Hannah, a graduate of Salem College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and an Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, comes to Salisbury from Indianapolis, Indiana, where she served as a Lake Fellow Resident in Parish Ministry. While raised across the continental United States as a military child, her family calls Southern Pines, North Carolina, home.

Hannah graduated from Salem College in May of 2020 with majors in Religious Studies and Nonprofit Management and Community Leadership with minors in Spanish and Business Administration. During her time at Salem, Hannah rooted herself in the community through an interfaith internship at Shalom Project INC., her work on campus with Salem’s Interfaith Council and Nonprofit Leadership Club, and her active membership in the Presbyterian Campus Ministry. Along with her passion for community engagement, Hannah found a deep interest in bridging the gap between the nonprofit community and the religious sector. Hannah completed a two-semester study on mission work, focusing on breaking down barriers to short-term trips to open doors for long-term development, culminating in the first draft of a mission guidebook for congregational use.

While at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Hannah continued to feel a deepened call to missional engagement, which led her to apply and receive the 2022 Valentour Fellowship, where she traveled to Peru, Malawi, and the U.S./Mexico Border to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on short-term missions. Upon her return,

Hannah revised the guidebook created at Salem to enhance its reach and improve its structure. Mission was not the only interest Hannah continued to develop at PTS. As part of the Master of Divinity program, students are required to partake in field education. Hannah worked alongside the saints of Crafton Heights United Presbyterian Church, where she realized an incredible love and passion for worship and congregational ministry as she worked with the youth of the church and experienced all that ministry had to offer.

With this clear pull toward congregational ministry realized, Hannah pursued the Lake Fellow Pastoral Residency program at Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, IN. During her two years at Second, Hannah worked in rotations of Pastoral Care, Mission, Formation, and Engagement, learning the ins-and-outs of congregational ministry in a large church setting. As a Lake Fellow Resident, Hannah spent time teaching, leading small groups, co-leading two mission and formation trips internationally, and spending time in community working with folks of all generations.

Emerging from these experiences, Hannah is looking forward to ministering with the congregation and community of First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury. The congregation’s dedication to discipleship within and outside of the congregation, hands-on mission, and sharing God’s light in Salisbury and the World are all pieces that drew Hannah to First Pres.