About the Church of Our Saviour, Lutheran (COSL)

Pastor Mary was born and raised in California where she was an active member of her home congregation as a liturgist and lead cantor until she felt the call to seminary to become a pastor herself.

Her life experience includes working as a paralegal for her late husband and running a bed and breakfast inn, to name a few. She has been a church musician since her youth, and has worked on Lutheran worship events at the local, regional, and national levels. She is also passionate about interfaith collaboration and the issues faced by First Nations peoples around the world.

She recently completed a five-year call in a small congregation in Washington State where she was known as an excellent liturgist and a strong administrator. She has a gift for pastoral care, education and building community within the congregation while also collaborating with local neighborhoods to seamlessly meet the needs of each.

Pastor Mary enjoys gardening, skiing, traveling, and making music.  She is excited about the opportunity to explore a new part of the country while being closer to her son who is stationed in North Carolina with the US Army.

Judith is a resident of Port Washington and is well known in the community, having served as Director of Music/Organist at the Reform Church of Manhasset and as organist at the Congregational Church of Manhasset. She taught general music and chorus at Northside Elementary School in Farmingdale and maintains an active studio of piano, voice, and woodwind students. Her career highlights include performing at the White House and the Vatican Pavilion at the World’s Fair.

Jamie is a lifelong member of Church of Our Saviour Lutheran, and her faith stands as a strong pillar of her identity. Jamie is passionate about encouraging young people to become active participants in both the church and their faith. At COSL, Jamie coordinates and leads both youth programs and early education programs, such as Sunday School. Jamie shepherds youngsters to develop and cultivate strong healthy relationships with their faith from a young age. She is a graduate from Concordia College-New York, in Bronxville, New York, holding a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Childhood Special Education. Jamie is currently a 4th grade teacher at Trinity Lutheran School in Hicksville.

Antonio, a native of El Salvador, courageously left his country to pursue a better life for himself and his family in the United States. Upon arriving in our nation, he held several jobs before ultimately accepting his current position with our congregation in November 1998. Since then we have been blessed to have Antonio cheerfully caring for the maintenance and repairs of our property and grounds. The congregation was proud to celebrate Antonio officially becoming a citizen of the United States in 2013.