The Staff of St. Luke Lutheran Church
Pastor Andrew G. Miller
Pastor Andrew Miller is a lifelong North Carolinian (well, with a little time for education in South Carolina too), having grown up in Matthews, NC. He grew up in a small mission church, Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, of which he was a charter member. While in high school, he met his future wife, Jennifer, and they were married shortly after graduating from college in 1999. He attended the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and graduated with an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics. While in college at Charleston, Andrew was a member of, and served as president of the Lutheran Campus Ministry Association. After graduation and 3 years of life in the business world, Andrew followed a call to ministry and enrolled in the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. His four years of theological study took him from the classroom to mission work in Honduras to Chaplaincy at the Lowman Home in White Rock, SC and finally to Boone, NC where he served a year long vicarage serving Grace Lutheran Church. Upon graduation from seminary in 2006 with a Masters in Divinity, Pastor Andrew accepted the call to serve as pastor for St. Luke Lutheran Church.
"Let me tell you what I love about St. Luke Lutheran," says Pastor Andrew. "St. Luke Lutheran is a vibrant congregation of devoted Christians who enjoy worshiping together, encouraging one another and living out their shared baptismal call to service and dedication to Christ. I am honored to be a minister among ministers here at St. Luke and to welcome all into a daily walk with Christ in faith. Our church is neither small nor large, but I love that I know everyone throughout our church by more than just their name, but also and as a friend and fellow worker in Christ. We work daily to strengthen our community of faith and to seek God's will. We're led by the Holy Spirit and where he leads, we seek to follow. Along the way, we wrestle with sin and brokenness and we stumble from time to time, but we too share in God's forgiveness and grace, as Jesus witnessed to us through his death on the cross and resurrection. Through our baptisms we too share forgiveness and grace with one another. God's house here at St. Luke is a loving place where you and all people are and will always be welcome to learn about and come to know Christ and find the comfort and peace that only God can and does give to us all."
Along with teaching and ministry, Pastor Andrew is an avid golfer and enjoys tinkering with cars and websites in his free time (although none of these hobbies is he particularly good at, but that doesn't diminish his joy in perusing them. :)
Pastor Andrew and his wife Jennifer have two daughters, Meredith and Emery and a Miniature Dachshund named Sadie too.
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Kallie Allen, Church Secretary
Kallie is a graduate of Alexander Central High School and enjoys being a part of the hands on work of St. Luke Lutheran Church. From creating and publishing our weekly bulletins and monthly newsletters to overseeing day to day office operations, Kallie keeps our church's administrative work flowing.
Among her personal hobbies, she greatly enjoys traveling and seeing the sights and has a love for serving others through her other joy - nursing. Kallie can be reached via email at stluketaysecretary@gmail.com.
Among her personal hobbies, she greatly enjoys traveling and seeing the sights and has a love for serving others through her other joy - nursing. Kallie can be reached via email at stluketaysecretary@gmail.com.
Courtney Bowman, Pianist and Acting Director of Music
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Courtney Bowman has stepped into a new role at St. Luke as our acting Director of Music. She is a gifted pianist and musician who shares a love for both traditional and contemporary worship music.
Courtney loves to help inspire the best from our in-house musicians and our chamber choir and praise ensemble. She leads weekly practice for these groups on Wednesday evenings and assists greatly in preparing our church services and unique and special music for all worship opportunities. |
Jennifer Mull, St. Luke Youth (SLY) Assistant
Jennifer Mull serves alongside Pastor Andrew as youth leaders for our St. Luke Youth (SLY). She has been serving our church's youth in many areas of leadership over many years, going all the way back to when her children, Heather and Seth were youth at St. Luke. She has a love for planning and leading youth activities, including our annual summer mission trip, Youth Sunday, the LYO (Lutheran Youth Organization) gathering and the National Youth Gathering.
She also serves as a teacher at Ellendale Elementary and especially enjoys spending time with her family, including her grandsons Cameron and Mason, and soon another grandchild on the way!
She also serves as a teacher at Ellendale Elementary and especially enjoys spending time with her family, including her grandsons Cameron and Mason, and soon another grandchild on the way!
Ellen Campbell, Church Custodian
Ellen Campbell has been a life-long and dedicated member of St. Luke Lutheran. She is also our church's "Queen of Clean!"
Ellen takes great joy in sharing her talents for cleanliness across our church's facility. As it has been said, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," Ellen keeps this motto true to form.
Along with helping St. Luke shine, Ellen especially enjoys spending time with her grandchildren Campbell and Ansley!
Ellen takes great joy in sharing her talents for cleanliness across our church's facility. As it has been said, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," Ellen keeps this motto true to form.
Along with helping St. Luke shine, Ellen especially enjoys spending time with her grandchildren Campbell and Ansley!
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Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11
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