Meet Our Staff

Pastor Detweiler was born and grew up in Bucks County, PA where his first job was working on his uncle’s dairy farm. After high school, he attended Thiel College (B.A.), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (M. Div.), and Princeton Theological Seminary (D. Min.). He has served pastorates in New York City(Queens and Manhattan), Connecticut, Baltimore, Wisconsin, and Norristown, Reading, York, Camp Hill, Perkasie, Harleysville, and Philadelphia in PA. He has served both small and very large congregations and been an intentional interim pastor for most of the last 20 years. He served UDLC as the Interim Associate in 2011-12.

A pianist and organist, he is a devotee of Bach and Mendelssohn. An avid runner and cyclist, he ran both the New York City and Boston Marathons the year he turned 50. He and his wife, Debra, have four grown children and seven grandchildren and reside outside Norristown, PA.

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Our music director, Carol Evans, has served as Assistant Professor of Music at Gwynedd Mercy University and Choral Director of the Voices of Gwynedd for the past 25 years. Under Carol’s direction the Voices of Gwynedd (VOG) has become the unofficial national and international ambassador for Gwynedd Mercy University. Professor Evans manages to assemble a group of ninety to one hundred singers each year to train them to a level of accomplishment that is truly remarkable evoking invitations for the VOG to participate in high profile performances with international recording artists, professional sports organizations, pop and classical artists. These performances include: Barry Manilow, Linda Eder, Judy Collins, multiple national anthem performances for the Philadelphia Phillies, Eagles and Flyers, the North Penn Symphony Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and the Verdi Requiem, and with John Rutter conducting the magnificent Requiem by Mozart on the stage of Carnegie Hall. In addition, Ms. Evans has led performance tours nationally and throughout the world. Ms. Evans earned a Masters of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Temple University, and a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. Dedicated to education, Gwynedd Mercy University recently awarded Ms. Evans the Mary F. & Christian R. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Gwynedd Mercy University Outstanding Professor of the Year Award. She is married to professional flutist and composer, Leslie Burrs, and they are extremely proud of their daughter, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, an award winning mezzo soprano.

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For the Spirit has been leading worship at UDLC for over 25 years. They play at the 8:30 service. The members are (left to right): Perry Wolfe, Doug Evans, and Gary Sprague

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Dottie has served on staff as Director of Adult Education and Small Group Ministry since 2006. Her educational background includes Master degrees in the Humanities, Psychology and American History. This education was applied for 35 years in the public school system while teaching in the high school classroom and then as an Administrator. As a woman of faith she strongly believes in the need for us to be connected to God and to one another.

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Tadashi (Tad, aka Lily’s Dad) Matsuura holds a B.A. in Music Industry and performance in Trombone from Syracuse University (2003). He has been a member of UDLC since October, 2012. At UDLC, Tad is on the Tech Team and has participated on the Property Committee. Outside of UDLC Tad has worked with such groups as Philadelphia Orchestra, Phily Pops, Chris and David Brubeck, and George Crumb creating numerous recordings. Amongst the numerous recordings he has done, two have received Grammy Nominations. He has also done digitization of analog materials from institutions such as the Library of Congress, Archives of Canada, Leonard Feather collection, Temple University, and Curtis Institute of Music. He and his wife Jennifer have two children and two cats.

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