Our Staff
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Reverend Edward C. Horne
Reverend Ed Horne has been the senior pastor at the United Methodist Church of Westport and Weston since July 2001. Married to Sara Goold Horne, they have two children, Olivia and William.
Prior to his Westport appointment, Rev. Horne served as the senior pastor of both the United Methodist Church in Port Washington, New York and St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Manhattan.
Rev. Horne is committed to expanding the community based service programs of the United Methodist Church of Westport and Weston. “This is a time of great need in our society and religious organizations have much they can do to respond.” |
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Leslie Smith
Leslie C. Smith is our Director of Music. She holds a Masters degree in Music from the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. Prior to attending Yale, Leslie received her Bachelor in Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is a member of both the American Guild of Organists and the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. |

Katherine F. Lorimer-Cowan
Kathy is our Director of Children’s Music. Prior to her appointment, she served as Music Administrator and Director of the Children's Choir Program at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. She taught musical theater, voice, and piano at the Spindrift School of Performing Arts in Pacifica, CA, and was a singer and assistant conductor for the Chamber Singers and Women's Choir, as well as the founder and conductor of the Men's Choir at San Francisco State University.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, a K-12 teaching credential in Music, and a Master of Arts in Music with an emphasis in choral conducting. |
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