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C.S. - Rev. Dr. Michelle Bodle
Michelle has been a pastor in the Susquehanna Annual Conference for 15 years. She graduated from Drew Theological School in 2011 with a Masters of Divinity and 2012 with a Certification in Spiritual Formation. In 2012 she graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary with a doctorate in Church Leadership and in 2025 she graduated from Marian University with a Masters in Thanatology. Michelle is passionate about seeing people grow deeply on their Christian walk through spiritual formation and the church connecting outside of their walls through creating new spaces for new people
A.E. - Rev. R. Bruce Wallace
A son of the South, Bruce was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Reared Presbyterian, he experienced a spiritual awakening in his mid-twenties during a Southern Baptist Bible study. Shortly thereafter, Bruce enrolled in seminary and completed his degree at St. Paul School of Theology.
Upon graduating, Bruce was appointed to the Wagner-Delmont Charge in South Dakota. That same year, he met and married another pastor, the Reverend Zelma Lang. Zelma and Bruce served for several years as co-pastors, then transferred to Arkansas, where they served separate charges and Zelma earned an MA in speech communication. Zelma’s Ph.D. studies brought them to Pennsylvania, where Bruce served the Milesburg-Curtin Charge. In 1995, with Zelma teaching at Lock Haven University (and later, Penn College) Bruce began 21 years of service in Lock Haven, retiring in 2016.
In retirement, Bruce serves as pastor of Nisbet UMC in the Northern Wilds District and as Assisting Elder in the Mountain Valley District. His avocations include music and photography.
Fun fact: Bruce is a practitioner of the 19th-century process of tintype photography.
A.A. - Alexis Perry
Alexis has been the district A.A. for the Mountain Valley District for 1 year so far. She is currently a 4th year student at Penn State University studying Human Development & Family Studies, Criminology, and Sociology.
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