A Message from the Hill

Thank you for the warm welcome to Millcreek. I am privileged to serve as your Interim Pastor. My tasks during this time are threefold: 1) Prepare meaningful worship; 2) Provide pastoral care when necessary; 3) Guide the Council and Call Committee through the maze of the Call Process. I will be responsible for twenty hours a week. Most weeks I will be in the church office from 9:00-12:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays and available at other times as necessary.

Let me share with you a little bit about myself. I was born in Berlin, Germany in 1949. I came to the United States at the ripe old age of four months old. I grew up in northern New Jersey, a blink of an eye from New Your City. I graduated from Newark College of Engineering in 1971 with a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Upon graduation, I entered seminary. I studied for two years at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and one year at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. As Part of my seminary education, I served as a chaplain at the Bergen County Correctional Institute, Georgia Mental Health Institute Drug and Alcohol Unit, Great Smoky Mountains National Park as Summer Chaplain, and the Lutheran Home in Philadelphia. Later I attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and received a degree in Pastoral Care.
My first parish was in Clairton, PA, outside of Pittsburgh. I served parishes in Willingboro, NJ, Blakeslee, PA, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Old Zionsville, PA, and Plainfield Twp, PA. I also served on synod staff in West Virginia. Since retirement in 2016 and moving to Palmyra, I have served as an interim pastor for seven congregations in Lebanon and Dauphin Counties. Last year I celebrated my 50th year of ordination.
 
I look forward to my time here at Millcreek and pray that together we can build a new future as God’s people
in this place.
Peace to you,
Pastor Frank Terhune