Western Maine Children’s Ministry Hub Staff
Meet our staff
Pastor Spencer Law
Minister for Intergenerational Innovation
Spencer (he/him) works out of First Church, leading the Lilly Endowment grant-funded Western Maine Children’s and Intergenerational Ministry Hub. He will work over the next five years to imagine and innovate children’s and intergenerational ministry with congregations across Western Maine and Eastern New Hampshire through the Hub.
Spencer is a graduate of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, where he received his Master of Divinity and the Martin B. Copenhaver Preaching Prize.
Spencer comes from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Virginia, has found a spiritual home in the UCC in New England, and works for ecumenical collaboration among progressive Christian denominations. He is passionate about diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and intergenerational community in the church.
Rev. Emily C. Goodnow
Senior Pastor, First Church, Bridgton
Emily (she/her) is a New Hampshire native who joined First Church as their Pastor in September 2016. She is passionate about creative worship, intergenerational community, counter-cultural and gospel-centered living, and church as vehicle for social change.
Emily was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2013 in Dover, New Hampshire, and served as the Associate Pastor at the First Congregational Church of Salem, Oregon, until 2016. Emily received her Master of Divinity from Yale University and her BA in Creative Writing and Religious Studies from Colby College.
Emily is honored to be a participant in the United Church of Christ’s Next Generation Leadership Initiative, a program for young clergy who have been identified by the UCC as transformational leaders with an important role to play in leading “the Church of the Future.”
Sandy Wissmann
Christian Education Coordinator,
First Church, Bridgton
Sandy (she/her) has been with First Church since 2004. With a background in Elementary Education and art and a love for little people, Sandy is always turning our church into a pirate ship for Vacation Bible Camp, learning a new song for Sunday School, or trying out a new craft to teach our church’s youngest.
Her artistic talents, compassionate heart, and gifted classroom skills are a blessing to our whole church community, though her focus here is with children, youth, and young adults. Sandy holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Stetson University.
Before moving to Lovell, Maine, and beginning at First Church in 2004, Sandy worked at St. Thomas Episcopal Day School in Coral Gables, Florida, as a teacher and, later, as the Director of Religion Education.
Kylie Morel
Office Manager,
First Church, Bridgton
Kylie (she/her) manages the church office and all of the administrative needs.
Kylie lives in Bridgton with son, Jesse, who keeps her very busy and constantly laughing. They love to go on nature walks together, spend time at the playground, go to Storyland, learn about dinosaurs or vehicles, read books and sing together.
Kylie has a Bachelor’s degree in Health Studies & Business Administration and a strong background in management and customer service positions.
Molly Wunderli
Administrative Assistant for Graphic & Web Design
Molly (she/her) manages our graphic and web design needs. She received her BA in art history from Southern Utah University and her MLIS from San José State University.
Molly comes to us with a background in visual arts, website and data management, and copy writing and editing.