Jamaica RPCV Rev. Cynthia Huling Hummel will be installed as the 19th pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Waverly



She graduated from Rutgers College in 1976 with a degree in education. She was in the first class of women at Rutgers. After graduating, she spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and served in Jamaica, where she started a school for developmentally disabled children. She also was a teacher trainer. After returning to the United States, Hummel worked for Dun and Bradstreet, providing computer and technical support for customers for 15 years. She received her masters' degree in divinity from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1996 and her doctorate in preaching from McCormick Theological Seminary in 2003.

Jamaica RPCV Rev. Cynthia Huling Hummel will be installed as the 19th pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Waverly

The Rev. Cynthia Huling Hummel has joined the First Presbyterian Church of Waverly.

Hummel will be installed as the 19th pastor of the church at 4 p.m. Sept. 23. A dish-to-pass meal will follow the ceremony.

"Pastor Cynthia," as she prefers to be called was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lyons, N.Y., for 11 years.

She graduated from Rutgers College in 1976 with a degree in education. She was in the first class of women at Rutgers.

After graduating, she spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and served in Jamaica, where she started a school for developmentally disabled children. She also was a teacher trainer.

After returning to the United States, Hummel worked for Dun and Bradstreet, providing computer and technical support for customers for 15 years.

She received her masters' degree in divinity from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1996 and her doctorate in preaching from McCormick Theological Seminary in 2003.

She and her husband, Jon, have been married nearly 30 and have two grown children.

Emily, 24, teaches in Japan. William, 22, works in Washington, D.C.

Hummel's hobbies include running, singing rock 'n' roll and writing.

Her book of short stories, "The Lice Lady: Holy and Hilarious Moments in Ministry" was self-published by AuthorHouse in 2006.

She is a member of the board of directors for the New York Association of Fire Chaplains.

In 2004, Hummel was one of six recipients in New York state to be honored for her work with the developmentally disabled after being nominated by Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Rochester.

She also was the administrator of the Lyons Lunch Program and the Lyons Food Pantry.

Committed to ecumenism , Hummel was president of the Inter-Church Council of Lyons for five years.

Waverly Presbyterian Church is at 459 Park Ave. in Waverly, at the corner of Pennsylvania. The church is accessible to those with disabilities.

Information: Call the church at (607) 565-4034.

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