Pastoral StaffPastor Ben - Intern Pastor
Ben Park grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended MacGyver's alma mater, Roseville Area High School. From there he made the big move east to Pennsylvania, attending Swarthmore College from 1998 - 2002 (famous alum...uh...Michael Dukakis?). There he majored in Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, and participated in his school's Christian fellowship, Asian association, college radio station, and pretty much every intramural sport available. Upon graduation, Ben was set on becoming a high school teacher, but soon found himself called to seminary and the ministry. He applied to Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey, where he attended from 2003 - 2006. During that time he was junior and senior high pastor at Praise Presbyterian Church (KC). Ben is now a National Korean Presbyterian Council (NKPC) Intern Pastor at Praise Presbyterian Church (EC).
Pastor Eunice - Children's Ministry Pastor
Eunice Park was born in Inchon, Korea and raised in Flushing, New York. She graduated with a BA in political science and communications from Queens College and a Master of Arts from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her love for children led her to pursue an alternative route to becoming an elementary school teacher through Princeton University - Teacher's Preparation Program . Eunice has taught for 6 years as an elementary teacher. She is certified as a New York City, New York State and a New Jersey teacher. She has been serving as a Children's Pastor since 1998 and currently serves as the children's ministry director. She enjoys spending time with her husband Junghoon and daughter Katie, (expecting baby #2 in May '07), cooking, baking, traveling (historical sites) and reading children's literature.
Pastor SueJeanne - Field Education Intern, Princeton Theological Seminary
SueJeanne grew up and went to school in the Philadelphia area. After college, she moved to Boston where she worked for a number of nonprofits, mostly as a grant writer and editor. Currently, she is an M.Div. student at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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The Session
Hyung Jin Kim
Also known as HJ, has been attending PPC since he graduated from Rutgers University in 1993. HJ worked as an IT consultant for several years before starting his own printing business. Apart from his work and church activities, HJ routinely enjoys electronic gadgets, morning coffee, fried food, Snapple Iced Tea, ESPN Sports Center, strawberry ice cream, watching American Idol, 24, and Lost on his big screen TV, Chris Tomlin and U2 CD’s, 880AM radio, and his wife’s chocolate chip cookies. HJ and his wife, Sunhae, have 2 boys, Matthew and Justin.
Edwin Choi
Edwin has been serving PPC since 1993 and currently oversees the Technology and Stewardship teams and co-leads a Fellowship Group. He currently works for a software company and graduated from RU in 1996. He enjoys the simple things in life such as good coffee/espresso, going out to restaurants, watching / playing sports and hanging out with his two favorite girls, his wife, Jess, and his baby girl, Anna.
David Lee
David has been attending PPC since 1996 and received a BS in Pharmacy from Rutgers University in 1997. Currently, David is a Regional Pharmacy Administrator for Wakefern Food Corporation. In his spare time, he enjoys sports, photography / videography, movies, music, and home improvement. David and his beautiful wife, Julie, have been happily married since 2001 and have been extremely blessed by the recent birth of their twins, Samuel and Jocelyn, this past May.
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