Our Leaders
Welcome Pastor Miles Hopgood!
Pastor Miles Hopgood
Pastor
Kelli Barulli
Youth Director
Hi, my name is Kelli Barrulli and I am the youth director here at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. I have been a member of this church for most of my life. My calling to serve the youth of our church started during my high school years. During that time, you could find me helping during Sunday school or babysitting during the services. As an adult, I started teaching in Sunday School, volunteering as a leader in youth group and Vacation Bible School.
For over 25 years, I have felt a strong calling to work with the youth of our congregation. Our youth ministry program works hard to make sure our youth feel loved and cared for, protected and included. We provide countless opportunities for our youth to gather together, serve our church and community, grow their faith and have fun.
In addition to youth ministry, I work full time at Valley Christian School as a Kindergarten aide in Huntingdon Valley. I have received my youth ministry certificate from the Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg. It has been a privilege to serve this congregation as the youth director for the past 10 years.
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. ”
Robert Prester
Organist
Robert Prester began classical piano studies at age 3, soon continuing at the prep-division of the Manhattan School of Music. He was later awarded a scholarship there to earn his Masters of Music degree. Robert's first recording, Trillium, released on Island Records in 1988, was nominated for the Grammy Awards quarter-finals. His most recent recording, Rapsodya, features his original Piano Sonata in A Minor, as well as a collection of classical works by Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Debussy. Robert has held teaching positions at the Rockland Conservatory and Opus 118 in New York, and has been an instructor at the Florida Atlantic University LLS program teaching among other things, his newly developed course, "Deconstructing Jazz". Church music ministry has included positions as Director of Music at First Unitarian Church of the Palm Beaches and St. Juliana Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, FL, as well as an accompanist position at St. Ann Catholic Church.
Our Staff
Debbie Brady
Kelli Barulli
James Shamberger
Our Council
Lori Donahue, President
Harry Leach, Vice-President
Karen White, Secretary
Will McGowan, Treasurer
Terry Budge
Bruce Corson
Tracy Gannon
Wayne Goerlich
Diane Kollmorgen
Emma Sauermelch
Chris Simcox
Wendy Slear
Kevin Sokolowski
Brielle Zinn