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Rev. Richard Osberg - Senior Pastor
Rev. Lewis Bennett - Associate Pastor
Jennifer Runyan - Secretary
Bob & Linda Fenchak - Custodians
Joel Lewis - Support Staff

Rev. Richard Osberg - Senior Pastor
Pastor Rick recieved undergraduate and masters degrees from Huntington University.  He has served as Pastor in the Evangelical Congregational Church since 1980 and Pastored at Grace since 1992.


Rev. Lewis Bennett - Associate Pastor
Pastor Lewie was born and raised in Zion, Illinois.  He is the 3rd of 4 children, and is also an identical twin.  He originally started college at Northern Illinois University with a major in printing.  On the advice of his pastor, he transferred to Fort Wayne Bible College where he majored in Christian Education.  Upon graduation in 1984 he accepted the position of Youth Pastor at Kalaheo MIssionary Church where he served for a brief time before returning to Fort Wayne Bible College as an Admissions Counselor. In 1990 he married and accepted the position of Associate Pastor here at Grace.

He is the father of three adult daughters and still enjoys playing with kids ,hanging out with the youth, singing with the choir and running with the other old guys at basketball.

Jennifer Runyan - Church Secretary
Jennifer Runyan is a PK (preacher’s kids) and coal miner’s daughter from the Appalachian Mountains of  southern West Virginia.  Being raised in the parsonage, she had a bird’s eye view of the interworking of congregational care and church administration.  She often says that her whole life has prepared her for the position of church secretary.
 
She met her husband, Don,  at her father’s church in eastern North Carolina, while he was serving in the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg.  Being married to a soldier,  she’s learned how to be an independent wife and mother of the 3 children God chose to put in their care.  Often times left to tend the household alone while her husband was serving our country, Jennifer learned how to rely on God to help her with tasks and emergencies of which she had no training or experience.  She is grateful for the Holy Spirit and his willingness to work in and through us as we learn to trust Him. 
 
As a PK and military wife, moving was a way of life for Jennifer and through that she learned flexibility and how to trust God to work out the details of the unknown path, for there were many.  She was unable to finish college due to financial restraints, and yet, the Lord has made a way for her in every area of her life to be successful in  learning new aspects of administration of which she has no formal education.  God is good and will equip those he calls to accomplish the works of righteousness he has prepared for them in advance.  
  
Her future goals include one day returning to the south and no longer having to deal with the snow, except in pictures and memories.  She is excited about the possibility of a wardrobe of no winter coats, but mostly tank tops, sandals and shorts.   She hopes to one day have to invest in sunscreen stock. 
 
She has served the Grace EC Congregation since October 1, 2004.

 

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Grace Evangelical Congregational Church 
2561 Grace Church Road| Knox, PA 16232

814-797-5068 | graceoffice@windstream.net
Senior Pastor - Rev. Richard Osberg 
​Associate Pastor - Rev. Lewis Bennett

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