Rev. Teressa McConnell Sivers was appointed as pastor of First UMC in July of 2008. She is a graduate of Duke University's Divinity School in Durham, NC and Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.  She has served churches in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Louisiana. Prior to entering the ministry, Teressa worked in psychology, first with the chronically mentally ill, and then in geriatrics. Teressa is married to Douglas R. Sivers, who is a nurse practitioner in a local practice. They have two adult children, a daugher, Devyn who is finishing college, and a son, Aidan, who is starting college.