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Our
Minister ~Meet Pastor Mike Lamm
Although his family and his accent are
from Texas, Mike Lamm grew up in a mobile family and he lived
in eleven states (coast to coast and border to border) before
he became an adult. For the past 17 years he and his wife,
Cathy, have lived near St. Louis, MO. As a young adult he
worked as a construction worker in Texas, Alaska, and North
Africa. After marrying Cathy, he had a small business
recording school and church groups, as well as symphony
orchestras, operas, and other classical groups. That evolved
into designing loudspeakers and led to the move to St. Louis.
Mike was raised in a
fundamentalist denomination and became a Presbyterian in his
mid-twenties. He was ordained a deacon while living in Houston
and became an elder while in St. Louis. Various church
activities have included building and grounds committee and the
mission committee. He completed a degree in business in 2000
and entered seminary to study fulltime in 2002, graduating this
past May with a Master of Divinity degree. For the last two
years he has also been the supply pastor to two small rural
congregations in Bellflower, MO. He is passionate about
preaching, Bible study, and pastoral care. Mike enjoys working
with his hands in hobbies such as woodworking, gardening, and
cooking.
Cathy is a native of North
Carolina and graduated from high school and nursing school in
Winston Salem. After nursing school she spent two years in the
Air Force and lived in Spain and England. Upon returning to
North Carolina she earned her bachelor's degree at Pfeiffer
College. After moving to Texas, she and Mike met at a
Presbyterian singles retreat. Over the years she has been
involved in oncology nursing, worked in quality management in
managed health care, and most recently focused on parish nursing
and hospice nursing. She earned a Master's Degree in Public
Health in 1998.
Cathy is a lifelong
Presbyterian and an elder. She has always sung in the choir.
Cathy shares an interest in mission with Mike and they have both
been active in Habitat for Humanity style programs, an I Have a
Dream Foundation, mission trips to Hungary, other mission
activities, as well as Stephen Ministry. They share interests
in cooking, bird watching, and reading. She has taught Mike to
eat grits, country ham with red-eye gravy, and liver mush. He
has taught her to eat guacamole and chili con queso.
Mike and Cathy have been
married almost 28 years. They have two children, Bill and
Sharon, both married. Bill lives in Dallas, Texas, where he
teaches high school special education, is senior editor for
Basketball News Services, and writes contemporary Christian
music. Sharon lives in San Antonio and is the busy mother of
five children.
While Mike has been in seminary, there have been
many lively family discussions about faith and religion, which
have enriched all! They are hoping that opportunities for
similar exchanges will be part of their life with First
Presbyterian!
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