OUR LEADERSHIP

Rev. ANNA C. GHEEN

PASTOR

anna@wpcrichmond.org

Rev. Anna C. Gheen is an ordained minister in the PC(USA). She has earned multiple degrees and served in various rolls in business and government. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Theology from NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community.

Rev. Gheen is deeply passionate about mission and outreach, particularly among those who find themselves on society’s margins, and is strongly committed to ecumenical and interfaith ministry.

In her spare time Pastor Anna enjoys a variety of outdoor activities including hiking and horseback riding, artistic pursuits (painting and stone carving), and any hobby that involves hitting things – namely, karate and blacksmithing. She shares her home with three cats: Greta, Crackle Cat, and Baby Eli (her Purrstoral Care Associate).

Jennifer MORGAN

WORSHIP ARTS DIRECTOR

morgan.l.jennifer@gmail.com


Jennifer’s passion is creating worship experiences and leading worship. On any given Sunday, she may be found directing tech teams, singing in the band, and/or prepping leaders for worship. A lifelong educator, Jennifer envisions, plans, and implements the spiritual formation of our congregation. When she is not at WPC, Jennifer teaches 6th grade at The New Community School in Richmond or is hanging out in her garden reading a book.

Kenna Payne

ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER

‍Kenna Payne has been the Organist and Choir Director at Westminster Presbyterian Church since November 2011.Raised on a dairy farm in upstate New York, music was a significant part of her family’s life in school and church. She learned to play the pipe organ while still in high school, filling the need in her home church’s music program. She continued to play regularly throughout college. When she moved to Richmond for work, she joined Westminster and its choir program, and she was a substitute organist for many churches around the city. She stepped into the Westminster position when the previous organist suffered a career-changing injury. She is a retired Accountant and General Finance Officer and is active in the Richmond Symphony Chorus(alto), the Richmond Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (Treasurer), and on the Board of The Belvedere Series (Treasurer), a chamber music series. She and her husband John live in the City.

SHERRY MACLAUGHLIN

OFFICE MANAGER

‍Sherry MacLaughlin grew up in Norfolk and came to Richmond to attend VCU. After a short stint in Baltimore, she returned to Richmond where she met her husband in a clay class at the Hand Workshop (now called the Visual Arts Center). They married in 2009 and live in Henrico.