StaffVicar - Alyssa Kaplan (see bio below)
Office Manager - Debbie Higginbotham Click here to email admin@clcradford.org or fill out CONTACT US form below Call/Search for a PastorChrist Lutheran is presently in a Call Process and in a search for a minister who will help carry us forward in ministry and mission.
In the meantime, every Sunday, we have a wonderful group of passionate and caring pastors from which each of our weekly services is led. You're invited to join us every Sunday! We are confident this week's gospel message will be enriching and fulfilling. Additionally, our congregants are active in leading several important ministries. This "labor of love" has helped to keep our community connected, engaged, and optimistic about the future. |
CouncilLee Brower
Mike Gaudreau Patty Gaudreau - President Margaret Hoskins Clyde Kessler Zach Higginbotham |
Welcome Vicar Alyssa Kaplan!Vicar Kaplan joined us beginning August 2020 and shares a brief bio in order to introduce herself:
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"I was born and raised in Chesapeake, VA and have been a life-long member of First Lutheran Church in Norfolk.
Since leaving home after high school, I’ve been blessed to call many beautiful and vibrant places home, including Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, central Mexico, Asheville, New York City and most recently Baltimore. I’m excited to finally be back in Virginia, exploring a new part of my home state!
I studied political science, economics and Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout college I spent my summers working as a counselor and later area director at Lutheridge Camp outside Asheville, NC. I was also a student leader of an ecumenical protestant campus ministry at Penn called the Christian Association.
Following college I served as a Young Adult in Global Mission in Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico where I experienced boundless grace and radical hospitality within my host community. I also traveled to the US/Mexico border for the first time, which deeply impacted my understanding of vocation.
Immediately after returning from Mexico, I moved to New York City to begin seminary at Union Theological Seminary. In my coursework, I focused on the intersection of Christian Social Ethics with Liturgy and Worship, and how our faith communities experience the living Christ and make meaning in that intersection. In seminary I had the great privilege to intern with two different Lutheran ministries--Trinity Lutheran Church/Iglesia Luterana Trinidad and The Vine Citywide Campus Ministry Network. I graduated from Union in May, 2019 and have served as vicar of Breath of God Lutheran Church in Southeast Baltimore for the past year.
I have been blessed to be a part of many transformational young adult communities and am passionate about the integral importance of these communities to our broader church. I am thrilled to be accompanying Christ Lutheran for this fall and joining you all in ministry in Radford."
Since leaving home after high school, I’ve been blessed to call many beautiful and vibrant places home, including Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, central Mexico, Asheville, New York City and most recently Baltimore. I’m excited to finally be back in Virginia, exploring a new part of my home state!
I studied political science, economics and Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout college I spent my summers working as a counselor and later area director at Lutheridge Camp outside Asheville, NC. I was also a student leader of an ecumenical protestant campus ministry at Penn called the Christian Association.
Following college I served as a Young Adult in Global Mission in Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico where I experienced boundless grace and radical hospitality within my host community. I also traveled to the US/Mexico border for the first time, which deeply impacted my understanding of vocation.
Immediately after returning from Mexico, I moved to New York City to begin seminary at Union Theological Seminary. In my coursework, I focused on the intersection of Christian Social Ethics with Liturgy and Worship, and how our faith communities experience the living Christ and make meaning in that intersection. In seminary I had the great privilege to intern with two different Lutheran ministries--Trinity Lutheran Church/Iglesia Luterana Trinidad and The Vine Citywide Campus Ministry Network. I graduated from Union in May, 2019 and have served as vicar of Breath of God Lutheran Church in Southeast Baltimore for the past year.
I have been blessed to be a part of many transformational young adult communities and am passionate about the integral importance of these communities to our broader church. I am thrilled to be accompanying Christ Lutheran for this fall and joining you all in ministry in Radford."
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Sunday Schedule
Worship 10am Fellowship 11am "A fellowship living and sharing the love of God through worship, service, wellness, and hospitality." 
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