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Youth Ministry
In October 1988 Ed Aluk was hired to fill the position of
youth director and served until his resignation was accepted
in April 1989. By August of 1989 Joann Erbes was hired as
part-time youth director. During Joann’s time, the youth programs
were divided into two groups: Chapter 1 for grades 6–8,
and Chapter 2 for grades 9–12. In June 1993 Joann Erbes left
her position in order to return to teaching. Doug Fletcher, a
student at Spring Arbor College, was hired as interim youth
director and served until July 1994.
With her arrival in 1995, Associate Pastor Melissa Anne
May assumed responsibility for the church’s youth programs.
In 1996 the two youth groups were renamed the Alphas
(grades 6–8) and the Omegas (grades 9–12). That year the
Omegas participated in a two-week mission trip to repair and
restore houses for members of the Navajo nation on their
reservation near Gallup, New Mexico. Fourteen youths and
five adults made their way to New Mexico. In 1997 the youth
groups participated in retreats at SpringHill Camp in Evart,
Michigan, the Howell Nature Center and the Montreat Conference
Center in North Carolina.
With the departure in 1998 of Pastor May, Megan Zechman
was named interim youth minister. Megan and her
husband Craig came to Westminster from Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
where both were active in youth work. Megan’s
initial appointment was for one year; in June 1999 she was
named the full-time director of youth and young adult ministries.
In July 2000 twenty-six young people and adults traveled
to Washington, DC, to work in three soup kitchens and
to attend DC/LA, a conference designed by Youth for Christ.
Following a maternity leave in 2001, Megan submitted her
resignation effective April 24, 2002.
Soon after Megan Zechman announced her resignation,
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