Allegheny United Church of Christ

Pastor's Page

Hello and thank you for checking out our website!

I attended Lancaster Theological Seminary and graduated with my M. Div. in May of 2009. I started residency training to be a chaplain that August at Lancaster General Health, which consisted of one year of studying CPE, clinical pastoral education.

During seminary I met and married my wife, the Rev. Dr. Kimberly R. Stryjak and we are blessed to have three children, two dogs and a cat. Currently, my hobbies are limited as my wife and I are attending practices for various sports such as soccer, swimming, gymnastics and soon, softball for our 5-year-old and football for our 9-year-old! That keeps us busy, but we all enjoy watching football, hiking and any outdoor activities.

Currently, I am employed at Tower Health at Home as a bereavement and volunteer coordinator. I had recently worked as a chaplain at Reading Hospital for over two years, pastored a church in Spring City for close to five years and a church in Illinois when I was ordained back in 2014, for three years. With the different ways my call has led me, my wife and I both learned that God’s calling can make most planning obsolete!

Overall, I personally enjoy leading service and that is why I am here on Sunday mornings to share God’s word in this time, and in this space, for all people to journey through life, learning and growing as disciples of our Lord and Savior.

Sincerely,
Rev. Mark Stryjak