Pastor Bill is the Lead Pastor at Aley Church.  He is married to his wife Sharon who works in IT at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio.  They currently have two fur babies, Gabby and Ace!  Pastor Bill earned his bachelor degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and is a retired middle school and high school social studies teacher.  He obtained his Masters of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio and is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church.  Prior to coming to Aley, Pastor Bill has served multiple churches in Shelby County, Ohio.  For fun, he enjoys spending time with family, cooking, playing golf, and anything football.


To view Pastor Bill's daily devotional postings and weekly video postings, click here.


While Pastor Bill's schedule varies some weeks, in general his days off are Friday & Saturday.



Aley Staff


  • Pastor Abby Lightle - Pastor of outreach & 

    family life

    Pastor Abby seeks, organizes, and oversees outreach opportunities to help connect Aley Church with the world.  Additionally, Pastor Abby oversees the ministries at Aley focused on students in grade 6 through college-age and young adults/families.  Click here to see more about Youth Ministry opportunities at Aley. Pastor Abby received her Masters of Divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH and is a Provisional Deacon in the United Methodist Church.


    While Pastor Abby's schedule varies some weeks, in general her days off are Friday & Saturday.

  • Jennifer Heaton - Children's Ministry director & ACA Program Director

    As Children's Ministry director, Jennifer oversees the ministries for infant through 5th grade.  Click here to see more about our Children's Ministry at Aley.


    Jennifer is also our ACA Program Director.  In this position, Jennifer helps plan and coordinate the curriculum and activities for the ACA to provide interactive and engaging opportunities for students and their families.

  • Karen engel - caring ministries

    Karen heads up the Caring Ministries at Aley which helps take ensure those involved at Aley are receive opportunities for physical and spiritual care on a personal level.  Click here to see more about Caring Ministries. 

  • Tom Oxley - church Business Administrator

    As our Church Business Administrator, Tom oversees the business aspects of the church and works closely with Trustees, SPRC, and Finance to help Aley Church function efficiently and effectively.  Tom helps maintain a well-cared for property that allows other staff to be able to focus in their ministry areas without worrying about the physical space.  

  • NOW HIRING! - Administrative secretary

    Our Administrative Secretary helps our office stay organized and efficient through answering phones, emails, managing the calendar, and coordinates communication through several ministries within Aley among many other tasks.

  • Tammy cochran - Office & caring ministry assistant

    Tammy helps Robin and Karen in the office as well as helping take care of many other needs at Aley such as the newsletter, attendance tracking, and visitor follow-up.

  • Gail Simpson - coordinator of Community life

    As our Coordinator of Community Life, Gail helps organize events for the church and ensures that everything needed for those events is taken care of as well as helping coordinate willing servants.  Gail is also currently serving as the Lay Leader at Aley. 

  • Adam Clark - Digital Media Coordinator

    As the digital media coordinator, Adam oversees our live-streaming and sound board operations.  He also assists with setting up/running virtual meetings and producing digital content for our social media accounts and website. 

  • Sherene Bush - ACA Business administrator

    Sherene oversees the business aspects of Aley Christian Academy and works to establish and maintain a safe, fun place for children to learn and grow.  Click here for more information about the ACA.



  • Pam Rauch

    Choir Director

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

  • CHERI WARNER

    BELL CHOIR DIRECTOR

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

  • holly chrisman

    Director of custodial care

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

  • christy riel

    bookkeeper

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

Aley Worship leaders


  • Jean lockwood

    organist

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

  • Dave radkey

    song leader

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

  • edie sacksteder

    worship assistant

    Type the content for this list item here. This is just example text to show you what it will look like when you enter text content into this list item. Your unique, authentic, and appropriate text will be filled into this section.

Church Council Members

  • Susan Grinkemeyer (Council Chair)
  • Gail Simpson (Lay Leader)
  • Judy Herting (Lay Member, Annual Conference Lay Delegate)
  • Carl Herting (Lay Member, Annual Conference Lay Delegate)
  • John Shishoff (Finance)
  • Jeremy Wofford (Staff-Parish Relations Committee)
  • Denny Crouch (Trustees)
  • Bill Noble (Church Conference Secretary)
  • Sean Stevens (Member At-Large)
  • Troy Hoeger  (Member At-Large)
  • Tom Pouge  (Member At-Large)
  • Mike Collins  (Member At-Large)
  • Sara Mumford  (Member At-Large)
  • Marsha Deweese (Member At-Large)