Nancy Rivera was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At the age of fifteen, she migrated to the United States and became an American citizen.
Nancy has served the church in many capacities. She is an educator to all ages and is a passionate preacher who has preached in many pulpits throughout the United States and foreign countries. She is the co-founder of “Mission in the City,” a non-profit organization and international ministry which serves the poor, needy and the marginalized of our society. This non-profit organization/ministry has not only impacted New York and New Jersey but also the Dominican Republic, South and Central America. In addition, Nancy is the founder of the
women ministry “Aboga por Su Causa/Advocate for Their Cause.”
In 2010, Nancy joined “The Good Neighbor Presbyterian Church” where she was actively preaching and teaching Bible studies to adults of diversified backgrounds. She is a bilingual speaker who was committed to this as a dedicated member of The Good Neighbor Presbyterian Church located in Manhattan of New York City.
Nancy is known locally and internationally. She has ministered and helped countless of people including battered women, women and men incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, United States and throughout Latin America.
Nancy holds a Bachelor and a master’s degree in Elementary Education from Cambridge College in Massachusetts. She attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where she earned her master’s degree in divinity and received a “Preaching Award.” Nancy provides opportunities to empower women and their family. She is currently working on a few publications that will be introduced soon in English and in Spanish.
As a hospice Chaplain Nancy supports patients and family in their most vulnerable times.
Accomplishments:
• Community organizer with the purpose of providing opportunity for people in the community through educational skill development, health, nutrition, English as a Second Language (ESL) and mentoring workshops
for women and their children in particularly those experiencing domestic violence.
• Founder and director of “Advocate for their Cause”/Aboga por Su Causa” a ministry geared to single parenting/and family.
• Co-founder and vice-president of Mission in The City, Inc. a 501c3 nonprofit organization which provides educational, training and resources both domestically and internationally.
• Initiated “Beauty for Ashes Fashion Show” for Latina women who are breast cancer/domestic violence survivors.
Award:
Princeton Theological Seminary, the recipient of the Edward Howell Roberts Scholarship in Preaching.
Margaret was born in Albany, GA where she lived until the age of 11. Her family moved to New Jersey in 1980. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in “Law and Justice” from The College of New Jersey. She worked as a Licensed New Jersey State Real Estate Appraiser, Office Manager for a chiropractic practice, and administrative assistant for the Purchasing Department of Bristol Myers Squibb. She was married to her husband Dave at Lawrence Road Church in 1996 and they have two wonderful children – David and Amelia. She has served as the church administrator at the Lawrence Road Church since 2004 and really enjoys her job and working with the wonderful people of this congregation.
Judy Gilbert has been the director of the LRPCNS for 24 years. She received her BA in English from Glassboro State College in 1978. Judy started as a teacher while her youngest child, Sarah, was a student at the school. Sarah is now at Rutgers University studying in the Master of Social Work program. In addition to Sarah she has a daughter, Juliann, who is an elementary special education teacher in Lakewood, NJ. Juliann will be getting married to her fiancé Pat, in June 2019. Another daughter, Lauren, is a guidance counselor in Manasquan, NJ. She is married to Sean and they have two beautiful children, Heath and Mae. Judy has been married to Michael for 39 years and has resided in Lawrenceville for all those years. Michael, a former high school principal, is currently an adjunct professor. Judy’s philosophy is to develop the whole child propelling students toward a healthy start to their academic life. Her time leading LRPCNS has been a most fulfilling experience. She is thankful for skillful and nurturing teachers, and the families who have come through the school making it the wonderful place of learning it is today.
Alongside her work directing the music ministries at the Lawrence Road Church, Amy Glennon Watt serves as the Educational Director at the New School for Music Study, Kingston, New Jersey. She is a certified member of the College of Examiners (Royal Conservatory of Music) and former faculty of Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Amy is the co-author of the Side by Side series, distributed by Alfred Publishing. She has presented at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Music Teachers National Association Conference, and locally at area piano teachers’ groups. Her articles on piano teaching have appeared in Clavier Companion and pianopedagogy.org