Our Pastor
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The Reverend Sherrie Hofmann was Ordained as a Minister of the Word and Sacrament of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in May 2005. She was Called as Pastor to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in October 2021.
Her first Call as Pastor was to the Mason Jackson Lutheran Shared Ministry, a five-point parish in West Virginia. The congregations of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Ravenswood, St Mark’s Lutheran and Zion Lutheran of Letart, St Paul’s Lutheran, New Haven and St Peter’s Lutheran, Point Pleasant are all in West Virginia. Her next Call was to St Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockwood, Pennsylvania. She then served as Intentional Interim Pastor at New Hope Lutheran Parish - Christ Lutheran, Claysburg, Pennsylvania and St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania. Reverend Hofmann was then Called as Pastor to Lakeside Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Littleton, North Carolina.
Pastor Hofmann graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 2005 with the degree of Master of Divinity. While in seminary she completed a summer-long chaplain residency at the Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, Maryland and a yearlong internship at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Petersburg, West Virginia.
She also holds a certificate in Rural and Small Town ministry from the Town and Country Church Institute at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. She earned a certificate in Intentional Interim Ministry through the Lutheran Transitional Ministry Association and completed Mediator Skills Training with Lombard Mennonite Peace Center.
Pastor Hofmann completed her undergraduate education at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting and Finance in May 1996.
A native of Baker, West Virginia, she is a veteran of the U. S. Air Force with 18 years’ service. She was a Senior Non Commissioned Officer in the rank of Master Sergeant. She is a graduate of The Air University with two Associate Degrees. Her positions and qualifications in the Air Force include - Aerospace Ground Equipment Maintainer, Master Technician, Master Instructor, Quality Assurance Evaluator and Budget Analyst.
She is married to Scott, her husband of 44 years, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and Aircraft Maintenance Technician with 20 years service. They have two children, 2 grandchildren and 5 rescue cats.