Rev. Samantha L. Drennan
Pastor Samantha is passionate about the church being the instrument that does God's work in the world. Social ministry and outreach is very important to her - as it says in Matthew 25:40, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me." She also loves teaching and preaching, particularly the more difficult texts of the Bible. How we read and interpret the Bible informs how we treat others, and how we treat others informs how we read the Bible.
A third career clergy person (after stints in retail management and IT support work), she graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary At Philadelphia (now United Lutheran Seminary) in 2011. Her first call was at Jerusalem Western Salisbury, Allentown PA, a Shared Ministry congregation of the UCC and the ELCA. She served as an Associate Pastor there for five years. Her second call was to Grace Lutheran Macungie, where she will celebrate 10 years of service in November 2026.
Since 2021, she has also served part-time as an Associate to the Bishop for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA.
