Pastoral Counselor (AAPC) is the Interim Pastor at First Congregational Church, Stamford, CT. Susan most recently completed serving as Temporary Supply Pastor at The Presbyterian Church of Pleasantville, New York. She has been an Interim Pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Ossining, New York; Georgetown United Methodist Church, Georgetown, CT; and Rowayton United Methodist Church, Norwalk, CT. Susan was ordained in 1995 at Turn-of-River Presbyterian Church, Stamford, CT.
Since 1988, she has made twenty-one mission trips to Central America: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Southern Mexico. In October 2005, Susan took her first local mission trip with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) to Gulfport/Biloxi Mississippi soon after Hurricane Katrina. This fall she is scheduled to be published in the Journal of Religion and Abuse with an article entitled, "A New Understanding of Clergy Compassion Fatigue for Facilitators of Trainings for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct." Susan is now a proud step-grandmother of Jim Posen aged 14, grandmother to Devin Asher, aged 2, and Natalia Jade, born June 9, 2007. Susan visits her daughter, Anneliese and son-in-law, David in New York City as often as possible.
ORGANIST AND CHOIR DIRECTOR
Pianist, organist, and composer Timothy Wallace began his formal study of the piano at age nine, while living in his native state, Texas. He gave his first solo piano recital as a high school student and progressed to graduate from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with a degree in Piano Performance. While there, he studied with Alfred Mouledous, pianist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and protégé of Walter Geiseking. He also studied with Pierrette Mouledous, a student of Alfred Cartot at the Paris Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Wallace has performed throughout the United States as a soloist. As an accompanist, he has worked with choral ensembles, dance companies, and theatres. He has composed works for voice (solo and choral), solo piano and other instruments, chamber ensembles and full orchestra, including a full-length three-act ballet based on "Snow White."
Mr. Wallace has served as a church musician for nearly thirty years ranging in capacity from organist, choir master, and hand bell director to Music Director. He brings with him a multitude of experience and a unique creativity, which he utilizes in an all-inclusive manner.
"Music is one of the greatest gifts of all, for in it is the capacity o most fully express the vast richness of life itself-the greatest work of our Creator."
DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
We are searching for a new Director of Christian Education at this time.