Stephen Ministry Logo

The Stephen Ministry logo consists of a cross and a circle, a broken person, and a whole person.

The logo was designed to show that the path from brokenness to greater wholeness is through Jesus Christ and the ministry of Christ’s people, including the ministry of Stephen Ministers.

Stephen Leaders

Rev. Dorothy Gerken received her B.A. degree at Queens College, NYC and her Master's in Divinity at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, NJ.  She was ordained as minister by the Presbyterian Church USA. and served as pastor of North Presbyterian Church of Flushing, NY.

She moved to Ocean City when she married Dr. Homer Gerken. Dorothy is a leader in the Stephen Ministries program at St. Peter's U.M.C. as well as active in Wesley Friends at The Shores and in the Pastoral Care department at Shore Memorial Hospital.

Carol was born and raised in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, graduated from the University of Delaware with a BS in Home Economics and worked for Philadelphia Electric on a weekly TV show demonstrating food preparation, along with nutrition.

She married her husband Jay and have three children, as they became older Carol began part time work helping others with weight management, nutrition, and the big word EXERCISE, which she still does today.

Joan Robertson is a member of our sister church Macedonia in Ocean City where she is very active in their programs and serving on many committees. Joan has also helped with programs at St. Peters besides the Stephen Ministry.

Joan worked and retired from the State of New Jersey as a manager in the field of Mental Disabilities. She is married and has three children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Joan always says " I have been blessed by God to be a blessing in the service of God. Here I am Lord send me."