Reverend Dave Piltz, a licensed Pastor of the United Methodist Church, commonly referred to by everyone as just Piltz has 25 years of experience of being a youth leader/director. He has 10 years of mission trip experience both domestically & internationally and has been serving as the lead Pastor to local United Methodist Churches since 2016 and was Campus Clergy/Minister at Drexel University 2015-2021. He also was the EPA Conference Youth and Young Adult Coordinator since 2014-2021. In addition Piltz has created and facilitated Adult Sunday School classes on Biblical Negotiation, taught youth Sunday school, created and facilitated training for youth leaders and Sunday school teachers, created and facilitated church staff training on personality styles, conflict management, emotional intelligence, interactive bible studies and strategic planning and has provided coaching to lead pastors on organizational development issues. Piltz is often a presenter at Tools for Ministry and Laity Academy.

In his non-church work, he is a specialist in instructional design, organization design and in developing interactive learning tools, simulations, training games, and unique facilitation tools and methods. Currently, he is a Marriage and Family therapist and owns M.E. Matters, LLC.

Piltz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, a Master’s Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and an advanced certificate in family therapy. He has completed the Eastern PA United Methodist Church Licensing School. In addition, Dave holds certification in game design, is a master practitioner of the MBTI®, and trained in Neurofeedback. He has authored numerous articles on learning, training, game design and co-authored A Guide to Success for Technical Managers: Supervising in Research, Development, and Engineering published by John Wiley. Piltz graduated with an MDIV in May 2024 and was commissioned in June 2024.

Pastor Fay P. Warner is a native of Norfolk, Virginia, who currently resides in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. She has one adult child, Tania Warner.  She is a graduate of Millersville State University, earning a B.S. in Elementary Education. She also has a Master’s Equivalency (via graduate course work at Temple University, St. Joe’s University and the University of Pennsylvania) and a Master of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary. Pastor Fay is a retired teacher, having taught more than 25 years in the Philadelphia School District. She is also a teaching consultant with the national organization, Philadelphia Writing Project.

Pastor Fay is an author, a poet and spoken word artist. She has authored 5 books of poetry and a children’s story. She has 2 CDs of poetry.  Her latest book & CD, The Word…Straight, No Chaser is now available.  She has been published in several neighborhood newspapers and Christian newsletters.  She was the Tribune’s Poet of the Month in 1995.  Pastor Fay has shared her poetry throughout the city of Philadelphia, several states and Egypt.  She produced and hosted a monthly radio talk show (Pan African Dialogue) for approximately 10 years on WDAS 1480 AM.

Pastor Fay has been a Christ Servant Pastor at Grace United Methodist Church since 2008.  At Grace, she has preached during midweek Gospel services and several Sunday morning worship services also.  Pastor Fay has preached a sermon as the Women’s Day speaker for Grace.   She has also preached at Germantown Church of the Brethren, Jenkintown United Methodist Church, Green Lane United Methodist Church, Jesus is the Way Church and Loyal Baptist Church.  She has taught the adult class for Grace’s Vacation Bible School, and is currently its director.  She facilitates a women’s ministry (Women of Purpose) that empowers, encourages, supports and celebrates women to use their gifts in their homes, church and community. She also teaches Sunday School to teenagers.  She has been appointed as an associate pastor at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Warminster.  This assignment begins in July.

Pastor Fay was one of the presenters for Celebrating Our Cultures at Christmas, that was sponsored by the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Commission on Religion and Race.  She participates regularly at the Conference-wide Weekly Prayer Meetings and has also led several of the meetings.  Pastor Fay was a presenter at Beit Sankofa Ministries Virtual Conference.  She pastors via her spoken word for various church events.

Pastor Fay has facilitated poetry and writing workshops.  She has hosted open mics at several venues.  She was hosting an open mic at the West Oak Lane Library until the pandemic struck, closing all libraries.  She has facilitated numerous writing workshops.  She facilitated a powerful writing workshop with her students and their parents when she taught at General George G. Meade Elementary School.

Pastor Fay is a social and community activist.  She works tirelessly and passionately to address the needs of her community.  She works with several neighborhood organizations: Color of Change, Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks and Power Interfaith. Recently, she was honored with the Shirley Chisholm Civic Leadership Award (by Color of Change) and the Phenomenal Women Award by State Representative Chris Rabb’s office. Pastor Fay identifies as a servant of Christ, always aiming to do the work of God.  She understands that all she does is to the glory of God!

Pastor Fay is often perceived as the Poet of Fire because of her vividly bold and electrifying language. She uses her gift of poetry and spoken word to encourage, comfort and address many of the social issues in today’s world, but more importantly – her words often express her love and passion for Christ. 

Cima is a transplant from the west coast and earned her B.A. in comparative literature from the university of California, Irvine. In her free time she likes reading, spending time outside in nature, and traveling. And she also enjoys spending a lot of time with her family and friends.

Gary has been playing music since childhood, playing in many high school bands. He has been playing at St. Andrews since 2011. He has been the Contemporary Music Director since September 2015

Gary is self-taught on the Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Violin, and some Piano.

Gary graduated with a B.S in Electrical Engineering from Spring Garden College, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

Samuel loves all types of music, from choral singing and classical opera, to bluegrass and pop. He received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in English Literature and Music from Wabash College, and his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College. Samuel has performed with many choirs across the world. He toured with the Wabash College Glee Club internationally to Taiwan and organized and managed the renowned Choral Institute at Oxford, a summer program at the University of Oxford for inspiring conductors to work with leading figures in the choral world. He has performed with The Same Stream Choir, whose recordings can be found on all major music services, and at the Weiwuying National Center for the Arts as part of the opera chorus for Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Most recently, Samuel conducted Morten Lauridsen’s “Mid-Winter Songs” in concert at Washington DC.

As someone who was entirely self-taught and unable to read music before attending college, Samuel hopes to foster a welcoming musical environment at St. Andrew’s where anyone at any level of their musical journey can feel safe and excited to share their talents. Samuel truly believes that all humans have the innate ability to sing and encourages anyone who wants to explore their musicality to come to a Chancel Choir rehearsal or to reach out to him.

I began the study of the Organ at the age of 12 with Ida Benton Leirer at Frankford Memorial United Methodist Church.

I won a full paid Philadelphia Board of Education Scholarship and chose to attend The Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, now The University of The Arts, where I received my Bachelor of Music Degree. I studied organ with Robert Elmore, Robert Knox Chapman and Frederick Roye.

My first job, while a student, was at The Jenkintown United Methodist Church where I assisted Dr. Lois Hedner at the Organ and with the Choirs.

When I moved to Cumberland Maryland I became the Organist/Choir Master at the Historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church. While in Maryland I was elected to “Who’s Who Among Outstanding Young Women in America”.

Upon moving back to the Philadelphia area I served as Organist/Director of a graded Choir Program, singing and Hand Bells, at Jenkintown United Methodist Church, Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, Langhorne United Methodist Church and Woodside Presbyterian Church.

For the past eighteen years (as of March 1, 2022) I have been the Organist at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Warminster and I am the Organist for the Chapel of The Four Chaplains, where I received The Legion Of Honor Award.

I am honored to have been a member of the Board of The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

I have been the Accompanist for the Oliver Heckman Elementary School Chorus in Langhorne for 20 years and have maintained a Piano/Organ Studio since being a freshman in College.

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.