Mt. Sinai Congregational Church, UCC, welcomes new minister

On September 8, the congregation of Mt. Sinai Congregational Church (MSUCC), 233 North Country Rd., Mt. Sinai enthusiastically welcomed Pastor William C. Kovacsik as its settled Senior Pastor. He is the 28th minister to serve MSUCC since its organization in 1789. 

Pastor Kovacsik, or Pastor Bill as he likes to be called, is a graduate of the Master of Divinity Program at Yale Divinity School. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Drew University, a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a M.F.A. in Playwriting from the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Before Pastor Bill’s call to ministry, he had a brief career as a litigator on Wall Street. He then went back to his love of theatre and served on the faculty at the School for Drama at Carnegie Mellon, taught theatre at Ball State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He served on the faculty at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore. Prior to coming to MSUCC, Pastor Bill served as Pastor of the United Methodist Church in West Hartford, CT. Pastor Bill has been granted authority as a lay minister by the Suffolk Association Committee on Ministry while he seeks full ordination in the United Congregational Church of Christ. 

All are welcome to come and meet Pastor Bill in person through attendance at MSUCC’s worship service on Sundays at 10 a.m. or stop by the office at the church in Mt. Sinai. Theirs is a church where all are welcome and included in the full life of the church-regardless of age, race, abilities, economic or marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identification. Find out more at msucc.org.