First Presbyterian Church of Aurora

First Presbyterian Staff

Pastor Jeff Moore
PastorJeff@FirstPresAurora.org
Senior Pastor

Pastor Jeff has been serving as senior pastor since 2007. He and his wife, Stephanie, have been blessed with three children. Jeff’s passion is to preach God’s perfect Word verse by verse with clarity and conviction. Pastor Jeff has been serving as senior pastor since 2007. He and his wife, Stephanie, have been blessed with three children. Jeff’s passion is to preach God’s perfect Word verse by verse with clarity and conviction. He likes to read biographies and historical fiction as well as root for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pastor Steve Rhodes
SteveRhodes@firstpresaurora.org

Pastor Steve oversees the Enjoy and Embrace ministry areas along with the Deacon ministry. Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of Wayside Cross Ministries and serves as the Treasurer of the Board and a member of the Finance Committee. Steve is a native of western Pennsylvania and came late in life to the pastoral ministry having served in the Air Force, as an analyst at the Pentagon, and owning a business.
He served as ruling elder in Presbyterian churches for 10 years prior to becoming a pastor. He earned his undergraduate degree (B.A.) in Economics and Political Science from Geneva College.
He has graduate degrees from California State University (M.A.); Westminster Theological Seminary (M.A.R); and North American Baptist Seminary (M. Div.).
Steve and his wife Margaret have three teenage children – Rachel, Julia, and Seth.

Sue Hartman
SueHartman@firstpresaurora.org
Family Ministries Director

Sue oversees the church programs for children birth through 5th grade, and helps to organize events that include the whole family. She has a passion for teaching God’s Word, to children or adults. She has a degree in Christian Education from Wheaton College, and received an M.A. from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2006. Sue is married to Tom, and they have three grown children and two grandchildren, so far. Sue’s prayer is that every child who encounters First Pres will also encounter the love of Jesus for themselves.

Kathy Abuhl (pronounced Abel)
KathyAbuhl@firstpresaurora.org
Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

Kathy has been a member of the office staff for several years. She wears many hats: answering phones, typing and printing the bulletins, prayer and Birthday postcards, fixing jams in the various machines, wedding consultant, and willing to help behind the scene where needed. She will greet you with a smile and make you feel welcome when you visit or call the church office. Kathy and Jim have been married for 40 years; has four children, four granddaughters, and two dogs. Kathy and her family live in Oswego, and have worshipped at FPC since 1991.

Tim Gregson
TimGregson@firstpresaurora.org
Director of Worship and Music

Tim Gregson is the Director of Worship and Music at First Presbyterian Church. He has a Masters of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s School of Church Music and Worship in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Bachelor of Music from Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. A classically trained singer, he has performed as tenor soloist in numerous productions of large works, among them Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, and J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Mass in B minor.
His first love is for Jesus Christ and His Church, and longs to revive the long church worship tradition of truly great music springing out of a love for the Lord.
Tim’s philosophy of worship and music ministry is as follows: To serve the Church of God in meekness and humility, to the best of my ability through the use, teaching, and perpetuating of great church music, while constantly continuing to improve both my and the congregation’s talents for the glorification of God alone, that the congregation may be enriched, edified, and enabled to worship Him “in Spirit and in Truth,” and to present themselves as “spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.”

Mary Lynn Cerutti
MaryLynnCerutti@firstpresaurora.org
Financial Administrator

Mary Lynn Cerutti has been the Financial Administrator at First Presbyterian Church Aurora since September, 2001. She handles the contributions, accounts payable and payroll checks, and tries to keep all staff within budget. She has been an active member in many areas of the church for over 40 years. She is widowed with two grown daughters.