Green Creek Bethel United Methodist Church

Rev. Jerry Crossley

I was born in Philadelphia in 1937 and attended public elementary
school, Central High, Ursinus College, Harvard Divinity School, and Drew
Theological School. My first appointment (1960-64) was 2 little
churches in the Pocono Mountains of PA, Blakeslee and Pocono Lake. In
1964 I was appointed to a church , Lindley UMC,in my home neighborhood,
the Olney section of Philadelphia. In 1968 I was assigned to Wilkinson
Memorial UMC in Croydon (Lower Bucks County). In 1973 I returned to
Philadelphia where I pastored Holmesburg UMC. Then, in 1987, I was sent
to Evangelical UMC inNew Holland in Lancaster County. After a ministry
of 40 years, I officially retired in 2000.

But I love being a pastor, so it was with great joy that I became the
pastor of Green Creek Bethel UMC, 7 miles from Wildwood, NJ. In
addition to my pastoral responsibilities through the years, I have also
been an ambulance driver, a hospital chaplain, a prison chaplain, a Civil
Air Patrol chaplain, a Fire Department chaplain, and now, once again, a
chaplain at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital in Cape May Court House.

I'm a father of 2 and a grandfather of 4, and I like people of every age.
It's our hope that our congregation will be a safe place where people of
every race, ethnic background, occupation, political persuasions, etc.
will always feel welcome. Our goal is to enable each peson to know the
love of Jesus.