Our Team

Emily Bingham has been serving with the Messiah University Campus Ministries team since 2021. As Director of Campus Ministries and Teaching Ministries Pastor, Emily oversees campus-wide spiritual formation opportunities, offers pastoral care for students, teaches in a variety of cocurricular settings, and works with the rest of Campus Ministries staff to plan and lead chapel services. A licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church, Emily has wide-ranging experience in youth and young adult ministry. She loves preaching, podcasts, the Green Bay Packers, and road-tripping with her trusty doodle, Archie.

Dr. Curry serves as Worship Ministries Pastor and faculty member in the Department of Music, where he serves as professor and academic advisor to the Music and Worship degree program. Students mentored under Doug's tutelage bring leadership to chapel and other worship events on and off campus. He provides guidance, support, and oversight to the Worship Community, a co-curricular group of students committed to developing "skillful hands and integrity of heart," and connecting the arts and theology in contexts of private and corporate worship. Additionally, Dr. Curry is a faculty member at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, where he directs the internship course for all Master's level grad students.

Antonio Morton began serving with Campus Ministries at Messiah University in December 2024. In his role as Discipleship Pastor, Antonio oversees Student Ministries, offering advising and mentoring to student leaders as they serve the greater student body at Messiah. Antonio also works with the rest of the Campus Ministries team in planning campus-wide chapels throughout the semester. Antonio cares about college students deeply, and he longs for them grow in their faith as they discover more of who Jesus is. Antonio is an avid bowler, a coffee fanatic, and he values precious family time with his wife and their son.

Natalie joined the Campus Ministries team in December 2024. She comes from a diverse background of careers, including other administrative assistant roles in higher education. She serves as the administrative assistant/chapel coordinator for Campus Ministries at Messiah, which includes supporting the director and providing general support for the office. She also oversees the chapel attendance processes and other Campus Ministries special events. She is a passionate lover of Jesus and enjoys traveling, fitness, vanilla lattes, and all things interior design. She lives in the Mechanicsburg area with her husband, Cass.

Ethan Kiggins is a first-year graduate student and Graduate Assistant for Campus Ministries. In his current position he will be assisting with Student Ministries and working with our student leaders, mentoring them, and helping with their events. He completed his undergraduate degree here at Messiah in Fall 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Management. His graduate degree will be a Master's of Higher Education with a concentration in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership. During Ethan's undergraduate experience he was involved in Game Day Athletics with Messiah's Athletic Department, and numerous recreational teams here on Messiah's campus. Feel free to stop him around campus, as he would love to get to know you. Bonus points to those who start talking sports with him!

Julia Wittel is a 2023 graduate of Messiah and joined our team last year as our Campus Ministries Fellow in partnership with the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO). Julia was a student leader in Campus Ministries all four years at Messiah, and now she serves as a mentor for our student leaders and as a supervisor of Student Ministries alongside our Graduate Assistant in her role as Discipleship Coordinator. Julia loves the enneagram, all things visual and fine arts, and spiritual conversations over a quality cup of coffee.

Rev. Dr. Stephen Gallaher lives in Mechanicsburg and serves as the Community Pastor for Employees at Messiah University. As an ordained clergyperson within the United Methodist Church, Stephen has served churches within the Susquehanna Conference for 43 years. Stephen recently retired after 21 years serving as Professor of Christian Ministries, Youth Ministry and Pastoral Leadership at Messiah. Stephen also serves as a pastor of a new church fellowship. He taught youth ministry and practical theology at Evangelical Theological Seminary, the Russian Theological Seminary in Moscow, and for ten years at Wesley Theological Seminary. He is the Founder/Executive Director Emeritus of Salt 'n Light Youth Ministry, Inc. Gallaher serves to equip adult and student leaders to reach and disciple youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Stephen, along with his wife Anne, have three adult daughters and sons-in-law who have blessed them with six grandchildren. Stephen enjoys multiple outdoor pursuits and along with his brothers, maintains the family farm.