Who
we are: Staff
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Rev.
Thomas J. Knoll, Pastor
tknoll@firsttrinitydc.org | Rev.
Knoll is a graduate of Concordia College, Milwaukee, and Concordia Senior College,
Ft. Wayne IN. He received a BA in Psychology/Sociology and Theology in 1977. In
1981 he received a Masters in Divinity from Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis,
MO, with a special emphasis on Urban Ministry. In 1982. He received a Masters
in Social Work with a special emphasis on Community Development from St. Louis
University. Reverend Knoll is a licensed and board certified social worker and
was the Executive Director of Community Life Services from 1982-2002, a social
service ministry started by First Trinity. Tom has also served parishes in North
St. Louis, and Bogota, New Jersey. Currently Reverend Knoll is the President of
Capital Area Asset Building Corp., Treasurer of the United Lutheran Appeal, Vice
President of the Lutheran Planned Giving Consortium, President of Trinity Landholding
Corporation and President of CFLS Restaurant Inc. Rev. Knoll has served on the
Mayor's Task Force on Homelessness and is a frequent speaker on poverty and homelessness
issues.
Pastor Knoll is married to Fran Knoll, a Certified Nurse-Midwife.
They have two children: Sarah in graduate school and Daniel away at college. |
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A. Moen, Pastor
wmoen@firsttrinitydc.org | Rev.
Moen graduated from the University of Iowa in 1992 with a Bachelors of Social
Work and a B.A. of Psychology. In 1999 after 7 years of social work with various
populations and in various settings, including a year of accompaniment with the
people of Nicaragua, she began seminary studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary
at Philadelphia and graduated with a Master's of Divinity in 2003. Her concentration
areas at the seminary were in Urban Ministry and Latino Studies. Her seminary
training included serving as intern pastor at Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington,
DC 2001-2002 and a Clinical Pastoral Education Program at the Washington Hospital
Center in the summer of 2000. Pastor Moen is the proud mother of
one energetic son, Jonathan, born March 2003. Pastor Wendy Blogs! | | |  |
Steve Brodd, Director of Music
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Stefan Brodd is the Director of Music at First Trinity Lutheran Church
and the kantor for the Churches of Sweden and Finland, all in
Washington, D.C. He is also a musical director for shows and events for
the City of Greenbelt, Maryland and performs frequently at such venues
as the Shakespeare Theatre and the Embassies of Sweden and Finland. He
lives with his partner Christopher Cherry in Greenbelt.
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