UniLu: Meet Our Staff

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(l-r) Pastors Joanne Engquist, Don Larsen, and Katherine Shaner Rev. Joanne Elise Engquist and Rev. Donald S. Larsen are our pastors, and Rev. Katherine Shaner is our associate pastor. They lead worship, preach, provide pastoral care, and supervise other staff members. When not at UniLu: Pastor Engquist is the Lutheran chaplain at Boston University and the Lutheran denominational counselor at Harvard Divinity School. Pastor Larsen is the Lutheran chaplain at Harvard University. Pastor Shaner is a full-time doctoral student in New Testament / Early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School.
	Jayms Battaglia is our parish administrator. She provides administrative support to our pastors; coordinates use of our building by church and other groups; maintains the church directory; and creates the bulletins and newsletter.
	John Paulson is our music director. He leads the choir's rehearsals and performances during the school year, and organizes special music for the congregation.
	Sandra Hebert (left) and Imogene Stulken (right) are our organists. In addition to their responsibilities at UniLu, Sandy is on the piano faculty at the Longy School of Music and Boston College, while Imogene is an ordained ELCA pastor, serving as Protestant chaplain to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
	Amy Kremer, our Sunday School director, oversees UniLu's Sunday morning Christian education program for children and youth.
	Carlo Schmidt is a fieldwork student serving as coordinator of the ONEprayer ecumenical worship and gatherings for community service. Carlo, a student at Harvard Divinity School, is at monthly gatherings for ONEprayer (both at BU and UniLu) and also provides a welcome to undergrads and grad students at UniLu's 11:00 A.M. service.
	Galen McNemar is a fieldwork student working with the student directors and volunteers of the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter for the 2007-08 season. Galen is also a student at Harvard Divinity School.
	Jenna Geiss cares for our community's youngest members on Sunday mornings as our nursery attendant. She is a 2007 graduate of Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
	Kevin O'Brien joined the staff as sexton in October 1999. He is in charge of keeping our beautifully renovated building clean.

Credits: photo of Joanne Engquist by Floyd Arntz. Photos of Don Larsen, John Paulson, and Imogene Stulken by Chris Pollari. Photo of Katherine Shaner by Anna Miller. Photos of Jayms Battaglia, Amy Kremer, Carlo Schmidt, and Kevin O'Brien by Joanne Engquist. Photo of Sandra Hebert by Susan Worst.