About Us – Our Pastors

Rev. Jeff and Linda Regan and their children, Molly, Katie and David

Rev. Regan joined the staff of St. Paul's in early 2001.

He graduated from Eastern Michigan University and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He also did graduate work at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., and Anderson School of Theology.

Rev. Regan was a delegate to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2000 and an alternate delegate of the 2000 General Conference.

His hobbies and interests include sailing, golf, baseball, skiing, reading and concerts.

Rev. John Harvey Amick, Susan, Evelyn and Samuel

Rev. Jack Amick came to St. Paul's in June 2008 from his position as Pastor of New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Redford, Mich. As a Probationary Elder in the Detroit Annual Conference, he also serves on the Michigan Area School for Pastoral Ministry Senate, the Volunteer-In-Mission Committee of the Conference Board of Global Ministries, and the Detroit West District Liberia Task Force. Rev. Amick completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Boston University School of Theology in 2006.

In 2003, the Amick family returned from two years in India, where Jack served as the Economic Officer at the U. S. Consulate in Mumbai and Susan volunteered with non-profit groups as an organizations consultant. During his tenure in Mumbai, he received a Meritorious Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State. Jack's nine years with the federal government also included two years with the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and as Desk Officer for Eastern Europe at the Peace Corps.

Jack's previous experiences include street outreach with the homeless population in Silver Spring, Md., disaster response with the American Red Cross and a year as an individual Volunteer-In-Mission with the Methodist Church in Grenada, West Indies, where he served as Director of Education. He spent two years working for Habitat for Humanity in Americus, Ga., Bombay, India, and Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Rev. Amick holds a Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird in Glendale, Ariz., and a Bachelor's Degree in International Service and Economics from the American University in Washington, D.C.

Rev. Latha Ravi

Rev. Latha Ravi came to St. Paul's in June 2008 from her position as Pastor of Cherry Hill United Methodist Church in Canton, Mich. Rev. Ravi previously served as Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist Church, Detroit; Interim Pastor at Central United Church, Flint; and Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Ypsilanti.

Rev. Ravi received her Master of Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School  in Cambridge, Mass. She finished all her Methodist requirements at the School of Theology at Boston University and Harvard Divinity School. Rev. Ravi also graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan with a degree in Asian Studies. She received an award in Mission Education while in Ypsilanti.

Rev. Ravi was born in Madras (now renamed Chennai), India. Her family moved to the United States in 1976, just in time to join the rest of the United States in the Bicentennial celebration. The oldest child of an inter-faith, inter-lingual, inter-regional marriage (of a Telugu Baptist mother an a Malayali Hindu father),  she quickly learned two different histories, myths, cultures and traditions within her own family. Both of her parents served as physicians during the India-Pakistan War. 

While growing up in India, she and her younger sister were raised speaking English since that, in addition to Hindi, were the only languages that her parents had in common. While attending a French school, Good Shepherd Convent, she learned to love the Lord's Prayer, tall, dark, heavy marble and granite cathedrals, and large carved stone fonts in the entrance filled with cool, dark spots of sanctified water. She also attended the Church of South India with her mother while in Madras.

Rev. Dwayne & Ruth Kelsey

Rev. Kelsey serves as a part-time associate in charge of Senior Care. He is the coordinator of visitation to our community living in convalescent homes and our shut-ins. He is also the staff representative to the History and Archives Committee.

Rev. Kelsey received his B.A. from Asbury College in Wilmore, Ky., his M.A. from Scarritt College in Nashville, and his M.Div. from Methodist Theological School of Ohio. He has been the pastor at Howard/Thomas United Methodist Church (UMC) in Lake Orion, Lincoln Park UMC in Flint, Davison UMC, and Romeo UMC. He retired "officially" in January 2001, but in March 2009, we celebrated his 50 years in minstry.

Rev. Kelsey and his wife, Ruth, reside in Rochester Hills. His personal interests include travel, collecting antiques, photography and visiting historical homes/museums.

Pastor Emeritus Dr. Timothy and Betty Lou Hickey

Dr. Timothy Hickey is the longest serving pastor at St. Paul’s in Rochester. He arrived here as senior minister in June 1973 and retired from here in October 2000.

Known throughout the United Methodist Church Detroit Conference as a dynamic preacher, Tim has always had an intense focus on liturgy, evangelism and church growth. During his tenure at St. Paul's, the church grew both physically and numerically.

Upon his retirement in 2000, his love for St. Paul’s was reciprocated when he was elected pastor emeritus and St. Paul's Friendship Hall was renamed Hickey Hall.

In retirement in Palm Coast, Florida, Tim and Betty Lou enjoy reading, traveling and antiquing. Tim has returned to preach several times, including in September 2008 in celebration of St. Paul's 150th anniversary and Homecoming Weekend.