WVCN’s History.
WVCN - Warwick Valley Church of the Nazarene, located in the heart of Orange County New York, organized for its first service on December 5, 1965, in the basement of Tom & Mildred Crawford's home on Claire Ann Drive (just around the corner from our current location on State Route 94 N).
In those early years, names like Crawford, Vealey, Stark, Long, Hogancamp, Ryan, Thayer, Johnson - all became synonymous with this young, upstart church.
The first official pastor, Rev. Wylie Rudolph, came for just under a year before returning to Eastern Nazarene College in 1966. But soon after the church saw regular pastoral assignments:
Oliver Wirth, 1966-1969
Thomas Long, 1969-1974
Stephen Meade, 1974-1976
John Borgal, 1977-1979
Gary Wilson, 1979-1980
Michael Creange, 1980-1985
Steven Creange, 1985-1986
Adam Berman, 1986-1989
Steve Shomo, 1989-2005
Debbie Bienick, 2005-2006 (interim pastor)
Bruce Barnard, 2007-2013
Stephen and Christi Bennett (co-pastors), 2014-2019
Debbie Bienick, 2021 - current