Andrea Steinkamp Preaching

Join us as we welcome Andrea back to Fort Washington.

Andrea Steinkamp (she/her/hers) is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary, concentrating in cross-testament biblical studies and is also a Member in Discernment pursuing ordination in the United Church of Christ. Andrea spent her early career working in the worlds of finance and real estate as a consultant, business owner and for-profit financial executive; her move to New York City in 2011, with a six-year-old and nearly two-year-old in tow, transformed her perspective and the ways she viewed the world and compelled her to take a break from her career and deploy her expertise in alternative settings. During that time, she brought her technical skills and leadership competency to volunteer roles for her children’s public-school PTA, serving as both Treasurer and Co-President over five years. She also became increasingly involved in lay leadership with her local church congregation, West End Collegiate, where she was ordained a Deacon in 2015 and an Elder in 2016, before being elected Chair of the local consistory in 2017. In 2020, Andrea was elected Chair of the Full Consistory of the Collegiate Church of New York, a role she held until September 2021. Her call is to the work of a pastor, one who creates spaces of respite and community where people can be fed both physically and spiritually, nourished to encourage and sustain their ethical action in the world.