Pastor Mark Moretz has been pastor at Concordia Lutheran Church Hagerstown since June 2018. Pastor Mark started in the grocery business while in high school and advanced into management positions. After a successful career in the Food Industry with Lowes Foods Stores, LLC, Pastor Mark followed his heart into the Ministry. He attended Concordia Seminary where he received a Masters of Divinity degree. As part of the requirements for his Divinity degree, He interned as a Vicar at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Pastor Mark has brought his managerial skills to Concordia where several new programs of ministry have been started and existing ministries enhanced.
Pastor Mark has always been a strong Christian witness. He attended Concordia Lutheran Church while growing up in Conover, North Carolina. Pastor Mark stayed active in the Lutheran Church before entering the Ministry by teaching Bible studies and serving in various Church offices. Along the way he married Janise and they were blessed with three daughters, two sons, and just this year welcomed his first grandchild. Concordia is blessed to have Pastor Mark as their Pastor.
Office: (301) 767-5955 ext. 102
Email: openarms.hagerstown1@gmail.com
Office: (301) 767-5955 ext. 101
Beverly Wailing
Beverly Walling has been in training for her current position as a Deaconess Intern her entire life. Raised in a Lutheran home in Minnesota, the fourth out of six children, she spent the first third of her adult life working as a registered nurse in California. After completing her doctoral degree in clinical psychology, she moved her family across the United States to Maryland, where she has worked for more than twenty-three years as a child psychologist. In July 2021, she entered the deaconess program at Concordia Theological Seminary – Fort Wayne, where she hopes to serve God and His kingdom in whatever capacity she can.
Beverly was married to Scott Walling for twenty-five years before his passing in May 2019. Shehas a daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and James Ruddle, who live nearby and are also members of Concordia Lutheran Church.
In her spare time, Beverly enjoys taking walks and hiking out in nature, traveling to distant partsof the world (pre-COVID), taking pictures of her three cats and posting them on Instagram and Facebook, and mastering the art of vegan cooking.
Rosella Rogers
In this position, I have had the opportunity to use my God given gifts and talents as I am able.I am blessed to be a part of the Concordia family of believers. It has been very beneficial to help strengthen me in my faith journey.
Email: concordia.hagerstown@gmail.com
Office: (301) 767-5955 ext. 100
Pastor: | Mark Moretz |
Executive Director: | Jean Tichnell |
Assistant Executive Director: | Kathy Enterline |
Treasurer: | Don Schleef |
Recording Secretary: | Sylvia Shives |
Financial Secretary: | Sara Hilmer |
Lay Ministry: | Don Enterline |
Christian Education: | Becky Brown |
Church Properties: | Lew LeGarde |
Parish Fellowship: | Karen Meinelschmidt |
Public Relations: | Ron Bucher |
Youth Ministry: | Mark Moretz |
Evangelism: | Carroll Gatling |
Caring Ministries: | Brenda Horsch |
Board of Elders
Don Enterline
Fred Tichnell
Larry Campbell
Jim Gann
Frank Waldron
Gene Diest
Mark Eberly
Chip Brown