Staff

  • Brent Briggs - Senior Pastor

    Pastor Brent Briggs has served in Christian Ministry since leaving the US Navy, where he served as a Navy SEAL for 8 years. He moved to Bucks County, PA in 1984. He has a B.S. degree in Occupational Education, an M.S. degree in Adult Education, and an M.S. degree from Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary.  He is passionate about preaching and teaching the Word of God and has a heart for reaching those who need to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

    He and his wife, Julia, have two sons and four daughters. They have three

    grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    1. What are your hobbies? Julia loves gardening and raising chickens, and can

    answer almost any question about both. Brent loves playing guitar and singing.

    2. What is your favorite vacation? Staying in the cabins at World’s End State Park, Sullivan County, PA (when there’s lots of snow)

    3. What do you do with your time off? We love driving and exploring when visiting our kids, who are spread across 4 states. We take rural roads and enjoy the

    countryside.

Deacons

  • Chris Gehman

    Chris and his family have been attending Springfield since 2004; Chris has served as a deacon since 2007. Chris and his wife Anita live in the Palisades school district and have four children, Danielle, Jason, Carli and Tim along with Oreo the cat. Chris is a Program Control Analyst at BAE Systems.


    Getting to Know You

    1. What is your favorite family vacation? My favorite family vacation was probably our trip to Disney World a few years ago, although it's tough to rule out our annual beach vacation with friends.

    2. What makes you laugh the most? A good comedy makes me laugh; movie or sitcom.

  • Gary Meyers

    Gary has attended SMC all of his life. He became the Song Leader in 1973 and has also served as a Deacon since 1978. Gary met his wife, Kathy, in 1976 while working at a Youth For Christ camp in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they were married the following year. Gary and Kathy have 3 wonderful children... Joel & (Jess), Jennifer & (Collin), and Brenden, and have also been blessed with 3 beautiful grandchildren..... Aubrie, Jordan & Katelyn. Gary retired in 2021 as the Parts manager for an area John Deere dealer.


    Getting to Know You

    1. What is your favorite family vacation? Grand Teton National Park

    2. If money was no object, what would you do all day? Restore antique cars

    3. What's your favorite family tradition? Homemade pizza on Fridays

  • Tom Stenson

    Tom and his wife, Jeannie, have been attending SMC since 1989.  Tom became a deacon in 2018.  After working for 13 years in the electronics industry, he changed careers in 2003 and is now an RN working for Penn Medicine.  In 2014, he retired from volunteer firefighting after almost 20 years.  He and Jeannie have 3 adult children, Brian (Jenn), Kristy, and Randy (Noelle), and 2 grandsons, Nolan and Kieran. Tom is enjoying his role as Grandpa!


    Getting to Know You

    1. What is your favorite sport? My favorite sport to watch is hockey, especially the Flyers. I also enjoy going to Phantoms games. 

    2. What is your favorite vacation? My favorite vacation was three weeks in Japan. 

    3. What is the strangest food you've ever eaten? The strangest food I ever ate was raw octopus. 

  • Bill Mease

    Bill was born at home on the farm. While growing up, he played both the piano and the organ for SMC, and has also been teaching Sunday School since he was 22 years old. He has been a deacon at Springfield Mennonite for about 45 years. Bill has a passion for singing and has been a member of Zion Choral Society for 40 years and Summer Harmony for 21 years. Bill accepted Christ at Camp Men-o-lan. Growing up Bill was in Boy Scouts and held the rank of Eagle Scout. He worked for the same company for 47 years until his retirement. Bill has been married to his lovely wife Shirley for 60 years. They have 4 daughters, 14 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. Bill and Shirley love camping and annually go camping in June with their family. He particularly loves to talk to people they meet on their camping trips. Bill has been to all the lower 48 states as well as Alaska.


    Getting to Know You

    1. What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? Bowling

    2. What is your favorite zoo animal? Lion

    3. What is your favorite family tradition? Christmas Dinner