Meet the Staff
The Reverend Pastor Joe Medlin
revjmedlin@aol.com
Nicole Babington has been a Church School teacher for years, and served as the Interim Director of Christian Education for the First Congregational Church of River Edge since March 2017 before assuming the Minister for Faith Formation position in January 2018.
She has been a member of the First Congregational Church of River Edge for over 25 years.
Nicole is the mother of four daughters, ranging from high school to college to adult, all of whom are being raised in the Church School and remain active in the Church.
Nicole has also been an initiator and facilitator of many dynamic activities for young people and families in the congregation and has also served as a Girl Scout Troop Leader for all four daughters throughout the years.
She also works in the Office of Student Life at Bergen Community College, coordinating and planning events for the 40+ student clubs on campus.
Nicole lives in River Edge with her husband, 4 daughters, a dog and a variety of fish.
Nicole Babington
Minister for Faith Formation
Prior to coming on board at FCC, Keri spent many years as an educator in the Paramus and Oradell Public School Systems. She has her Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is a member of Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Keri is the mother of two sons, one in college and one finishing high school.
In her spare time Keri enjoys reading, cooking, traveling (especially to St. John USVI), and spending time with her husband William, her sons Derek and Ryan, and her bird, Ernie.
Rev. Joe began his ministry in the role of Chaplain and then Pastor at First Congregational Church of Rockaway Beach, NY, where he remained for nearly 10 years, before relocating to Hawaii with his wife and their young son. In Hawaii, Pastor Joe served two churches and then relocated to serve as designated pastor of First Church UCC in Chesterfield, VA. During that time, Crystal, his wife, offered her expertise interspersing psychodynamic psychotherapy and applied behavior analysis (ABA). She continues to offer these insights to youth and adult population to foster and promote community integration options for persons of all abilities.
In July, 2023, Joe and Crystal and their two young sons moved to River Edge, where he now serves in his current role as pastor of FCC River Edge.
