Our Pastoral Staff
    

Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace B. Landes, Jr., a native of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, has been the senior Pastor of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren since 1985. Prior to his work in Palmyra, he ministered to the Bush Creek Church of the Brethren in Monrovia, Maryland. Rev. Landes received his baccalaureate degree in Philosophy and Religion from Bridgewater College in Virginia, his Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary, and his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Landes resides with his lovely wife, Bonnie, and two children, Matthew and Kendra. He also instructs religion courses at two nearby post secondary institutions, Elizabethtown College and Lebanon Valley College.

Vision: To inspire believers to pursue "another way of living" through his preaching, teaching and example, and to help others learn to "continue the work of Jesus, peacefully, simply, together."

Pastor of Christian Nurture

Rev. Dennis M. Lohr grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia before attending Bridgewater College where he received his baccalaureate degree in Philosophy and Religion. After his undergraduate program, he went on to pursue his Master of Divinity at Bethany Theological Seminary. Rev. Lohr joins the Palmyra congregation after two previous appointments to ministry at the Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren near Staunton, VA, and the Easton Church of the Brethren, Easton, MD. Rev. Lohr has served as Palmyra's Pastor of Christian Nurture since 1996, overseeing the Christian Education Program and also the Young Adult, Youth and Children's Programs. Additionally, he assists with the preaching and worship ministries. Rev. Lohr makes his home in Palmyra with his lovely wife, Sally, and four children, Tim, Adam, Noah and Joel.

Vision: Ephesians 4:12-13 "…to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to a unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ."

Director of Music & Special Ministries

Position Open

Pastor of Visitation

Rev. Carol Cave Dubble has served as the Pastor of Visitation since 1997. She grew up in the nearby Hanoverdale Church of the Brethren. After her graduation from Elizabethtown College, she went on to teach elementary school and remedial reading for fifteen years. She later continued her education at the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg where she received a Master of Arts degree in New Testament Studies. Carol has served as a Christian Education Consultant and led teacher training workshops in various churches throughout Pennsylvania. She also presently serves with her husband, Kirby, in team ministry at the Mt. Wilson Church of the Brethren. She and her husband serve as co-coordinators for marriage enrichment retreats and workshops for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren. She has one son and three grandchildren. Her personal hobbies include reading (especially Civil War literature), counted cross-stitch, and traveling; and she is an avid golf and college basketball fan.

Vision: That we may be a loving, caring family of faith: one that reaches out to one another; that weeps with those who weep; that rejoices with those who rejoice; that bears one another's burdens.