New Faces In Town

Rev. Alyce M. Kelly

Rev. Alyce M. Kelly recently relocated from Atlanta, GA to Springfield, MA to accept the position of Designated Pastor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Presbyterian Church.  Rev. Kelly was born in Cleveland, OH and had been a resident of Atlanta, GA for 20 years.  In Atlanta, Rev. Kelly did her undergraduate studies at Georgia State University and earned a Master of Divinity Degree in the  Psychology of Religion from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC).  She was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in May, 1995.

Rev. Kelly’s professional career includes entrepreneurship; work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and international travel with the Society of

International Business Fellows.  She has served as Intern Assistant Pastor in Saint Catherine, Jamaica and is the former pastor of Allen Temple Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, NC.  She is the former Moderator of the Salem Presbytery Black Caucus and has served on numerous General Assembly and Presbytery Committees of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  Rev. Kelly was installed as pastor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Presbyterian Church on June 1, 2003.

Ecumenism is one of Rev. Kelly’s many ecclesiastical interests.  By appointment of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, she has served on the Consultation on Church Union and the Moravian/Reformed Dialogues of which she is a current member.

Rev. Kelly is the mother of two adult sons and has one grandson.  She professes an abiding love for God through Jesus Christ and a love for the Church, which is the body of Christ and consists of each individual believer.n