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Leadership Team - 2023
Andrea Cupp/Whiteman - Leadership Chair
Sigrid Horner - Christian Ed Chair
Eric Unrau- Outreach Team Chair
Shelly Knipple - Fellowship/Worship Chair
Jim Swenson - Facilities Chair
Sigi Horner - Deacons 
Bud Whiteman - Treasurer
Judy Wrightsman - Clerk 

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Pastor - Sue Smith
Sue grew up in Union, NJ and was the granddaughter of Rev. Henry von Spreckelsen of the Grace Lutheran Chruch there.  She moved to FL in 1991.  She was married to her husband Scott in 1995 and they have three children, Sean, Skylar and Stephanie. She was a bookkeeper and a teacher before being called into ministry.   She is a 2018 graduate of Bethany Theological Seminary, where she received a Masters of Divinity.  She joined the St. Petersburg First COB in 2007 and served in many roles there, most recently Outreach Pastor, before moving to Lincoln in April, 2020 to be our full time pastor.  

Office Manager -
Shelly Knipple

Pianists - 
Maggie Berndt 
Nancy Schoen & Pat Friesen

Choir Director:
Lara Celensky

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