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Church Staff

J. D. Glick (Pastor)
After serving churches in California, Iowa and Ohio, J. D. was called to Harrisonburg to pastor the First Church of the Brethren in 1983. In 2002, he became the founding pastor of Sunrise Church. He has served the denomination as a member of the General Board (now the Mission and Ministry Board), the Bethany Theological Seminary Board and a delegate to the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches. In the Shenandoah District, he has served as Moderator and chaired the District Board, as well as a member of the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees. Locally, he has been active in Kiwanis (including serving as President) and the Interfaith Association, and the Boards of the Gemeinschaft Home and the Community Mediation Center. Recently he authored 47 short meditations to be published as the 2011 Lenten Devotional Booklet by the denomination.

Becky Glick (Music Director)
Singing has been a lifelong love of Becky’s, beginning with membership in the Junior Choir at her home church, Troy (OH) Church of the Brethren, where she also directed hymns as a teenager. Becky continued singing in various groups throughout junior and senior high school, performing in musical productions, auditioning for and joining the Miami University (OH) Choraliers and in recent years, singing in a number of church and community musical groups, including the Shenandoah Valley Choral Society. She enjoys singing in women’s barbershop quartets, as well as performing locally in the folk duo “Simply Folk”. In addition to overseeing the music program at Sunrise, Becky directs the adult Chancel Choir and Kids Praise choir and leads hymns for worship. Previously, she directed the Children’s Choir at Harrisonburg First Church of the Brethren for 16 years. After retiring from full-time teaching in 2004, Becky is currently employed part-time as the SOL Test Coordinator at Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater.