Region 1
Region 1 is comprised of 17 units and 1008 congregations. This region covers 432,233 square miles and includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Region Staff & Leadership
Operations Coordinator
Larry Stoner
Administrative Assistant
Joyce Burkholder
Chair
Phil Troyer
Vice Chair
Stanley Jantzi
Treasurer
Glenn Carper
Secretary
Sam Miller
Events
Region 1 Units
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Delmarva Peninsula
Florida, Central & South
Georgia
New York
New York Finger Lakes
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Casselman Valley
Pennsylvania Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania East & New Jersey
Pennsylvania Juniata & Snyder
Pennsylvania Lancaster Area
Pennsylvania North Central
Pennsylvania West & Maryland
Puerto Rico
Virginia Eastern
Virginia Shenandoah Valley
West Virginia
Current Responses
Hurricane Ian struck Florida on September 27, 2022, as a Category 4 hurricane. With the wind speed of just short of a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Ian was the fifth most powerful storm to ever hit the country. This hurricane was the deadliest...
On August 31, 2021, a flash flood of over 6 inches of rain created mudslides and flooding that destroyed 60 houses and damaged 200 other houses in the Guesses Fork area of Buchanan County. Over 15 bridges were washed away along a 5-mile stretch of...
October 29, 2021 a significant flooding event happened along the eastern shores of Maryland in Somerset and Dorchester Counties. It impacted the Crisfield and Cambridge areas of the State. The reason for the flood was high tide, full moon and windy...
Several flood events in the spring of 2015 damaged over 300 private stream crossings (bridges) in southwest West Virginia. Homeowners who cross streams to get to their homes are either driving through the stream bed, using a neighbor’s bridge if...
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