“Pastor Kim” is a West Coast native who has lived on the eastern seaboard for most of her life between the metropolitan areas of Washington, DC, and New York City. Ordained a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1994, she later became a Board-Certified Chaplain (BCC) with the Association of Professional Chaplains in 2010.
The Ministry called Kim to parishes in Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, and New York, as well as to university hospitals at Georgetown University and on Long Island. Her degree in Medical Ethics (Cancer and Palliative Care) comes from Keele University in Staffordshire, England.
The call to United Lutheran Church at Wartburg is a joyful combination of parish life, chaplaincy, and work with elders and their families, all of which are in her family’s Lutheran roots of Christian service to all people, regardless of creed.
Organist and Chapel Associate
James Pfister
James is an administrative and musical wonder. He is our organist, cantor, and liturgist and he works at Adelphi University.
Church Council President
Lydia Ramhorst
She is a lifelong resident of Westchester County, where she lives with her beloved husband, Arthur, whom she met years ago while singing in the church choir. They were members of one of the three Mount Vernon churches that merged over several decades in the last century to become the United Lutheran Church, which was invited to the Wartburg campus in 1985.