Staff

Directory

Pastor | Administrative Assistant | Youth Director | Organist | Nursery Attendant

Pastor: Reverend William Clay Knick

Reverend Knick or Pastor Clay as he is most commonly referred to has been at Kernstown UMC for over three years and has been full time pastor for over 20 years. Clay has been serving the United Methodist Church in both part time and full time roles since 1982.

Clay focuses his role at Kernstown UMC on preaching, teaching, guiding, listening, caring, and leading. His passion for the position comes from studying and preaching sermons but his drive comes from seeing people getting excited about following Jesus. In his free time he enjoys Civil War History, Reading, most all sports and spending time with his family!
cknick@kernstownumc.org

Administrative Assistant: Deirdre “Dee Dee” L. Schneider

Dee Dee has been at Kernstown UMC for over two years, but previous served in a church setting for seven plus years, including serving as a Director of a Christian Preschool of a 120 children. In her current role Dee Dee feels that she is the bridge between our community and the church. She is also called to serve the congregation and Pastor Clay Knick through the day to day administrative functions.

Dee Dee enjoys being part of the Kernstown UMC family. Furthermore she enjoys meeting new people, talking with old friends, and utilizing her creative talents to produce the needed materials for ministry of the church.
dschneider@kernstownumc.org

Youth Director: William “Craig” Durfor

Craig started with Kernstown UMC a little over two years and has been providing quality leadership with the youth group throughout the past couple years. Prior to coming to KUMC he was the youth pastor in Erwin, Tennessee during his last year and half at Milligan College.

Craig feels his role at Kernstown UMC is to provide aid to the development of students to become disciples. He is quick to point out that his favorite part of his position is the students. He considers every youth an amazing person as they each bring so much to the group as a whole. For Craig, it is about getting to know each youth with all of their unique qualities that makes him want to grow within his relationship with Christ to be the best Youth Director he can be.
cdurfor@kernstownumc.org

Organist: Marilyn K. Harper

Marilyn is a dedicated member of Kernstown United Methodist Church and has been the church’s organist for over nineteen years. She serves not only all of the aspects of the music program but also tries to make herself available to assist and support the programming at Kernstown.

Marilyn feels that her role is to share her talents with Kernstown while at the same time being part of the family of Christ at Kernstown UMC. It is her belief that that this is one of the most important roles she has as part of the staff and more importantly a member at the church.

Nursery Attendant: Vicky L. Maphis

Ms. Vicky as she is commonly referred to as by the children under her watchful eye has been Kernstown’s Nursery Attendant since 2001. Vicky believes her primary role is to provide care for God’s children and teach God’s love for them. Vicky is constantly amazed to see God working in children’s lives as they grow from infancy to 3 years and older. She thoroughly enjoys reading and playing games with the children at KUMC and considers herself blessed to have this position at Kernstown.