Rev. Janice
M. Tiedeck
Associate Pastor
Janice was born in 1980 in Hornell,
NY, was baptized at First Presbyterian Church
in Canisteo, NY, lived with her mom in Schenectady where she became part of the Union Presbyterian Church, and was active in the
youth program and other church activities while growing up. In high school she
served as a Youth Advisory Delegate to the Synod of Northeast and to General Assembly.
Janice attended Eastern University near Philadelphia, PA where she earned a BA degree in Political
Science with minors in American History and Christian Leadership. During her
time there she became a Student Chaplain, started an off-campus worship service, and became involved in Student Government,
both as a class senator and a student body vice president.
She entered Palmer Seminary in the fall of 2002 and did her 2 years of Field Education at Wallingford Presbyterian Church
(WPC), where she assisted in worship, taught the Adult Bible Class, and worked with the youth.
It was at WPC where she met and married her husband, Jay. After graduation
she did a year of clinical pastoral education at Christiana Hospital in Delaware and Thomas Jefferson
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
She and her husband, Jay, moved to Beckley this spring, and on May 6, 2007 Janice was ordained at Beckley Presbyterian Church and installed as Associate
Pastor, where much of her work will be with the youth and the MSU Campus Ministry program.
