Meet Our Pastor

 

 Hi, I’m Mark Zimmerman, the new pastor of the Lebanon United Methodist Church – and what a great church it is! LUMC is people:  a mix of those who grew up in the church and others who’ve come here from multiple countries, young and old, but young-at-heart, and making up a church family who warmly welcome newcomers warmly. That’s certainly the buzz we’ve gotten in our first several weeks here.

My wife Deirdre and I also made a bit of a journey to come here. Deirdre was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a missionary in Nepal, where we met and married about 25 years ago.  I grew up in Philadelphia, lived in this area to attend Dartmouth Medical School 40 years ago, and worked as a physician in Nepal for my entire medical career.

Although active in the leadership of a Nepali Christian church, this my first appointment as a United Methodist pastor and I’m excited about what God has led us into here in Lebanon. We find ourselves part of a church with a group of people who love Jesus, who want to spread His love to others, and who’d be delighted to have others join us on the journey.

Come check us out – either for Sunday  morning worship at 10:30, we have Adult Sunday school at 9:00am and for children we have Sunday school that takes place during the worship services.