Lord of Life Lutheran Church Ponte Vedra Beach, church, churches near me

Pastor Karen Biggerstaff is our warm, caring, heartfelt, funny Pastor, who delivers a great sermon that leaves you thinking about your faith and The Word all week! Pastor Karen has previously served at three Lutheran Churches including Our Savior's Church in Muskegon, MI, First Lutheran Church is Strasburg, OH, and Spirit of Life in Jacksonville, FL.

Pastor Karen says that she wanted to be a pastor from the age of 12 when she declared it at a Christian summer camp. Her spiritual path took her there after a career as an intensive care and coronary care nurse. She was the first female pastor in the ELCA to be allowed to serve as pastor at a church where she had done her pastoral student internship! She is married to Roland and their blended family have four sons.

Church Council

Lord of Life is governed by a dedicated and hard-working Church Council which includes:

President: Fred Oberkehr
Vice President: Brenda Brooks-Watford
Secretary: Sharon Oberkehr
Treasurer: Cathy Wiggins
Financial Secretary: Deb Nye
Youth: Emma Shin
Hilda Markantonatos - Council Member

Ministry Team Leaders

Fellowship

Brenda Brooks-Watford

Altar Guild

Hilda Markantonatos

Property

Fred Oberkehr

Music

Stefanie Batson-Martin

Pumpkin Patch

Deb Nye

Outreach/Evangelism

Vacant

Stefanie Batson-Martin has been the Lead Musician at Lord of Life since January 2012. She studied both classical flute and piano at the University of North Florida. She is a flute and piano instructor at Music and Arts and she regularly plays music around North Florida with various schools, community theaters and at other events. Stephanie also works as a swim instructor at Swimming Safari. She is married to Damon Martin and they have two cats, Jiji and Lily.