Staff

Pastor John comes to the ministry after a career with the Washington State Department of Correction. John is a graduate on the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and has a deep love of the ocean and for surfing. He joins us down here with his wife and a family of ferrets. John is deeply moved to experiencing the transforming love of God all around us, in the waves of the ocean, the face on the street corner, and in the presence of God in Word and Sacrament. It this encounter of this love that can transform us to be the love of God for the world. 

Raynette is our church office manager and the first person you are likely to meet if you call or visit us mid-week. Taking the reigns of daily welcome, she can answer your questions about church programming, schedules or individual resource people at Atonement. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and is of Hawaiian/Portuguese decent. Raynette is married with 2 children and 2 grandchildren.