{"id":30,"date":"2020-04-26T16:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:03:16","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Session<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Edward Suffern<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Pastor Ned has served as the teaching elder at RRPC since 2009, after serving in the Reformed Church in America in New Jersey and Iowa for twenty-two years.  Before that he taught science and Bible at The Stony Brook School. He was educated at Grove City College, the University of East Anglia, and New Brunswick Seminary.  Ned came to faith in Jesus Christ in his pre-teen years. He was married to Lois Kooistra Suffern in 1985.  She is definitely his better three-quarters. Lois served as a home-school teacher, and after that as a kindergarten teacher. Ned and Lois have been blessed with three daughters and a son, all of whom are married, plus eight grandchildren. They both enjoy hiking, and Ned takes a long swim when he has the chance.  They count it a privilege to serve with the believers in Christ, gathered by Christ, at Redeemer Reformed Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder Ken Burl<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ken has been a member of RRPC for over 20 years, having been called for eldership in 2017.  He came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 34 while living in Burlington, VT approximately 2 years after moving from his hometown of Plattsburgh, NY in 1993. Within a year of becoming a member of RRPC he met and married Jo Glazier who lived in Ithaca, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He enjoys reading and studying sound Reformed Christian literature with a strong interest in apologetics and evangelism.  He loves teaching others about Christ and the truth of God\u2019s Word. Ken has developed his expositional skills by preaching God’s Word occasionally at RRPC and at neighboring churches, over the past three years. He currently volunteers weekly at the Open Door Mission in Glens Falls, discipling men in the truth of the Bible and bringing devotionals at the lunchtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken\u2019s occupational calling is as a Registered Dietitian\/Nutritionist.  He recently retired from his position as a Clinical Nutrition Manager for a local health care facility where he had served for 22 years. He continues to do clinical visits of homebound clients who have nutritional needs.  His interests include the science of nutrition, physical fitness, progressive rock music, cooking, gardening, travel in the American Southwest and hiking. He is a Winter Adirondack 46\u2019er.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His wife Jo came to faith in 1980 and they have been married for over 20 years.  She is employed at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, NY as an Executive Assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken and Jo have lived in Corinth NY since 2006, currently dwelling with their two cats Puck and Bella. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder Ralph Kelsey<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ralph was educated as an engineer and has a business degree. He worked with GE for 30 years and then finished his career as an executive with US Gypsum in Chicago. He and his wife Elizabeth joined Redeemer in 2000 and he has served as an Elder here and in other churches for over 50 years.\u00a0 He currently resides in Queensbury.\u00a0 He has three children and six grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder Jud Lamos<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Diaconate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deacon Hunter Allison<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Deacon Hunter was ordained and installed into the office of deacon at the end of 2025. He was mentored by Elder Ken Burl, during the summer and autumn of 2025. He studied the Bible and other materials related to the doctrine of the PCA and the responsibilities and calling of God to be a deacon. Hunter was examined by the Session in the autumn of 2025, voted upon affirmatively by the congregation at our annual meeting in November of 2025, and installed a month later. Hunter is married to Corrine who is active in caring for their three covenant children, Jackson, Sawyer and Tucker. Hunter is blessed to lead his wife and sons in family worship and also rejoices in weekly worship on the Christian Sabbath, the Lord’s Day. Hunter enjoys hunting for deer and other animals and loves being in God’s creation, out of doors with his family.
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Committees (serving under the oversight of the Session)<\/strong><\/span>
Missions Committee Chair – Clint West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education Committee Chair- Lois Suffern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hospitality Committee Chairs – Chris DeYoung and Caroleen Hungerford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finance Committee Chair – Paul Lamos, Treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auditing Committee – Ralph Kelsey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer Committee Chair – Jo Burl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3G Lighthouse Chairs – Lois Suffern and Hannah Brauning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Service Brigade Chair – Ned Suffern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Session Rev. Edward Suffern Pastor Ned has served as the teaching elder at RRPC since 2009, after serving in the Reformed Church in America in New Jersey and Iowa for twenty-two years.  Before that he taught science and Bible at The Stony Brook School. He was educated at Grove City College, the University of East … Continue reading Leadership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebraunings.com\/rrpca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}