Leadership
THE CONGREGATION
At Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church we all share in leadership in different ways. We each bring our particular personalities and passions as we participate in God’s love in the world in this time and place.
SESSION
Our session of elders equips the whole congregation for ministry through prayer, discernment and planning.
Our ruling elders are Andy Cochrane, Susan Hensel, Amy Leafblad, Diane Hansen, Bill Fischer and Andrea Domaskin.
With energy, intelligence, imagination and love, they support the ministry of the people.
CONGREGATIONAL CARE
Our Associate Pastor for Congregational Care, Lisa Larges, leads the congregation in caring for each other.
We seek to share life faithfully with each other in whatever joys and struggles we encounter.
STAFF & OTHER CONGREGATIONAL LEADERS
At Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church we all share in leadership in different ways. We each bring our particular personalities and passions as we participate in God’s love in the world in this time and place.
SESSION
Our session of elders equips the whole congregation for ministry through prayer, discernment and planning.
Our ruling elders are Andy Cochrane, Susan Hensel, Amy Leafblad, Diane Hansen, Bill Fischer and Andrea Domaskin.
With energy, intelligence, imagination and love, they support the ministry of the people.
CONGREGATIONAL CARE
Our Associate Pastor for Congregational Care, Lisa Larges, leads the congregation in caring for each other.
We seek to share life faithfully with each other in whatever joys and struggles we encounter.
STAFF & OTHER CONGREGATIONAL LEADERS
Rev. Kara K Root is our Senior Pastor.
With honesty and energy, Kara empowers the whole congregation to join in God's love in the world. She loves preaching and teaching, providing theological leadership, and shaping community. Our experiences of sabbath, and being church together with all ages, encourage and inspire other congregations and individuals through Kara's speaking and writing. Her sermons can be found on her blog, at in the hereandnow. |
Rev. Lisa Larges is our Associate Pastor for Congregational Care. With wisdom and gentleness, humor and insight, Lisa provides pastoral leadership to the deacons, preaches and teaches, and helps us all care for each other well. "Lake Nokomis has a warm and generous heart." Lisa says. "I see my role as tending and reflecting this beautiful heart."
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Erin DeBoer-Moran is our Music Director. Her artistry and gifts lead us in music. Using singers and instrumentalists, young and old, she brings out the joy and depth of music in worship. She draw from a variety of musical traditions for our Sunday services and creates for our Saturday Evening Prayer services a spirit of quiet, reflective beauty.
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Krysta Niznik is our Operations Manager. Calm, steady and cheerful, Krysta helps keep this merry ship afloat. She brings order to our free-wheeling bunch, and is the brains behind the operation when it comes to the numbers. Krysta is reachable weekdays via email and phone, and is in the office here and there, but especially Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings.
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Gary Johnson is our Chair of Administration He's the one who knows everything about the building and how it works. When he's not driving a school bus, he might be tinkering around the place repairing some odd or end along with his sidekick, Dick Gross.
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Jose Valdez is our Events Host. Embodying hospitality, Jose welcomes groups who hold evening events in our space by offering a warm, knowledgable and bilingual presence on-site for questions and support.
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Kathy Trudell Johnson is our Custodian.
With humor and joy, Kathy enables our ministry of hospitality by helping us care well for our space so that it may be a blessing to others. |
Lisa Johnson is our Clerk of Session. Bringing organization, logic, humor and a sharp mind to the task, Lisa keeps us decently in order.
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Amelia is our Church Nanny. She is on-site on Sunday mornings, supporting families of young children by being available before, during and after worship, and hanging out in the nursery with kids ages preschool and under who need a break from worship.
