Jack Mandeville (He/Him)
Care and Operations coordinator

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​Originally from South Carolina, Jack has worked in higher education settings all across the United States and Europe. He currently works with pastors, other staff and lay leadership at West Linn Lutheran Church as Ministry Operations and Communications Manager, and is responsible for the day to day office administrative tasks at the church.

Josh DOlar
(he/Him)
Communications and A/v Ministries
​josh@wllc.org

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Josh is a born and raised Oregonian and has lived a multitude of professional lives before arriving at WLLC in the summer of 2021. He has a degree in ministry from George Fox University. His main focus outside of work are mostly socio-political progress, photography, and anything music related. He runs all technical aspects of the church, the audio and visual aspects of Sunday Worship, and creates all internal and external communication for the church. 

Pastor Christine Core (she/Her)
Interim Pastor

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Pastor Christine Core comes to WLLC as a Co-interim Pastor, serving alongside Pastor Scott Dunfee.  She received her theology degree from Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry, and has studied at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Luther Seminary, and Portland Seminary at George Fox University.

Pastor Christine has three talented daughters who are all married to
loving partners.  She is especially proud of her six grandchildren.  She
loves to read, knit, cook and bake, but is still mastering the art offlaky pie crust.  Pastor Christine lives in NW Portland with her husband John and their enthusiastic golden retriever, Barnabas.

Helen Pevzner
(She/Her)
​Choir Director 

​Conductor, College Professor, Voice/Piano/ Guitar private Instructor, Singer, Pianist, Entertainer.Helen earned her degree from Conservatory in Russia and Portland State University. Helen teaches, conducts and performs for 37 Years now. Her teaching welcomes all ages and includes the best curriculum in the music industry.

Adam Robinson
(He/Him)
​Worship Coordinator

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​Adam serves as lead accompanist at West Linn Lutheran, playing piano and keyboard at all our worship services.  He also serves as the Worship Team Coordinator. Adam has close to 20 years of experience as an accompanist. He has worked with churches, choirs and schools, as well as offering private lessons to individual students.

Pastor Scott Dunfee
​(He/Him)
Interim Pastor

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Scott has been a Lutheran Pastor for 40 years and have served multi-staff congregations in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington. He was also a Chaplain in the U.S. Navy Reserve for almost 24 years. Scott has a passion for all things Celtic--especially Celtic Spirituality . . . and Celtic spirits. He is enrolled with the Council of Whisky Masters to be certified as a Scotch Whisky Professional.

Debbie Smith
(She/her)
​Bookkeeper

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Debbie has a BS in Accounting with an emphasis in Forensic Accounting. She has been married to her husband Martin for over 15 years. She has 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren between 18,10 & 8. her hobbies are bookkeeping, singing, painting and paper crafting. ​She love walking the dogs in the rain and snow.  Fall is her favorite time of year.