After graduating, Timothy worked at Broad Street Ministry with the Youth Initiative as a Spiritual Life Coordinator. He spent the next year as a youth pastor at Union Methodist Church in Havertown until he matriculated into Union Theological Seminary in New York City in the fall of 2013. Timothy wanted to attend a seminary that was known for creative experimental worship and liturgy, carrying out Christ’s call for peace and justice, and high academic rigor.

After graduating from Union in 2016, Timothy continued working at his field education placement at Broadway Presbyterian Church for four years. He initiated and organized the volunteer program at the church’s soup kitchen and shelter. Timothy redesigned the organization’s Supermarket Pantry and Clothing Distribution, and with the help of the pastor, created a monthly free dinner for the neighborhood. In addition to all of that, he was site coordinator for NYC's Young Adult Volunteer for two years, and the worship leader for Columbia University’s campus ministry. Lastly, Timothy started the Youth Engaging in Service summer ministry at Broadway Presbyterian Church. It lasted for three summers and 10 youth groups attended his last summer there in 2018.

Timothy moved back to Philadelphia in December 2018 and lived with his cousin. He taught Sunday School for elementary school aged kids at Old Pine Presbyterian Church for several months. Timothy also worked at a homeless youth shelter for several months in Warminster, PA.  Most recently, he worked with Pastor Sarah Colwill at Church on the Mall, helping with community outreach, social media, and technology. He also led a small faith community in Conshohocken called Church on the Bend; they started in June 2019 and met biweekly. In between all of that, Timothy led worship for Bryn Mawr Presbyterian’s youth group.

Overall, his interests are wide, but mostly concern the well-being of those on the margins. For more than a decade, Timothy has either worked for or volunteered at homelessness nonprofits. Likewise, he is a lifelong learner and completed the Church Planting and Revitalization Certificate Program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in September 2019. He is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Pop and American Culture Association and presents papers on cartoons, horror movies, and their intersections with theology. 

Timothy and his wife, Meagen, live in Fox Chase with their cat Moo.

Timothy is excited and blessed that MPCFC is his first call! 

He was one of the most liberal givers to benevolent causes in the history of the Philadelphia Presbyterian Church and was untiring in his work for Christ.  He served on the Board of Directors of City Trusts, which was responsible for Girard College.  He also served on the Presbyterian Board of Publications, as an Elder of the West Spruce Street Church, and was a trustee of Princeton Seminary.   

For several years Gustavus had been interested in the Fox Chase Presbyterians because his son, Frank (who was to become the first Ruling Elder of the congregation after its organization), was a member of the group. Shortly before his death on March 22, 1883, Gustavus had expressed his intent erect a building for the congregation if it came into existence. 

On November 13, 1883, the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Fox Chase was organized by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North. On December 5, 1883 The Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Milliken was called as its first pastor.

A noted architect, Theophulus Parsons Chandler, was retained to draw the plans and the cornerstone of the present building was laid July 1, 1884. Six months later, on December 30, the building was dedicated. A new Sunday School building was begun in 1912 and was dedicated April 30, 1916. The pipe organ in the worship hall was installed in 1917.

The Benson family requested that the church be known as the “Memorial Presbyterian Church of Fox Chase” and the only visible sign of its origin is the letter “B” in the weather vane on the tower.

Renovation of the worship hall was completed in 1966 and, on May 08, 1971, ground was broken for the present Christian Education Building. The new building was dedicated in September, 1972.