Staff
Adam
Hamilton
Senior Pastor
Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. He grew up in the Kansas City area, earned a B.A. degree in Pastoral Ministry from Oral Roberts and a Master of Divinity Degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was awarded the B’nai B’rith Award in Social Ethics.
Executive Team
Location Pastors
Robert Johnson
Leawood Location Pastor
Bill Gepford
West Location Pastor
Anne Williams
Downtown Location Pastor
Penny Ellwood
Blue Springs Location Pastor
Joshua Clough
Overland Park Location Pastor
Wendy Lyons Chrostek
Brookside Location Pastor
Connection & Care Pastors
Hyemi Lee Jones
Director of Connection & Care
Ally Drummond
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Blake Thomas
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Darryl Burton
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Dennis Apple
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Lydia Kim
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Valerie Nagel
Leawood Connection &
Care Pastor
Chris Holliday
West Connection &
Care Pastor
Nick Kaufmann Mamisahvili
Downtown Connection &
Care Pastor
Jess Lovell
Overland Park Connection &
Care Pastor
Care & Mental Wellness Pastors
Anne Gatobu
Executive Director of
Care & Mental Wellness
Claire Clough
Care Central Lead Director
Ashley Morgan Kirk
Online Connection &
Care Pastor
Emily Stirewalt
Silver Link Pastor
Steve Langhofer
Pathway to Ministry Mentor (Retired Pastor)
Tom Langhofer
Recovery Ministries Pastor
Location Staff
Amy
Facemire
Churchwide
Executive Assistant to Business Operations & Senior Executive Director
