Meet Our Pastor
Pastor Shinjae Lee
Pastor Shinjae has been appointed as our pastor beginning in December 2025. Pastor Shinjae comes with a warm spirit and a deeply pastoral heart. Before coming to the United States, he served for many years in Korea in a variety of roles as a Sunday School pastor, a youth pastor, and an administrative pastor, walking with children, youth, families, and congregations with patience and joy. He also spent time in India assisting missionaries and serving Dalit communities, an experience that has continued to shape his understanding of ministry and of God’s call to stand with those who are often overlooked or oppressed.
Originally from Seoul, Korea, Pastor Shinjae is supported by the love of his family, his wife Saerom and their children Sion and Theo. He continues to serve as a pastor at the North Boston Korean Methodist Church in Andover and as a Chaplain in the Theology Department at Boston College, where he accompanies students in their spiritual and academic journey.
Meet Our Staff
Carola Beasley-Topliffe
Administrative Assistant/Office Manager
1fumcna@gmail.com
Carola has served in this position since January of 2020. She is a retired United Methodist pastor from the Susquehanna (PA) Conference, and lives in Manchester NH with her cat, Midnight, where she worships at First UMC.
LENNY CAVALLARO
Music Director
Lenny Cavallaro was a top prizewinner in the J.S. Bach International Competition for Pianists and subsequently played that composer’s Six Partitas to the highest critical acclaim in Carnegie Recital Hall. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree from West Virginia University and has served on the English and/or music faculties of several colleges. At present, he teaches English at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He recently served as Music Director at Arlington Street UMC in Nashua, NH.
