Marv
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Location | Mamaroneck, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Born in Salisbury, MD, I grew up in Des Plaines, IL, and Freemont, CA. I am married to Kathleen who is a teacher at Rye Presbyterian Nursery School. I have two daughters, Erin and Allison. I graduated of Valparaiso University, the Lutheran School of Theology of Chicago, Union Theological Seminary in NY, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained at Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island in 1974, I served there as associate pastor and religion instructor until 1978. In 1978 I became pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Mamaroneck, New York. I enjoy sailing, watch baseball, ran the New York City Marathon three times and play racquetball. I love to travel and visited (almost) all of the United States, much of Europe, parts of Latin America and the Middle East. I volunteer on the Board of Greenwood Union Cemetery Board in Rye and as a Chaplain to the Mamaroneck Fire and Police Departments. I have served on the BoD of the Rye YMCA and the Samaritan Counseling Center in Rye. I volunteered on the Ethics Committee for the Village of Mamaroneck, the Committee for Immigration and Hispanic Relations in Mamaroneck, and on various ELCA committees. |
| Interests | Sailing, Baseball, Running, Racquetball, Traveling, Climbing (only Mount Sinai, yet :-)) |
| Favorite Movies | It's a Wonderful Life, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Cool Hand Luke, Chariots of Fire, One Who Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Bringing Up Baby, Seabiscuit, Risky Business; Dirty Harry, The Sting |
| Favorite Music | Frank Sinatra, Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi, Harry Chapin, The Eagles, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Simon & Garfunkel, George Gershwin, Diana Krall, Nora Jones, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffet, Kris Kristoffersen, Barbara Cook, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Theolonius Monk, U2, Van Morrison |
| Favorite Books | Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich, My Search for Absolutes by Paul Tillich, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Rabbit Run by John Updike, All the Pretty Horses by Cormack McCarthy, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marques, Credo by Jaroslav Pelikan |