Staff

The Rev. Dawn E. (Gibson) Volpe, Pastor

Pastor Dawn is a native of Staten Island, New York.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Wagner College (S.I.).  Upon graduating college, she taught for 2 years in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Lititz, PA, where she served as Director of Christian Education at Lititz Moravian Church.  During her tenure at Lititz, she felt that God was calling her into the Ordained ministry.  She entered Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, PA, earning a Master of Divinity degree along with the Homiletics Prize.  She served Tremont Terrace Moravian Church in the Bronx, New York from 1985 – 1991.  In 1991 she married Chief Petty Officer, Bob Volpe and moved to New Carrollton, Maryland.  In Maryland she served as the pastor of Trinity Moravian Church.  In 2010, after 19 years of service in Maryland, she and her family answered the call of God to serve in Ephraim.  Pastor Dawn is known for her dynamic preaching, engaging stories and pastoral care.  Son Rob is an artist, living in the greater Chicago area.  Husband Bob works as a naval engineer, a volunteer firefighter and first responder with the Ephraim and Gibraltar fire departments.  On Sundays, you will find ‘Mr. Bob’ in our expanding Nursery, tending to our youngest members.

You are invited to call Pastor Dawn at the church office 920-854-2804 or just drop in Tuesday – Friday mornings!  She would love to hear from you.

Colin Welford, Music Director

Colin Welford joined us as Music Director for the church in 2020.  Born in Manchester, England, he was an organ scholar at Oxford University, where he discovered conducting,  becoming President of the Oxford University Opera, and other orchestras. After a year studying orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in London and assisting Maestro Leonard Bernstein, he moved to Miami in 1990, studied and taught, and was quickly drawn to the story-driven music of ballet, opera and musical theatre (including Broadway and many touring companies).  He served as worldwide Music Supervisor for The Who’s “Tommy,” Disney’s “The Lion King” and “Billy Elliot.”  While music director/conductor for Chicago’s company of “Wicked,” he discovered Door County in 2008 and worked with what is now Northern Sky Theatre. After three years conducting “Hamilton” in Chicago, Colin made the move here in May of 2019.  He rediscovered the organ at Ephraim Moravian, having not played for 28 years, and can be heard every week on our live Facebook services (Sundays at 10:30 a.m.), as well as on postings of his extraordinary organ pieces with commentary!

 


 

Erin Bristol, Secretary/Treasurer

Erin took over Treasurer duties for Ephraim Moravian Church in 2022 and as Secretary in 2023.  She was Ephraim’s Village Treasurer for six years as well as Treasurer for Zion Church for a few years (until Covid). She is married to Brent Bristol, Village Administrator and Zoning Administrator, and they have three children:  Henry, Mathilda, and Winfield.  She can be contacted at the church office Tuesdays and Fridays 920-854-2804.  

 

 

Nora Curiel, Custodian  

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Harris, Cemetery Superintendent

Kathleen Harris joins us as Cemetery Superintendent as of September, 2022.  She also serves Educator at the Ephraim Historical Foundation. Before that, Kathleen worked for nearly 25 years as Peninsula State Park’s full-time naturalist. If you have questions about the Ephraim Moravian Cemetery, phone the church office at 920-854-2804 or email kharris9259@aol.com.

Trustees                                                   Elders

Hal Halvorsen Pastor Dawn Volpe, Chair
Carly Mulliken

Penny Schultz

Karen Ekberg

Ryan Sherman Rob Moore
Rob Meyer Liz Opitz
B.D. Thorp Kathy Zehner
  Barbara Meyer, Summer Elder

  • Ephraim Moravian Church

    9970 Moravia Street
    P.O. Box 73
    Ephraim, WI 54211

    Phone:
        (920) 854-2804

    Email:
        Email us! Worship [at] EphraimMoravian.org

  • Worship Services

    8:00 a.m. (July and August)
    10:30 a.m. - Sunday Service
    Fellowship following (weather permitting)

    9:00 a.m. - Sunday School
    (October through May)
    Please confirm in advance.



  • In essentials, unity;
    in non-essentials, liberty;
    and in all things, love.