Pastor and Head of Staff 
The Rev. Dr. Bryan Franzen

Bryan came to San Jose from Hightstown, New Jersey in January 2012. Bryan received his Master of Divinity with an emphasis in World Christianity from San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA and Doctor of Ministry in Gospel and Culture from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. Bryan has served congregations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Iowa, and New Jersey in various capacities. 

Through his ministry, Bryan’s passion has been issues of justice and inclusion. This passion has taken him on diplomatic missions to South Dakota, China, and Cuba and working missions to Jamaica and Ghana. Bryan has also been involved in advocacy for the LGBT community, special-needs children, and both mentally and physically handicapped adults and children. Bryan’s current concern in our culture is with the need for civility and a faith focused on how we build each other up. He believes that the church should be a place where we welcome all types of families and individuals, young and old. Bryan also knows that the strongest faith comes when people are encouraged to explore and question, be challenged, and ultimately grow in their own understanding and relationship with God.

“I believe that something incredible is starting to happen at Westminster Presbyterian Church, I hope that you can come and be part of it!!!” –Bryan

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Our Leadership Team

The Session
Our Governing Board

CLASS OF 2021
Ross Barrons
Charles Verrey

CLASS OF 2022
Claudia Salazar
Andrew Marovich
Nan Notor

CLASS OF 2023
Matthew Ross
Steve Frost
Sebastian Salazar (Youth Elder)

The Deacons
Care and Mission Outreach

 Jennifer Marovich, Judi Schierling, Pam Verrey, Merryle Wiese, Kris Carrerow, Betty Slater, Julia Airpetyan, Susan Hartt, Ron Schuler, Amara Brook, Kai Matsumoto and Galen Brook (Youth Deacon)

The Family Ministry Team

Assistant Minister
​Oliver Page

 Oliver is a Youth worker, armed with tools he learned from working at Camps, volunteering with organizations like Young Life, and working within the Presbyterian Church. He has brought his vigor for Youth Ministry to Arizona, Texas, and California. He has a passion for working with young people and he is full of ideas. He is incredibly excited to be at Westminster, working diligently to show young people God’s love.

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Director of Family Ministries
​Neneth Ross

​Neneth Ross is an elementary public school teacher who has been teaching for about 16 years.  While working full time as a teacher, Neneth went to seminary and graduated in 2013 with a Master in Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary.  She has served in churches of various denominations for many years, in choir, children's ministry, and missions and evangelism. Neneth sees ministry as part of our daily lives. Her deep desire is to guide and serve families and their children in their walk with Jesus, and to share the love of God with others.

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Worship Music Staff

Music Director
​Mary Anne James

A native of Georgia, she has lived many years in Silicon Valley. Mary Anne has a degree in French from Duke University and a Masters in Choral Conducting from San Jose State University. She has conducted adult choirs, children's choirs, and handbell choirs at several area churches. She has also been a regular performer with Camerata California early music performance ensemble in San Jose.  Choral music has been Mary Anne's particular passion since childhood. She believes in enabling willing singers to make the best musical offering possible each Sunday in worship. Mary Anne enjoys an eclectic taste in music and loves helping coordinate music with the theme of worship. 

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Worship Leader
​Nicholas Molle

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Accompanist
Brad Handshy and Asa Stern

Brad Handshy has lived in San Jose since he was 8 years old, when he had his first piano lesson.  He took lessons from the same teacher until age 14, and had enough “chops” by then to play paino for his High School musical, Godspell.  When his teacher moved away, Brad decided it would be more fun to be on stage than in the orchestra pit, so he kept his keyboard skills secret so he could sing and dance in shows.  In 1990, he moved back into a pianist role at First Baptist Church in Gilroy, and has continued as a church musician ever since.
 
Still a fan of live entertainment, Brad enjoys a wide spectrum of performing arts.  A final bit of trivia is that he has lived in the same townhouse for 36 years.

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Mr. D. Asa Stern currently teaches music in the Cupertino Union School District. Asa completed a MM in Composition at USF-Tampa and a MEd in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of the Pacific. As a performer, Asa works as a pianist, vocalist, woodwind doubler, and conductor. He has conducted and regularly performs with many organizations including Palo Alto Players, Cazadero Performing Arts Camp, Davis Musical Theater Company, Los Altos Youth Theater, Pacific Music Camp, Sunnyvale Singers, Sunnyvale Community Players, South Bay Musical Theater, West Valley Light Opera, Theatre in the Mountains, the Silicon Valley Men’s Chorus, UC Davis, the Ohlone Wind Orchestra, and the choirs at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (Mountain View), St. Catherine's Episcopal Church (Tampa), and the Joint Venture Churches of Almaden Valley (San Jose). He has recorded and performed with many groups including The Choral Project, Resounding Achord, The Richard Zielinski Singers, and Dave Brubeck. ​

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Office Administrator
​Linda Solis

 
Linda has been a church office administrator for nearly 20 years, working for the United Methodist Church. Her father was a Methodist pastor, and she grew up answering phones for the small church office which was located in the parsonage. Still active in her home church in Campbell, Linda is very excited to work with Westminster Presbyterian, having attended many community events here over the years. As an advocate for social justice issues, she is impressed with the community involvement and partnerships at WPC. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from San Jose State University, with an emphasis in vocal performing. Linda has performed many opera and musical theater roles over the years, and still enjoys singing and performing with local community theater groups and choirs. 

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