Rev. R. Burk Hill
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Pastor Hill was born in Watsonville, California, and grew up in Charlotte,
North Carolina. Attending Synodical schools in Concordia, Missouri,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Springfield, Illinois, he earned a Master
of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1976.
Beginning ministry in 1971 serving the
Southeastern District as Missionary-at-Large in Goldsboro, North
Carolina, Pastor Hill became the first resident pastor of Peace
Lutheran Church there. Entering active duty with the United States
Army Chaplains Corps in 1978, Chaplain Hill served in Monterey,
California, Bad Kissingen and Mannheim, Germany, Fort Ritchie
and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Maryland, and Newport
News, Virginia. Retiring in 1995 from the Chaplaincy, Pastor
Hill performed youth ministries as Associate Pastor at The Lutheran
Church of Saint Andrew, Silver Spring, Maryland. Thanksgiving
weekend of 1997 Pastor Hill was installed as Pastor of Messiah
Lutheran Church in Germantown.
Pastor married Anne Patricia Buehrle
of Wheaton, Maryland, and their three grown children are living
in the area. Tabitha, a Montgomery County Middle School Teacher,
lives in Damascus with her husband, Ed, an Application Developer.
Robert, a Mortgage Brooker in Gaithersburg, lives in Frederick
with his wife, Lisa, a Speech Pathologist, and their three sons.
Jonathan, a Landscaper, lives with his wife, Michelle, and their
two children in Ridgely.
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