Staff
Pastor Laura Altman
Dorenda Gravitt, Secretary
Dorenda joined Gethsemane as a part-time staff member in August of 1998. She is a graduate of Kentucky Business College, and her employment background includes several years work as a legal secretary for a couple of large law firms here in Lexington. She is married with one daughter. She enjoys music, movies, or just reading a good book. And she especially enjoys spending time with her family on weekend outings.
Dorenda became a Christian when she was 22 years old after attending an Easter evening service at a small, non-denominational, country church. This was a church where the preacher "walked the pews!" Opening her heart to God continues to be the most special and meaningful event to take place in her life.
Dorenda became a Christian when she was 22 years old after attending an Easter evening service at a small, non-denominational, country church. This was a church where the preacher "walked the pews!" Opening her heart to God continues to be the most special and meaningful event to take place in her life.
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Pastor Laura Altman began serving our congregation in April 2011. She grew up in Northwest Indiana where much of her family still resides. After high school, she received an undergraduate degree from Purdue in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from Kennesaw State Univeristy in Georgia. She worked many years in the telecommunications industry in Engineering, Marketing and Training.
After some life changes, she felt the call to ordained ministry. She graduated from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and was ordained in the summer of 2000. Since her ordination she has served congregations in the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the ELCA.
Pastor Laura is married to Don Altman who is also currently serving Gethsemane as our Youth & Family Ministry Director. Their son Stephen DeWitte is working on a Civil Engineering degree at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Pastor Laura sees her ministry as building bridges between one another and God. She loves to open up scriptures and show how God is in our everyday lives.
Come and join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. We have a very dynamic and mission-focused congregation that reaches out to our community in a variety of ways.
After some life changes, she felt the call to ordained ministry. She graduated from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and was ordained in the summer of 2000. Since her ordination she has served congregations in the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the ELCA.
Pastor Laura is married to Don Altman who is also currently serving Gethsemane as our Youth & Family Ministry Director. Their son Stephen DeWitte is working on a Civil Engineering degree at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Pastor Laura sees her ministry as building bridges between one another and God. She loves to open up scriptures and show how God is in our everyday lives.
Come and join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. We have a very dynamic and mission-focused congregation that reaches out to our community in a variety of ways.
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