Get to Know Us
Our church is a vital, robust and diverse congregation of friends and families from all over the main line of Montgomery County, Delaware County and other parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. We are committed to being a place of worship and we gladly welcome anyone who chooses to join us. Our diversity and openness to all people and varied perspectives are qualities that built the congregation and continue to attract new members.
In the summer our Sunday worship service starts at 10am and ends with an informal gathering on the patio. When we resume regular service hours in the Fall, we will have a worship service every Sunday from 11am to noon, immediately following Sunday School (10am-11am) for all ages. Nursery care is available for infants (up to 2 years old) while their older siblings (ages 2 and up) and/or parents attend Sunday school and/or worship service.
Our Pastor is Rev. Timothy Thomson-Hohl, MDiv, BA, BA. An ordained United Methodist minister, he has been in the ministry for over 26 years. He is part of the Lansdowne Ministerium and on the Coordinating Board of Simpson Gardens, the new property that is an extension of Simpson Senior Services/Simpson House (www.simpsonsenior.org). He is also co-convener of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Chapter of MFSA, the justice centered ministry of the United Methodist Church (www.mfsaweb.org). Prior to his assuming the pastorate at Ardmore United Methodist Church, he was the pastor for The Garden Church. He also served as the Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation of Philadelphia and Asbury Protestant Minister at Drexel University.
In his pastoral role at Drexel University, Rev. Thomson-Hohl was called upon to teach, conduct counseling, provide worship, lead small groups and create special programming. In the Fall Term of 1998-99 academic years, Rev. Thomson-Hohl taught a three credit elective course at Drexel University called “Women in the History of Religion”. From 2000 to the present, he co-teaches a course at Drexel called "Issues in Science & Religion" with two Physics professors. Since Rev. Thomson-Hohl is now a full-time pastor at Ardmore United Methodist Church, he is considered an adjunct professor at Drexel University. (www.drexel.edu)
Over the years, Rev. Thomson-Hohl has been asked to make many presentations. Topics include: religious diversity, the power of destructive cults, science and religion, social change and action, spiritual autobiography, Wicca and earth-centered spirituality. In 1996, Channel 6 ABC in Philadelphia interviewed him for a two-part segment on Wicca for their 11:00 Action News broadcast. For him, the study and practice of alternative spiritual paths is both a personal and professional interest. He is also interested in the study of Christian origins, gender issues, myth and archetypes and the relationship between science and religion.
Rev. Thomson-Hohl is a graduate of Owen J. Roberts High School in Chester County, Pa, earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Business Administration at Thiel College in Northwest Pennsylvania and earned his Master's of Divinity (MDiv) at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, MO. He is currently at work on his Doctorate of Ministry Degree (DMin) from Chestnut Hill College and Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is married, has three children and lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
