Meet Our Pastor
Reverend Kimberly J. Murphy

Office Hours
Tuesday - Thursday 9:30am - 12:00pm
Friday 11:00am - 12:00pm

413/568-7557

pastor@secondchurchwestfield.org
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The Reverend Kimberly J. Murphy, a native of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is a 1986 graduate of Bridgewater State College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She is also a graduate, in 1990, of Emerson College, Boston, with a Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing. She graduated Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, with a Master of Divinity in May of 1996.

Rev. Kim was the Interim Associate Minister at Central Square Congregational Church, Bridgewater, from 1997-1998. She is the former pastor of Olivet Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut, from 1998-2001, and the former pastor of the Winthrop Congregational Church, Winthrop, Maine from November 2001 to September, 2008.

Rev. Kim served as a Teaching Assistant for Church History at Andover Newton for two semesters; participated in Bridgeport School Systems "Read Aloud" and the Reading Buddy program; is a past member of the Bridgeport Ecumenical Clergy Association; a past member of the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport; a past member of the MaiNor Community Action Committee; a past member of the Fairfield East Association of the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ; and is a former Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee, Fairfield East Association, ConnUCC.

She is the former Moderator and member of the Kennebec Valley Association (KVA) of the Maine Conference of the UCC; former member of the KVA Church and Ministry Committee; a member of the KVA Ministers Group; and a former member of the Winthrop Area Ministerial Association (WAMA).

Rev. Kim was the first woman graduate of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s first Law Enforcement Chaplain Program in October, 2003. She is one of three women certified by the State of Maine and the Law Enforcement Academy to be a Law Enforcement Chaplain. She served as a lieutenant and chaplain with the Winthrop Police Department from 2005 to 2008.

Rev. Kim was a member of the Kennebec Valley Emergency Management Service’s Critical Incident Response Team and has been involved in and led Critical Incident Debriefing sessions for various first responder agencies.

Rev. Kim enjoys music, art, cooking, landscape architecture, good conversation and lots of coffee. She loves to read. She also loves the Red Sox and Patriots and Celtics and prays for the Bruins; she is fond of most sports except boxing and NASCAR. She enjoys kayaking, taking nice walks with Bill the Dog, and hopes to do both (though not at the same time) in the near future. She is looking forward to exploring western Massachusetts, as this lovely area is unfamiliar to her.