Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Welcomes Two Associate Pastors

BRYN MAWR ‑ Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church is pleased to announce that the Rev. Mary Steege and the Rev. Frank Pottorff have been called to join the pastoral staff at the church.

Steege is associate pastor for Pastoral Care and Senior Adults, and Pottorff is associate pastor for Congregational Life and Stewardship, a newly-created position at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian.

As a Presbyterian minister and licensed family therapist, Steege has served three churches, been a hospice and hospital chaplain, and has an extensive background in providing direct counseling care and coordinating ministries of care. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., a master of divinity degree from Duke University in Durham, N.C., and a Marriage and Family Therapy Certificate from the Family Therapy Training Institute in Milwaukee, Wis.

Steege has lived in Racine, Wis., for the past 25 years and has enjoyed a thriving counseling practice at The Therapy House since 2006. In addition, she served in pastoral roles at churches in North Carolina and Wisconsin from 1987 to 2007.

In his pastoral role at BMPC, Pottorff will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of congregational life and stewardship initiatives at the church.

He served as a pastoral intern at Lloyd Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., before becoming pastor/head of staff at First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Sterling, Ky. In addition, Pottorff has served in variety of leadership positions with the Presbytery of Transylvania in Lexington, Ky., during the past five years.

Pottorff holds a bachelor of arts degree in religious studies and editorial journalism from Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., and a master’s of divinity degree from Wake Forest University, School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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About Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church:

Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (BMPC), located at 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pa., was founded in 1873, and today serves as a Christian community of more than 2,500 members. Known for being inclusive in welcome, creative in nurture, faithful in service and traditional in worship, the church provides opportunities to gather for worship, spiritual enrichment and reaching out in service to the community and the world.

For more information about Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, call 610-525-2821 or visit www.bmpc.org.