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Meet the Staff
Rev. Adam Blagg
Senior Pastor
oumcpastor@hotmail.com
(540) 434-7747 ext. 201
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Adam has served as the Senior Pastor at Otterbein UMC since 2014, coming to the church after having served for seven years at Glossbrenner UMC in Churchville. Adam and his family have made their home in Harrisonburg for the past 20+ years and all four of their children attended school in the city. Adam is graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College and earned his Masters of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He volunteers as a Chaplain at Sentara RHM, serves on the CPE Professional Advisory Group, and is the Co-Chair of Valley Interfaith Action. Adam enjoys reading, running, and spending time with his family.
Melissa Miller
Office Manager
oumcadm@hotmail.com
(540) 434-7747 ext. 200
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Melissa has been the Office Manager at Otterbein UMC since May 2010. She is a graduate of Bridgewater College and is an active member of Mt. Horeb UMC. In her free time, Melissa enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, building Lego sets, and working on craft projects.
Gary Edlind
Director of Vistation
“Visiting church members is a great job! I get to meet some of the sweetest people in the world!” As Director of Visitation, I visit church members in hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities and some in their family homes. I always ask them how they are doing and pray for their health problems. I’ll read them a scripture and maybe sing a song and find how their family is doing. The goal is to tell them they are missed and prayed for and keep them plugged into the church.
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My career was 27 years as a mechanical engineer for the US Navy in Washington DC. When I retired, my wife and I moved to Harrisonburg to be where the grandkids were. There was a need for a visitation chaplain, and I wanted to be used of the Lord. I learned to be cheerful and encouraging to these sweet saints.
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There’s room for volunteers to visit home-members and enjoy this ministry. Contact me to visit someone periodically because the more-the-merrier!