The Rev. Martha Miller Sims, M.Div. msims@gracewin.org has served as pastor since July, 2002. A 1994 graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia, S.C., Pastor Sims was ordained by the Virginia Synod-ELCA in 1994 and served her first call at the Gravel Springs/St. John Lutheran Parish in Frederick County, Virginia. In 1998 she was called to serve in two half time positions: as campus pastor at James Madison University and as the associate pastor of Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Rev. Jonathan Boynton, M.Div. joined our staff during the summer of 2014. A 2012 graduate of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina, ordained by the Virginia Synod in 2012 ELCA, and served his first call as co-pastor at the North Mountain Lutheran Parish in Toms Brook and Strasburg, Virginia, with his wife, the Rev. Deanna Boynton. His undergraduate degree in Business Administration is from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, with a concentration in Marketing Management. While at NC State he served as a youth director at the church he attended, and was active in Lutheran Campus Ministry.

Rostered with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as an Associate in Ministry since 1980, Daniel was called to serve Grace beginning in January 2007. A son, brother, brother-in-law, and uncle of Midwestern Lutheran pastors, he attended Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska; majored in piano performance at the University of Wyoming, Laramie; and became a Master of Sacred Music at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. Following three years with First English Lutheran, Lockport, New York, he was Director of Music for twenty-seven years at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina. He has been an active recitalist, accompanist, chamber musician, teacher, and adjudicator.

Serves the congregation as Director of Faith Formation and Youth Ministries. Teresa graduated from Dominion Business School, Staunton, Virginia in 1983 with a associate degree in Business and Marketing. Prior to coming on staff she was a teacher in the Grace Lutheran Preschool and served as chair of the Christian Education Committee.

Joan Carroll jcarroll@gracewin.org is the Church Secretary and has served in that position since May 2000. Joan graduated from Bridgewater College in 1983 with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology. Prior to coming to Grace, she served as an Office Services Specialist with the Shenandoah County Department of Health.