Meet Our Staff
Rev. Dr. Bill Liming is the Lead pastor at Montrose Zion. He is married to Cyndi and a father to Christian, McKenna, Ethan, Noah and Hailey. He is an ordained elder and have been serving in the UMC since 2001. Following receiving a bachelors at Hiram College, he received his masters at Emory University in Atlanta, GA then finished up his formal education with a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Ashland Theological Seminary in 2007. Bill loves sharing the joy of our savior Jesus Christ as it has transformed my life and the way he sees the world. Bill is excited to begin this new appointment and to explore the ways in which we can together transform lives, bring new life to communities and change the world in God’s overflowing and abundant grace! 
Jennifer Dyer is the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. She has been serving as director of Youth and Young Adults since 2016 and has been involved in youth ministry since high school. Currently, she is attending United Theological Seminary where she will earn a Masters of Divinity. She is also a certified candidate for ordained ministry. She and her husband Eric reside in Green and have been married since 2009, and were excited to welcome their daughter, Sophia, into the world in 2021.
Joe Leaman has been the Worship Leader and Music Director at MZUMC since April 2014. He received a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Akron, and has been an active professional musician and educator throughout the Ohio Region for over a decade. Joe and his wife Michelle enjoy their little family of 4, with their 2 children Titus and Samuel.
Katie Constantine has been the Office Manager at MZUMC since August 2012. She graduated from The University of Akron in 2010. Katie and her husband, Jason, have been married since January 2012; they have two children, Isabella and Joshua.
Bethany Saris is the Children’s Ministry Director at MZUMC. She accepted this position in 2025 after many years of teaching Sunday School and volunteering in other areas of the Children’s Ministry program. Bethany and her husband Matt were married in 2005, live in Copley and have 4 daughters – Lexi, Jill, Alli and Mackie – who keep them very busy. She also works part-time as a pharmacist and is actively involved in many other Copley community and school-based organizations. Working with the children at MZUMC has been very rewarding and her favorite event of the year is the Christmas Musical (which she has co-directed since 2016).
Nicole Korach is the Director of our Montrose Zion Christian Preschool. As a proud Pittsburgh native, her teaching journey began 25 years ago in the West Mifflin Area School District, where she taught 5th grade, 4th grade, and 1st grade. After moving to Akron in 2015 to be with her husband Michael, she have spent the last ten years teaching the Pre-K class in our wonderful program. With a strong foundation in early childhood education and leadership, she looks forward to this new role and creating an environment of learning, creativity, and fellowship within our school and church community.