Rev.  Gregory Reffner
Pastor
Rev. Gregory Reffner has served as the pastor of Brownsville UMC since July 2020. He spent the majority of his life living in South Central Kansas before moving to Seattle in 2017. He graduated with a Master of Divinity (M.Div) from Seattle Pacific Seminary in June of 2020. 

Greg is married to Nolie who is pursuing a Ph.D in English at the University of Washington. In his spare time, you might find Greg playing music, brewing and drinking coffee, hiking in the incredibly beautiful Pacific Northwest, or some combination of all three! 
Robin Nystrom
Office administrator
Sharon Spudich
Custodian
Robin was born and raised in the suburbs around Phoenix, Arizona. They moved to Bremerton in 2018 with their family. Since moving, Robin has spent much of her time enjoying the beauty of the PNW and exploring the area via long drives and peaceful walks.
​Robin enjoys writing, especially poetry and short stories. They are very passionate about film, TV, and music. In her free time Robin advocates for disability rights and LGBTQ+ rights.

Her pronouns are She/They.
Born in Brownsville, Sharon moved to Poulsbo when her parents built a house, got married at Brownsville UMC in 1970 and moved to Tracyton.  Then when the children arrived, she and Nick made their permanent home in Brownsville in 1977. Sharon joined Brownsville UMC in 1974 and has served on all the committees as well as chairing all the committees - although not at the same time! She has served as original Editor of Upward Bound and was the volunteer Secretary for almost 40 years.  Sharon has served as the church custodian since 1996.
Andrew Guy-Billups
Music Director

Andrew was raised just across the water in Seattle. He grew up attending the First Free Methodist Church and visited the Queen Anne United Methodist church with grandparents. He took an early love to music, singing in children's choir, taking piano lessons, playing instruments like Clarinet & Bassoon through grade school, and later singing as an adult in the church's choir.
UW alumnus, Andrew met his husband Rob through their shared love of theater.  They moved to the Bremerton area in 2021 and have been enjoying the community and are pleased to find a home with the UMC.  Outside of his day job working in Architecture, you may find Andrew cooking, tinkering with an electronics or house project, gardening, and daydreaming about boating.
We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fishermen, canoe builders, and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855.