Pastor Cheryl is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church and has been serving St. Paul's since July 1, 2006.

Pastor Cheryl grew up in Springfield, Illinois, but has spent most of her adult life in California. She is the mother of two adult sons and grandmother of five boys and one girl. Her son Sean is a Lutheran pastor in San Diego, California, where he lives with his wife Jenny and sons Lance, Kyle, Andrew, and Jack. Joel is the executive officer and administrator of Red Hill Lutheran Church in Tustin, California, where he lives with his wife Heather and children Joseph and Hannah.

Pastor Cheryl has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Cal State Fullerton, a Master of Science in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine, and a Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology. While math and computers have been her intellectual emphasis, church and family have always been the focus of her life. In 2002 she was called by God to make a major life change and pursue a life of ministry as an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. After graduation from Claremont School of Theology in May 2006, Pastor Cheryl was commissioned as a probationary elder in the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church.  Her dreams were fully realized when she was ordained as a full elder at the Cal-Pac Annual Conference in Redlands, California, on June 20, 2009.  Pastor Cheryl longs to bring God's presence into the community by inspiring people to BE the presence of God.

Richard is a native of Huntington, West Virginia, and a professional musician who has been playing the piano since the age of three.  He began his experience in public performance at the age of 4 within his large family church and presented his first public concert at the age of 6.  In his early youth he played for multiple choral workshops and even his intended high-school chorus. During this time Richard also studied organ and was privileged to the tutelage of respected members of the American Guild of Organists, of which Richard is a proud member. At age 16 Richard was appointed to his first choir directorship giving him 27 years of church music leadership experience. Once moving to California he traveled for Nordstrom Department Stores playing holiday music in several of their larger locations. He has performed at other events such as bridal fashion shows and clothing line premieres.  Richard has performed at special events such as the American Gospel Music Convention and at "Fanfest"(a pre-event to the American Country Music Awards featuring performances by the industry's top performers).  Richard has also enjoyed nearly 10 years of musical instrument retail and management experience. Richard and his partner are very exited about their future here at St. Paul's.  The congregation is even more excited about them!

 

His vision for our Church is "seeing it as not only a well-known spiritual center and strong hold in the South Bay, but also as a well-known and respected music center.  Whether a person who has never sung one note in a choir or played one note on an instrument or a top musician in Southern California...St. Paul's needs to be the place for you to be!" 

Sharon has been a member of St. Paul's for 28 years and has served in every capacity on each committee, other than Trustees.  Sharon was the Lay Leader for a period of 17 years and thoroughly enjoyed it.  She's served as chair of Ad Council for 4 years, and is still serving in that capacity. She is also head of Outreach at this time.  For 14 years she was the Director of AIDS Heartline, which she says was a wonderful ministry. She was also instrumental with the start up of Project:  Needs and in which she served for 5 years.   She was part of the Conference AIDS Committee and worked with the District as well educating churches about AIDS.  Sharon's worked with our conference in several capacities including the Vision 2000 to take a look at what the future is for our churches. 

Sharon is a  widow with 3 grown children and 3 grown granddaughters.  She works part-time as a consultant for a non-profit foundation and stays busy as well with church activities and other obligations.

Rhonda Yeager-Hutchinson came to St. Paul’s in May of 1996. She immediately fell in love with the surroundings and spirituality of the church and became a member that following June. She was born into and baptized within the First United Methodist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her father, Franklin William Yeager, M.D., was a long-standing member and on the board of Trustees for many years.

Along with having a very handsome family (husband and three fine young men) she hopes to follow in her father’s footsteps and be the best Lay Leader and church member she can possibly be.

“I want to make my father proud. I want this journey to never end.”

Ruth was born on an Iowa farm. She attended country school, the town high school, Iowa State College, L.A. State and Morningside.  She taught Home Economics, assorted junior high school classes, counseled and disciplined for 32 years. She now resides in Torrance.

Ruth has a daugther, Terri, and a grandson, Tim..  Her dedication to St. Paul's is demonstrated through having served on every committee of St. Paul's (member and chairperson). She took over as Treasurer in 1990.

"My faith and soul survives from the nourishing I receive from this congregation." 

I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and moved to California in the early 60's, so I'm pretty much a "California Girl." My parents both came from Italy so I've been emersed in the Italian culture and California life. What a great combination. Raised in the Catholic church,  I attended St. Anthony's grammar school in Gardena and Bishop Montgomery in Torrance. Except for a two-year stint in Florence, Italy, I've lived in Gardena for most of my life.

I found St. Paul's through dear friends Jerry and Jerry, longtime member of St. Paul's. I immediately felt a sense of family and fellowship. It may be a small church but it has a big heart and people who respect and care for each other. I've often described it as a small country-type church in a big city. As a member of St. Paul's one can get involved and make a difference in their church and community. 

As a member of St. Paul's her entire life, Penny is the natural choice to lead our festivities to celebrate 75 years of ministry in north Redondo.  "Homecoming Weekend" will be celebrated May 15 and 16, 2010!