Salford Staff
Back Row:
Tori Jones Long (she/her), Church Administrator
Jennifer Svetlik (she/her), Director of Children's Faith Formation
Laura Alderfer (she/her), Music Director
Front Row:
Andrew Zetts (he/him), Associate Pastor
Karen Bergey (she/her), Associate Pastor
Wayne Zitzsche (he/him), Bridge Pastor
Not Pictured:
Emily Buckley (she/her), Choir Director
Tori Jones Long (she/her), Church Administrator
Jennifer Svetlik (she/her), Director of Children's Faith Formation
Laura Alderfer (she/her), Music Director
Front Row:
Andrew Zetts (he/him), Associate Pastor
Karen Bergey (she/her), Associate Pastor
Wayne Zitzsche (he/him), Bridge Pastor
Not Pictured:
Emily Buckley (she/her), Choir Director
Pastoral Team
Associate Pastor Andrew Zetts (he/him) began attending Salford in 2013 and became a member of the congregation in 2016. He first encountered Anabaptism and Mennonites while an undergraduate at Eastern University, and Salford was instrumental in helping him to learn about, grow in, and commit to living out his faith in the Anabaptist tradition. Andrew served as a secondary education teacher for nine years after his undergraduate work—six years in the School District of Jenkintown and three years at Dock Mennonite Academy—and earned his M.A. in History from Villanova University in 2018.
Andrew felt called to ministry since high school and throughout his teaching career he found ways to support the Church, nurture the faith of others, and be a witness to the Good News in a variety of ways which included serving as a youth sponsor at Salford for six years and being a co-chair of the Justice and Peace Committee for five years. In 2022 he answered the call to pastoral ministry and began his current role at Salford. Andrew’s primary pastoral responsibilities include caring for Salford’s Mennonite Youth Fellowship, which includes sixth through twelfth graders, and post-secondary young adults as well as making outreach connections that invite the congregation to be a proactive and responsive presence in our communities. In August 2023, Andrew will begin a Master of Divinity program at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
The Zetts family resides in Souderton where you can find them enjoying the outdoors, walking around downtown, or enjoying a potluck. In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing and writing music, watching baseball, and reading.
Andrew felt called to ministry since high school and throughout his teaching career he found ways to support the Church, nurture the faith of others, and be a witness to the Good News in a variety of ways which included serving as a youth sponsor at Salford for six years and being a co-chair of the Justice and Peace Committee for five years. In 2022 he answered the call to pastoral ministry and began his current role at Salford. Andrew’s primary pastoral responsibilities include caring for Salford’s Mennonite Youth Fellowship, which includes sixth through twelfth graders, and post-secondary young adults as well as making outreach connections that invite the congregation to be a proactive and responsive presence in our communities. In August 2023, Andrew will begin a Master of Divinity program at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
The Zetts family resides in Souderton where you can find them enjoying the outdoors, walking around downtown, or enjoying a potluck. In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing and writing music, watching baseball, and reading.
Associate Pastor Karen Bergey (she/her) grew up in an Assemblies of God church and became Anabaptist-curious when attending Messiah College. Karen spent a few years with different companies in a marketing and corporate training capacity. She then took nearly 17 years to homeschool her two children up to high school. Karen and her family began attending Salford in 2017 and it felt like coming home. She started helping with some congregational care in the spring of 2022 and became an Associate Pastor in the fall of 2023. Karen and Blaine have been married since 1997 and live in Green Lane where they enjoy long walks, reading, gardening, and caring for a small collection of animal family members.
Bridge Pastor Wayne Nitzsche (he/him) has been a Mennonite pastor or conference leader for nearly fifty years. He served churches in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and on a conference level, was the Youth Minister of Iowa-Nebraska Conference (now Central Plains) and a Regional Pastor for Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA.
He grew up on a small farm in Northeast Nebraska and comes from a long line of farmers. A yearly tradition keeps him rooted in the soil as he spends time helping his brothers with the fall corn harvest. When a farming opportunity fell through, he decided to attend Hesston College where he found a new appreciation for being Mennonite and discovered Anabaptism. He formed life-long relationships including his wife, Mary Erb. A two-year term of development work in Ghana West Africa expanded his world. Mary is retired from ministry and Mary and Wayne have two bi-coastal daughters, in Long Beach, CA and Queens, NYC. Both are married, and the CA daughter has Wayne and Mary’s two grandchildren. They also enjoy a grand dog in CA and two grand cats in NYC.
Wayne is enjoying learning to know the wonderful staff and loving people of the Salford Mennonite Church community. His prayer is that this year may be one of growth and vibrant ministry together, so that the next long term pastor is able to lead God’s people into God’s preferred future of shalom for the Salford community and beyond.
He grew up on a small farm in Northeast Nebraska and comes from a long line of farmers. A yearly tradition keeps him rooted in the soil as he spends time helping his brothers with the fall corn harvest. When a farming opportunity fell through, he decided to attend Hesston College where he found a new appreciation for being Mennonite and discovered Anabaptism. He formed life-long relationships including his wife, Mary Erb. A two-year term of development work in Ghana West Africa expanded his world. Mary is retired from ministry and Mary and Wayne have two bi-coastal daughters, in Long Beach, CA and Queens, NYC. Both are married, and the CA daughter has Wayne and Mary’s two grandchildren. They also enjoy a grand dog in CA and two grand cats in NYC.
Wayne is enjoying learning to know the wonderful staff and loving people of the Salford Mennonite Church community. His prayer is that this year may be one of growth and vibrant ministry together, so that the next long term pastor is able to lead God’s people into God’s preferred future of shalom for the Salford community and beyond.
Staff
Jennifer Svetlik (she/her) serves as Director of Children's Faith Formation at Salford. She was born near Houston, Texas and spent a decade living in intentional community in Washington DC, before moving to Lansdale with her spouse Sheldon Good. She comes from a Catholic background and has an MA in Theology from Washington Theological Seminary. Jenn speaks Spanish, and is a Godly Play Core certified practitioner. She has two elementary school-aged children.