MORNING STAR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"Charting a course for new life in Jesus Christ"

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STAFF
 
 

 Pastor:

 

Rev. Dr. Myrlene Hamilton Hess  -- Revmhamil@aol.com 
 Myrlene Hamilton grew up in South Dakota, and has a B.S. degree in Secondary Education from Northern State University in Aberdeen.    She also has M. Div. and  D. Min. degrees from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California.  Her passion in ministry is helping people find their special gifts for ministry and putting them to work in places that are fulfilling and that help the church grow.   When time permits, she enjoys leading retreats and speaking at seminars.  She has served churches in California, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska before moving to New Jersey.  When she is not teaching or preaching or leading groups at Morning Star, she  enjoys writing, spending time outdoors and playing with their Labrador Retrievers.  She is the author of Being the Body of Christ, Turning Points, and All I Need to Know About Ministry I Learned from Fly Fishing.

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Founding Co-Pastor:

Click here for memorial information about Rev. Dr. Ed Hamilton

 

Music Ministry:
 
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Tom McGowan  
Tom has been a member of the  Morning Star Music Ministry Team since July 1994. He was performing with a musical group at the Ocean County fair when his wife came across the  Morning Star booth advertising for an accompanist. Tom auditioned that following Sunday and the rest is history. Tom grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey and moved to Ocean County in 1982. He's employed as a full time electronics engineer but his real love is music.  Tom has been a musician for over twenty-five  years.  Together with  Julie Lawrence, he has composed  two original songs.  The sheet music is Copyright  Pending and will be available soon.
 
   

Secretary:

 

Candy Peterson - Our secretary, Candy Peterson, loves her job as secretary and wants very much to use it to serve God and her Morning Star family. Candy is a Certified Spiritual Director who leads our ministry of spiritual direction. She also leads Morning Star's annual retreat. When she is not working, she enjoys the outdoors and especially taking long walks with her husband, Bob, and their two beautiful Labrador retrievers, Cocoa and Ebony.