Pastor Jay Wilford Brown was born and raised in New York City where he attended St. Stephen’s UMC.
He is a Retired U.S. Navy Hospital Corps veteran who served with the U.S. Marine Corps during Vietnam receiving three Purple Hearts. After leaving the service he became the Director of Medical Imaging at Temple University Hospital and is now retired.
Jay is a Certified Lay Minister and has served
several churches. Prior to his assignment to Wesley UMC he served Billingsport UMC for six years.
In addition to being certified as a Lay Minister he is also a member of the Order of Saint Luke. (OSL) The Order of Saint Luke is a religious order begun within the Methodist Church. Beyond the local church he served as the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Co- Lay Leader from 2000-2008 and as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences from 2000 -2016. He also was the conference coordinator of the CLM program from its inception until 2017.
In 2006, he was a recipient of the “Harry Denman Award”. The Harry Denman Evangelism Award program honors United Methodists in each annual conference whose exceptional ministry of evangelism – expressed in Word (what), Sign (why), and Deed (how) – brings people into a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ.
Jay is humbled by the opportunity God has given him to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Jay’s favorite scriptures are Ephesians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” and Luke 22:42, “Not my will but thy will be done.” Favorite hymn from attending a Billy Graham Revival in New York City at age 8, “Just as I am”.
Lettie-Jane White — Secretary/Worship Leader
Lettie-Jane has been a part of Wesley United Methodist Church since she was a twinkle in her Daddy’s eye. Her Great Grandfather, Harry Minck, was the Lawyer who did the paperwork to start the church located on Bate & Pine Avenues in West Berlin. At the present time, she is the Worship Leader, Certified Lay Servant, Secretary, President of the “Women in Faith”, and a few other positions in the church. If you need food, just send her a text message and she will probably meet you there in an hour. You can usually find her at church more than a few days a week. Like her parents, Bob and Lettie-Jane were married in our church October 4, 1975.
Roberta Suloff — Administrative Chairperson
Roberta has been coming to our church since she was a small child. Roberta is the chair of our Church Council and has been our communion stewart for many, many years. Roberta is an excellent knitter. She has made countless amount of prayer shawls and blankets for the church.
Bob White — Trustee President/Media
Bob is President of the Trustees and has been for more than 20 years. He was saved in our church at 18 years old. It is obvious that he loves our church because of all the time he spends in the building and the things he does that no one sees. Bob prepares the slides for the television for Sunday Morning Worship and makes sure that it is on YouTube each week.