Jen McKenna joined the FUMC staff as Administrative Assistant in November of 2016. A Somerville resident for over 17 years, she makes her home with husband, Chris and her two sons, Ryan and Connor. She graduated from West Virginia University, where she majored Interior Design and now owns JAM Designs, a company that specializes in handmade and personalized items for the home. JAM Designs can be found on Etsy.
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Regina Koebele-Demaree leads the congregation in worship as organist, pianist, and choir director and is involved in worship planning. A native of Germany, she earned a Church Musician degree for professional organists and choir directors in Hamburg, Germany under the auspices of the Nordelbische Lutherische Landeskirche. As part of her double-major in Music and Education, Regina completed practice exams at the Musikhochschule Hamburg (Music Conservatory) in church organ, piano, conducting, and voice. Working in the rich tradition of Methodist music ministry, Regina feels honored and privileged to serve the congregation of FUMC. To contact Regina please call the church office: 908-725-1473
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A resident of Princeton, New Jersey since 1995, Kevin Daly holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Theory and Composition from Westminster Choir College of Rider University, having finished there (summa cum laude) in 1999. While at Westminster he was twice named Andrew J. Rider Scholar for outstanding academic achievement (1996 and 1999), won the Priscilla Stilz Award for progress in the study of German in 1997, and in 1998, the Nancy Wickland hymn tune writing contest. A member of Pi Kappa Lambda, the music honor society, he was organist at St. Agnes Church in Clark, New Jersey from 1995 to 2006; Director of Music at St. James the Less (R.C.) in Jamesburg, New Jersey from 2009 to 2019; and choir director at Temple Shaari-Emeth in Manalapan, New Jersey from 2007 to 2019. He’s the author of five works for solo organ, two of which have been featured on “Pipedreams,” the Public Radio show hosted by Michael Barone (Program #0809: The American Muse; Program #1428: From the Mailbag). His compositions are available at www.kevindalycomposer.com.
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