Staff
Rev. Darryl Kistler is the current and 20th Senior Minister of Park Church. Before coming to Park Church, Darryl served congregations in California, Montana, and Texas, as well as serving a stint as Chaplain and Instructor of Philosophy/Religion at Heidelberg University (OH). He is deeply inspired by Thomas Merton, Dr. King, and Johnny Cash. He is a servant leader always seeking that connection between a personal spiritual life and public advocacy for mercy and justice. He and Tammie live in Kentwood, MI, with their two pets, Willow and Charley. He is blessed whenever he has the opportunity to sip on a good cup of dark roast coffee and eat a gooey cookie. He is cursed to be a life-long New York Mets fan.
Rev. Dr. Patrick Coyle joined the Park Church staff in 2013 as Minister of Music. He leads a vibrant music program that includes four choral ensembles, two handbell ensembles, children’s music, professional ensembles-in-residence, two concert series, and a 14-member staff of keyboard artists, conductors, and singers.
Patrick is deeply committed to the arts in West Michigan. He has worked with Opera Grand Rapids, Mason Street Warehouse Theater, Western Michigan University, Farmers Alley Theatre, and Holland Chorale, and has served on the boards of the Saugatuck Center for the Arts and the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck.
Since 2011, Patrick has lived in Saugatuck, Michigan, with his husband, Greg, their 7-year-old Labrador Retriever, and their 3-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
Terrie Hunter is a mother of four and a grandmother of six.
She loves a great bag, box, or any type of container.
Halloween is her favorite holiday.
Sometimes referred to as the Park Church Cruise Director.
Her superpower if tele-porting around the building on a Sunday morning.
Married
Mother of two grown children (Son and Daughter)
Cool Grandma to 8 (I enjoy every minute with them)
Lover of all animals
Believe laughter is the best medicine
Reads books, rings bells, rides bikes, sings a bit.
Enjoys traveling to remote places and doing nothing.
One husband, three kids, One old brown dog, and one sneaky entitled cat.
Very glad to work in this amazing place with these amazing people.
After retiring from teaching after 36 years, I decided to put my organizational and logistical skills to good use working as the office and event coordinator at the church. In my free time I enjoy reading, gardening, musical theater, home design, camping, traveling with my husband Kurt and being a coffee addict. My greatest love is being “Mom” to my two grown kids and “Grammie” to my four sweet grandsons.
Steven B. Smith
Principal Organist
Steve Smith is a graduate of Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, where he majored in Music Education and minored in Organ Performance and Theology. He also studied organ at Moody Bible Institute with Lillian Robinson and Gil Mead.
In 1987 Steve founded Triune Music, a firm that represents Rodgers, Johannus, Marshall & Ogletree, and Fratelli Ruffatti Pipe Organs in the Midwest. In this capacity he has designed and installed over 900 organs, and nearly 100 pipe instruments, including the Chapel Organ at Park Church.
Over the past 45 years Steve has served as Organist/Music Director for several Reformed and Lutheran Church. He has served as Principal Organist of Park Church since 2014.
Phyllis retired from teaching music and English in the public schools after 34 years. She has served as a church musician since 1962. In 1998, she decided to embark on her childhood dream of playing the harp. She provides music for weddings, funerals, visitations, receptions, etc. She is a Certified Music Practitioner, certified to play at the bedside of ill and dying patients.
Phyllis has three recordings: one is classical piano music, and the other two are original music for harp. A solo and collaborative musician, Phyllis is honored to have performed with many of Michigan’s finest musicians and ensembles. She thoroughly enjoys her work at Park Church!
Kurt Stroh
Jubiloso! Bell Choir Director
Kurt Stroh joined the music staff at Park church as the Director of Handbells in 2018, Kurt began ringing handbells in his church bell choir at Trinity Lutheran Church when he was in ninth grade. and later went on to direct that choir (and two others) at Trinity for eight years. A member of the Embellish Handbell Ensemble, Kurt was the founder and inaugural director of Bellistic!, the Embellish family’s high school ensemble. Kurt was the Director of Handbells at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church for 10 years before coming to Park. Kurt and his wife, Judi, both sing in the Chancel Choir and are proud parents of their two children and two grandsons..