Our Leadership |
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Carl
Fasnacht, Diploma
President
Carl graduated from Hershey
High School. As an Associate Technician, he worked at the
Hershey Chocolate Factory from 1946 to 1991. He and his wife
were weekend house parents at The Milton Hershey School from 1969-1984, a school started for orphans and expanded to assist other children in crisis and transition. Carl is a member of The Fishburn UMC. He's served on the Board of Trustees and Administrative Council and brings a lot of leadership to CRM. He has known Mark for twelve years and
is very supportive of his teaching ministry as well as his other work. When he
retired, he began to drive for the Derry Township Senior Council
and became its Coordinator back in 2003. . He delivers “Meals
on Wheels” and
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Deborah
L. Burdy, BS, CPA
Financial Manager
Debbie is a graduate of Immaculata
College and completed her work as a Certified Public Accountant in 1991. She works for
Baer and Company, CPA in Morgantown, PA in
this capacity, the company who's done our Executive Director’s personal taxes
for over 15 years. She is a member of The Fairview Presbyterian Church USA
in Glenmore, PA and continues to serve both as
the President of the Women's Church Group and Treasurer
of her local Church. Within the community, she and
her husband have been involved with the Boy Scout program
locally and regionally with their two sons.
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Beth
Keller, BSN, CCRN
Clinical Care Consultant
Beth has been caring for her young children at home as they are about to enter elementary school. She works part-time in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at The Hershey
Medical Center and for The Hospice and Palliative
Care of Lancaster County. Beth is a member of the Church of
God/Findley and is involved in a community based
program that meets at her church which assists mentally and
physically challenged children. Mark and her met 12 years
ago when they worked in MICU. They've
been developing an on-going model of clinical ministry for those in crisis,
not only caring for the patient, family and friends of those
who are critically ill, but also for the care givers who
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Jacqueline
Neidigh, Diploma
Administrative Manager
Jackie is
a graduate of the Lebanon County Vocational-Technical School.
When her children were young, she committed herself to fulfill her call
to care for them at home. She works for the Derry Township
School District, transporting children with special needs
where she met Mark 7 years ago. She is a member of
The Gravel Hill United Methodist Church in Palmyra, PA.
Jackie also has a real sensitivity to those in crisis and transition.
She and her husband have had children and adults living with them
from Poland and sponsor
children in Haiti. They desire to help in Haiti
periodically to facilitate the work there some time. Jackie also continues to deepen her commitment to care for those who are either chronically ill or in the end stages of life.
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Constance
A. Vass, BS
Planned Giving and Development
Connie
attended West Chester State Teacher’s College and finished through Miseracordia College. She's
a member of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church
in Carlisle, PA. She taught at Holy Name
of Jesus School and St. Patrick’s School and
later worked at Troy Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company as a seamstress. She spent her early years at home raising her two daughters. She was very involved
in Girl Scouts and was a Camp Counselor for
many years. Connie serves as a Eucharist Minister at The Carlisle Regional Hospital for her local Church and also coordinates another ministry of CRM in Florida which reaches out to care for those who are widowed and elderly. She has known Mark for 12 years and also serves as his personal
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Mark
A. Rains, AB, MDiv., BCPC, PhD {Candidate}
Executive Director
Mark graduated from Asbury College and Asbury Theological
Seminary. Click here for
a summary of his life or here for
his personal testimony. After being a United Methodist Minister many years, he transferred his credential as an Ordained Elder to The Evangelical Methodist Church, a denomination committed to Scripture and historic Methodism. Mark is credentialed as a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor by The International Board of Christian Counselors, an organization committed to traditional Christianity and the highest clinical, ethical and biblical standards of practice. He is on active status with The State Emergency Volunteers of PA, whose 140 member unit is stationed at The Hershey Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center. Mark is also working on a PhD in Counseling. A unique feature about this program gave him a wonderful opportunity to design his entire program in research and writing around the ministries of CRM.
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- The Rev. Donald C. Boyd, Professor Emeritus
Asbury Theological Seminary
- Mr. Steve Fryman, Independent Layperson
- Mr. Charles Howell, Protestant Layperson
- The Rev. Dr. Dennis F. Kinlaw, Founder and Consultant
The Francis Asbury Society; Former President, Asbury College
- The Rev. Dr. Kent E. Kroehler, Senior Pastor
Lancaster First United Methodist Church
- Mr. Ron Maturani, Catholic Layperson
Our leadership is intentionally
ecumenical. We share “one Lord,
one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who
is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:5-6) We're not officially connected with any particular group of churches. However, we do share a common bond with any organization or individual who embraces apostolic or "paleo-orthodox" Christianity, that is, “the orthodoxy that holds steadfast... to the ancient consensus of faith,” as Dr. Thomas Oden defines it in The Rebirth of Orthodoxy. Although there are clearly theological differences between us, we have not allowed them to effect our relationship with one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. As a result, CRM has set aside those things which may divide us and joined in unity and mission to care for those in crisis and transition, helping others, one person at a time. (Matthew 18:10-14) E. Stanley Jones summarizes the unity we share and the task to which God has called us: "Here we enter into a fellowship; sometimes we will agree to differ; always we will resolve to love, and unite to serve." |
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