Faces of Faith: Rose Weinheimer

Welcome to our weekly summer series, Faces of Faith, where we spotlight SMPC members and friends and learn about how their faith and involvement in the church have impacted their lives. Enjoy getting to know SMPC member Rose Weinheimer and her sweet family!

Name: Rose Weinheimer

Spouse: Kurt

Family: Our daughters, Jenny Gates, and her husband, Louis; Lisa Kuszmar and her husband, Ed; and Kristen Angerer and her husband, Marc; and our grandchildren, Hunter, Parker, Katherine, Courtney, Hannah and Caroline.

Years at SMPC: Nearly 8 years! We joined in July 2017.

What are some ways you’ve found connections at SMPC?  Kurt and I have always sung in choirs: high school, college and church.  Our first church choir was Tower Hill Church in Red Bank, New Jersey, when our girls attended their nursery school, Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.  Now we sing in the Chancel Choir with Director of Music and Organist Zach Bowyer.  Zach has created a culture in the choir where we not only practice on Wednesday night and sing on Sunday morning, but we connect through prayer and fellowship each week and sometimes through social events during the year.   This year’s Festival of Carols was especially meaningful because I had my daughters, Lisa Kuszmar and Kristen Angerer, on each side of me lifting our voices to the glory of God.  My heart is full when the youth choirs are singing because I can see my granddaughters, Katherine, Courtney, Hannah and Caroline.

How has being involved at SMPC helped you grow your faith?  As an English major in college and an English teacher for twenty years, words have always been important to me.  So prayers and hymns speak to me and help me speak to God.  “Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me.” Each stanza has meaning and helps me grow in my faith.  Standing in the choir loft at the end of each service with Zach at the organ, I often tear up looking at the faces of the congregation because “Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.”