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Meet United Methodist Church’s New Pastor, Martha Epstein
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Religion can enter someone’s life in many ways, but for Martha Epstein, United Methodist Church’s new pastor, faith has been a constant presence. Born to a United Methodist Minister in Brooklyn, N.Y., Epstein would graduate from White Plains High School before attending Cornell for her bachelor’s degree. She would later go on to receive a master’s in Elementary Education from Pace University in addition to a master’s in Divinity from Drew University. While she would spend the first 10 years of her career working as a kindergarten teacher, Epstein found a new purpose in life once she started to spend her Sundays as a substitute pastor.
“As time went on, I felt more and more called, I know people use that word a lot, but more and more this pull to be in the church, to work with people of all ages,” Epstein told NewCanaanite.com. “I was going through a bit of a rough time where I was teaching so I would come home from that and I didn’t feel as good.