Rev. Matt Schaeffer

Pastor Matt Schaeffer was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960. His family moved south in 1967 and he grew up in rural Virginia (a little town outside a little town called Tappahannock).  He has worked in many different fields in many different places including Seattle, Seoul, and Long Island. He has an M.A. in Special Education from The City College of New York  and an M.Div. from New York Theological Seminary. He has served Bethel United Methodist Church in Staten Island since 2010. His hobbies include reading modern fiction, watching old films, and playing around with guitars. He and his wife Hyesun are partners in ministry and have one son who is in his first year of medical school.