Our Leadership
Christ, the Good Shepherd, provides for His people, and we’re thankful to have faithful men in leadership positions at Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Teaching Elder (Pastor)
Ryan Somerville has served as the pastor of Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church since July 2019. Prior to arriving in Rochester, Ryan was the pastor of Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Ryan lives in East Rochester with his wife and four children.
Ruling Elder
Married for 50 years, Greg has four adult children: Emily & husband Dirk, Laura & husband Brian, Jennifer & husband Alex, and David & wife Ashleigh; 6 grandchildren: Micah, Shiloh, Elisabeth, Luke, Becket, and Hendrix; and assorted cats. An electronics design engineer for 43 years, now retired, he had worked for Eastman Kodak, Truesense Imaging, and ON Semiconductor.
He joined the Syracuse Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1974 and was the organizing elder of the Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1979. He enjoys reading, bicycling, home repairs/construction, and travel.
Ruling Elder (Emeritus)
Rev. William Pihl has served the Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church since 1987, both as Stated Supply minister and as a Ruling Elder until his retirement from the Session at the end of 2021. He currently serves as Treasurer for the congregation. He and his wife, Beverly, have been married 45 years and have 3 adult children (David, Emily, and Christi) and 4 grandchildren. He formerly worked as an accountant for the Rochester City School District, retiring from that position in 2018.
Bill graduated from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1982, and was ordained as a teaching elder and pastor of the Clarinda, Iowa RP Church that Fall. He served as pastor there until 1986. In 1984, he began service as a chaplain in the Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve where he continued to serve until retirement in 2007. In his spare time, Bill enjoys taking long walks and baking desserts.
Ruling Elder (Emeritus)
Peter Robson served as a ruling elder for the Rochester Congregation from 1995 to 2024. He and his wife Sharon have been married for 22 years and they have 3 children, Ashleigh, Nathaniel, and Devin.
Peter retired from Monroe #1 BOCES, where he had worked as an Instructional Technology Specialist at the Challenger Learning Center and BUBL Project. In his off-time, Peter enjoys a number of hobbies and interests which include SCUBA diving, snowmobiling, construction, and target shooting.
