Our Staff
Rev. Lynn Shoemaker
Pastor
Pastor St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church Previous pastorates: Longswamp UCC, Myerstown UCC, Bethany Children’s Home Graduated Emmaus High School Allentown Community College—Medical Assisting Certification Kutztown University—Teaching Certification Lancaster Theological Seminary—MDIV
Terri Harkins
Administrative Professional
Terri graduated from Dieruff High School in 1981. She graduated from Empire Beauty School and still holds a Cosmetology license in the Commonwealth of PA. She worked in retail for 18 years at Herman's World of Sporting Goods as the Store Manager/Receiving Manger until the store closed in 1996. She started as a part time File Clerk and Data Entry Processor for the 1996 Presidential Election. She was hired as a full time Clerical Technician in February of 1997. She was then promoted to Deputy Clerk of the Lehigh County Election Board in June 2006. She was a member of the PA County Panel of Motor Voter from 1997-2000. She was also involved with the implementation of Help America Vote Act. She was a member of the SURE Advisory Board from 2002-2004. She oversaw the implementation of new voting machines in 2006 and again in 2018. She was also the Coordinator of Public Outreach and the instructor of all poll worker classes. She retired after 25 years with the Lehigh County Election Board in January 2021. Terri Lives in Allentown with her husband (John), daughter (Alyssa), and three cats (Jo-Jo, Jeremy, and Molly). The beach is her happy place!.
John Harkins
Organist and Sexton
John is an incredibly talented musician. He provides our worship service with beautifully arranged music, along with his choir. As church sexton, John is responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the church building and property.