Bio

Currently Senior Pastor: First Reformed Church, Schenectady, NY

Education:

  • Joliet West High School
  • University of Illinois (BA)
  • Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.)
  • Temple University (Ph.D)
Current Memberships:
  • New York State Council of Churches, Vice President
  • Advisory Board, Samaritan Counseling Center
  • Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood, Mohawk Hudson
  • Schenectady Classis, Reformed Church in America
    • Chair, Church Oversight Committee
  • Board of Trustees, Mohawk Club
  • Founder, ProClergy.com
  • Scoutmaster, Troop 1, Schenectady
  • Presbytery of Philadelphia, Presbyterian Church, (USA)
  • Eastern Communication Association (honorary life)
  • Religious Communication Association (life)
Former Memberships:
  • Religious Leadership Council, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
  • Clergy Advisory Board, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Employment History:

Pastorates 

  • Oxford, PA
  • Binghamton NY
  • Haddonfield NJ
  • Philadelphia, PA

Teaching (usually adjunct in speech or preaching)

  • Capital Region Theological Center
  • Princeton Seminary
  • Lutheran Seminary (Philadelphia)
  • College of New Jersey
  • Rutgers University
  • SUNY (Binghamton)
  • New Brunswick Seminary
  • Iliff Seminary
  • Temple University

Family:

  • Wife: Rev. Abigail Norton-Levering
  • Children: Ryan and Kimery
  • Siblings:  Al Levering, Jr.; Carol Mayernick, Alice Buhl
Other:
  • Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity: Chancellor, University of Illinois Chapter
  • Former CEO, Portable Software, Inc.
  • Boy Scouts of America:
    • Eagle Award
    • God and Country
    • Founding Scoutmaster
      • Troop 51, Haddonfield, NJ
      • Troop 65, Philadelphia, PA
      • Troop 1, Schenectady, NY
    • District Chair
      • Horseshoe Trail, Chester County Council
      • Octoraro, Chester County Council
    • District Award of Merit
    • Scouters Key
  • Fairly mediocre squash player