Church Staff
Our talented staff invest their skills and experience to support our congregation’s ministries. Have a question or a need? These caring and compassionate folks are here to help.
Tege Phillips
Ministry Coordinator/Business Manager
Tege Phillips brings past work experience in banking and social service to her management of the church office. After moving to the Rogue Valley via Lakeview, Oregon, and many towns in Texas, she found a home in this warm and creative congregation. Tege shares life with her wonderful partner, Joe Fichter, and has two grown sons, Sean and Chris, and three grandchildren, Naomi, Kaura, and Canyon.
Karl Iverson
Music Director
“Karl is a wonderfully talented musician with the right spirit and attitude to lead our congregation in worship.” Karl is very experienced in local theater, conducting choirs and orchestras, and comes highly recommended by local musicians and directors. He is a graduate of SOU and served as our Music Director some years’ ago.
Don & Teri Wilson
Sextons
Teri and Don have been a part of UCC Ashland since before 2007. Their career paths, and family parenting skills, converge as assets in their work here as Sextons since late 2018. They keep the facility sparkling with their organizational and handy skills. Married for forty-three years, they’ve raised five children, run an in-home childcare business and served as foster parents to more than seventy-five children. Don is retired from the US Navy.
Phil Eschtruth Harrison
Visual Communications Coordinator
As the Visual Communications Coordinator, Phil runs our Zoom meetings, does audio and video editing, keeps our website and YouTube accounts up to date, and is a general resource for all things technical. Phil comes from a background in corporate communications and software training and is a longtime UCC member.
