Our Staff

Hello everyone, I am happy to be back in your nice and beautiful Church. I look forward to being your Administrative Assistant, again! -Karima Saddiq.

Rays joins us from the position of Choir Director at the St. Mary’s Episcopal church in Centre city Philadelphia. An attorney by trade, he has always been interested in Church Music and Harmony singing. He joined his church choir at a young age of 8 and has been involved with it in various positions. He independently trained his first church choir at the age of 16 and has been training choirs ever since. He has been instrumental in setting up choirs for various churches across India, across various denominations training choristers as young as 4 year old to 80 year olds. He has taken his grades in Theory of Music from the Royal College of Music, England and is a trained Indian Classical Music singer and an Indian Classical trainer. He moved to the US with his family a couple of years ago and works with PennDot currently and in his spare time trains an interdenominational Gospel singing band called band Cherubim. He was also a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church choir, New Cumberland. He is joined today by his wife, Maya, daughter – Zoe & son – Koshy.

Ruth was born and raised in upstate New York. She was transplanted to this area in 1975 when she began studies at what is now Cairn University. Music has been a part of her life since a very young age. Ruth says it is a blessing to be able to use that gift in worship. She has been teaching private piano lessons for 16 years and find great joy in helping others to learn.

Ruth also substitute teach in Philadelphia Charter Schools and often carries her ukulele along for the purpose of engaging students in musical activities.

Liz was born and raised in Wayne, N.J.  She received a degree in Early Childhood & Elementary Education from Trenton State College. (The College of New Jersey).  She taught first grade at Liberty Corner Elementary School and Lafayette Elementary School in New Jersey.  She, and her husband Paul, and son Patrick moved to Syracuse NY when Paul’s job took him there.   It is here that son Sean was born.  3 years later, Paul’s job brought them to Lansdale PA where they started attending Lansdale United Methodist Church.  Sons Jamie and Ian were born here.  Liz has been involved in church and Sunday school since she was able to sing “Jesus Loves Me” at 18 months.    When Ian was 2, Liz began teaching at the North Penn YMCA.  It was then that Nancy Morgan, director of Bright Beginnings, and teacher for Patrick, Sean and Jamie, was planning on retiring and asked Liz to take over in September 2000.  Liz later stepped up and became Christian Education Director also. Liz plays the piano and guitar and was the Cherub Choir director for many years and also sang in the Choir.  Liz’s favorite part of her job is leading Vacation Bible School and the music for VBS.   It’s obvious to Liz that God had a plan in her life and has led her on this path of teaching and leading young children to Jesus.  What a wonderful adventure it has been!