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Pastor:
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Rev. Dr. Myrlene Hamilton Hess
-- Revmhamil@aol.com
Myrlene Hamilton grew up in South Dakota, and has a B.S. degree
in Secondary Education from Northern State University in Aberdeen.
She also has M. Div. and D. Min. degrees from Fuller Seminary in
Pasadena, California. Her passion in ministry is helping people find
their special gifts for ministry and putting them to work in places that
are fulfilling and that help the church grow. When time permits,
she enjoys leading retreats and speaking at seminars. She has served
churches in California, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska before moving to
New Jersey. When she is not teaching or preaching or leading groups
at Morning Star, she enjoys writing, spending time outdoors and playing
with their Labrador Retriever, Amazing Grace. She is the author of
Being the Body of Christ, Turning Points, All I Need to Know About Ministry I Learned from Fly Fishing,
and her newest book, On the Road to Emmaus, A Travel Guide Through Grief.
Myrlene is married to Eric Hess, an elder at Morning Star Presbyterian Church. |
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Founding Co-Pastor:
Click here for memorial information about
Rev. Dr. Ed Hamilton
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Music Ministry:
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Tom McGowan
Tom has been a member of the Morning Star Music Ministry Team
since July 1994. He was performing with a musical group at the Ocean County
fair when his wife came across the Morning Star booth advertising
for an accompanist. Tom auditioned that following Sunday and the rest is
history. Tom grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and moved to Ocean County
in 1982. He's employed as a full time electronics engineer but his real
love is music. Tom has been a musician for over twenty-five
years. Together with Julie Lawrence, he has composed
two original songs. The sheet music is Copyright Pending and
will be available soon. |
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Secretary:
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Candy Peterson
Our secretary, Candy Peterson, loves her job as church secretary and wants
very much to use it to serve God and her Morning Star family. Candy is a
Certified Spiritual Director who leads our ministry of spiritual direction and
who loves preaching. She is an ordained elder and a Care Pastor here at Morning
Star. Each year she leads Morning Star's
annual retreat. When she is not working, she enjoys the outdoors and especially
taking long walks with her husband, Bob, and their two beautiful Labrador
retrievers, Cocoa and Ebony. |
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