Pastor
Pastor Pamela J. Hoh is a native of New York City. She and her husband Daniel reside in Albany, New York. They are the parents of two young adults. Pastor Hoh graduated from New York University with a BA in Psychology/English. She then attended Hunter College, receiving an M.S. in Guidance and Counseling. Experiencing a call to ministry, she attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, receiving a Master of Divinity in 1994. Pastor Hoh was ordained to the rostered ministry of the ELCA in 1995.
Pastor Hoh has had a variety of work experiences both inside and outside the Lutheran church. She served as staff for The Lutheran Church in America, a predecessor body of the ELCA. She has also worked as an administrator and and counselor for a Lutheran social service agency in New England. After moving to the Capitol District, Pastor Hoh served as the pastor for The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Raymertown, N.Y. She left rostered ministry in 2007 to teach full-time as a Social Studies/English Language arts middle school teacher at Brown School in Schenectady where she taught for ten years. She was reinstated to the roster of the ELCA as an ordained pastor in 2013. Since being reinstated she has served as Interim Pastor for two congregations: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Scotia, and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Loudonville, New York. She also served as the Transitional Pastor for a two-point parish in Canajoharie and Stone Arabia. She is presently the pastor/mission developer at Hope Lutheran Church in Troy, New York.
Pastor Hoh brings a passion for sharing the good news of Jesus Christ through the gifts of preaching and storytelling, joyful worship, leading various workshops and bible studies, pastoral care, and being a guide and resource for those who are interested in further developing their relationship to God through the spiritual disciplines of the christian faith.
Pastor Hoh enjoys reading, writing, walking in nature, art, traveling, and learning about Japan—it’s language and culture.