Rev. Jeff McArn

a Presbyterian minister, served as College Chaplain for Hamilton College for 27 years, and continues as summer minister for a small church on Grindstone Island in the St. Lawrence River where he has been since 2005. In a full-time capacity he currently serves as Program Coordinator for Colgate University’s retreat center, Chapel House. Jeff has also been named as Senior Lecturer at Hamilton College, most recently teaching a course in the Religious Studies Department entitled: American Freedom and Religious Thought. He has also taught with Hamilton’s Levitt Center’s Justice Lab with two courses: Hamilton College & Social Justice and Restorative Justice. He is also an adjunct professor for Herkimer College, teaching philosophy and religion courses in the NY state prison system. He serves on the boards of the Interfaith Coalition of Greater Utica, the Johnson Park Center in Utica, NY, the National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum in Peterboro, NY, and the Hamilton Public Library. He is very excited to be joining the family of Park UMC to serve as pastor to a church in his hometown!
 
A native of Laurinburg, NC, Jeff is a graduate of Davidson College and Harvard Divinity School. He is married to Georgia Frank, Professor of Religion at Colgate University and they live in Hamilton, NY. They have three adult children: Madlyn, Halley and Theo and a rescue therapy dog, Lily.