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KELLEY
BAXTER is originally from Baltimore,
Maryland.
She attended Shepherd
University,
where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance in December
2002. After working as a retail manager for 2 years, Kelley entered the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
in the fall of 2005. During her first year she served St.
Paul's Lutheran
Church
in Litllestown,
Pennsylvania
as a teaching parish student, under supervisor Pastor Thomas Stellhorn. In
the summer of 2006, Kelly completed a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Central
Maine Medical
Center
in Lewiston, Maine
under supervisor Pastor Jay Turner. Kelley completed internship at St.
Mark's Lutheran
Church
in Charlotte,
North Carolina,
in 2007-2008 under supervisor Pastor Peter Brown.
While at Gettysburg Kelley served as class secretary/treasurer. for one year
and class president for two years. She was also a member of Schola Cantorum,
Seminary Choir, and Motet Choir, all under the direction of Dr. Stephen
Folkemer. Kelley has traveled around the world during her time in seminary:
to Biloxi, Mississippi
to participate in the hurricane relief effort; to Israel,
Palestine
and Jordan
as an educational trip, and to Geneva,
Switzerland
for an ecumenical class sponsored by the World Council of Churches and
Lutheran World Federation.
Kelley Baxter accepted a call to St. Paul
Lutheran Church, July
1. She was ordained at St. Paul
and installed as its Pastor on Saturday, July 12.
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