Staff & Leadership

Rev. Pamela Meilands
Pastor

Rev. Pamela Meilands has been an ordained PC(USA) pastor for ten years, serving churches in Michigan and PA. She received her Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2014 and is also a graduate of the music department at The College of New Jersey. She has completed training focused on innovation and the church, has completed the first segment of transitional ministry training, and is currently studying to earn an M.B.A. When not working or studying, Pastor Pam can be found playing Dungeons and Dragons, knitting, or in the pottery studio working with clay.

Dillon Naylor
Church Administrator

Dillon has worked in the FPC office since 2019 and is a graduate of the University of Delaware. She and her husband operate Old Tioga Farm near Stillwater and have three children.

Katherine Polhill
Director of Music

Kate has been a member of First Presbyterian since 2007. She became a member of the Sanctuary Choir even before she joined the church and became a member of the Handbell Choir in 2012. Kate began working as Music Director in 2021, several months before completing her music degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives in Bloomsburg with her husband, John. 

Josh Gates
Church Accompanist

Monica Fields
Housekeeper

Monica has been a member of FPC since 2005 and has been Housekeeper since 2021. She lives in Bloomsburg with her husband, son, and daughter.

Steve Trevino
Sexton