First Church in Albany

Staff Biographies

The Rev. John D. Paarlberg, Senior Minister

John D. Paarlberg was born in Chicago and grew up in South Holland, IL.  He is a is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.

He has served Reformed Church congregations in Holland, Michigan, 1976-1982, and North Syracuse, NY, 1982-1989.  From 1989-2003 he served as the Minister for Social Witness and Worship for the Reformed Church in America.  He and his wife, Marilyn, have three grown children, Rachel, Katherine, and David.


The Rev. John Bowen, Minister of Congregational Care

Mary E. Bon, Minister of Music

The Rev. Barbara Morgan, Community Outreach Worker

Eileen Strawbridge, Church Administrator

Denise Lobdell, Church Coordinator/Receptionist

Larry Underdue, Church Sexton

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