Head of Staff – Bridge Pastor
Rev. Thornton (Jim) grew up in Allison Park, PA. His mother’s family was of Scots-Irish descent, which was responsible for his Presbyterian roots. After graduation from Geneva College in 1976, he attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary until his graduation and subsequent ordination to pastoral ministry in 1979. [READ MORE…]
Tia McCoun
Congregational Care Associate
Tia Booth McCoun is APC’s Congregational Care Associate. Tia comes with a wide range of care experience in congregational and hospital settings. [READ MORE…]
PROGRAM STAFF
Director of Music Ministries
John Sall serves Abington Presbyterian Church, founded in 1714, as Director of Music Ministries. He leads youth and adult choirs and the Abington Symphony Orchestra and oversees congregational music programs and the Music at Abington concert series. [READ MORE…]
Director of Children‘s Choirs and Children’s Ministries, Interim Director of Christian Education
Ruth is the daughter of a life-long church musician and grew up singing in her mother’s children’s choirs. Originally from Wyoming, Ruth began her own singing career in the Grace Lutheran Church Junior Choir and the Casper Children’s Chorale. [READ MORE…]
Organist
Erik Meyer was raised in Collingswood, NJ, where he began his organ studies at thirteen, studying with the Rev. J. Bert Carlson. Erik earned a BM in 2000 and an MM in organ performance in 2004 from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, [READ MORE…]
