Joanne Rodland

Joanne Harris Rodland is a graduate of Bucknell University, NYC's Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music, and The West Chester Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Joanne retired to Northfield in 2014 and has enjoyed substituting in the wonderful churches in this community! A Church Musician for most of her life, she served The West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ as Associate to her husband, beginning in 1968. Following the death of The Rev. John R. Rodland in 1989, she became the full time Minister of Music.

Bob Henstein

Bob Henstein has been involved in church music for numerous years.  He has served Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches.  Bob received his undergraduate organ performance degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  Bob went on to study with John Ferguson and Larry Smith at Kent State University at the masters' level.  He had organ studies with prominent musicians as Paul Manz, Ruth Berge, Arthur Poister, Roberta Gary, and Robert Quade.

Cardiac Arrest vs Heart Attack

Each year, over 350,000 Americans experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) outside of a hospital. CPR and early defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED) increase a victim’s chance of survival significantly. An AED is a portable electronic device that can audibly prompt and deliver an electric shock that will disrupt or stop the heart’s irregular electrical activity. In November 2008 our church was able to purchase an AED thanks to Myrtle “Peggy” Houston. Peggy, who died in January 2008 at the age of 100, was a nurse at the Northfield Hospital for many years.