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Pastor Shawn Hannon

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Pastor Shawn is a 2010 graduate of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina, and he began his call at Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade NY that summer. While he spent four years learning and serving churches in South and North Carolina, as a Jamestown, NY native, Western New York has always been home. He is glad to be here. Pastor Shawn and his wife Carol Hannon met while attending SUNY Geneseo in the mid-2000s. They have enjoyed making their home together in Arcade with their daughters Quinn and Perry.   Pastor Shawn has a background in youth and outdoor ministry. He is a former camper and staff person at Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center in Bemus Point, NY. He has also served camps in urban settings and oversees in Madagascar. In seminary he was recognized for gifts in Greek and New Testament, and in his senior year was recognized with awards in both Preaching and Biblical Studies. Pastor Shawn continues to emphasize the youth in his ministry, but not simply because they are the future church, but because they are the church of today.  He also enjoys working on service projects, and takes the role of planning meaningful and engaging worship seriously.  He loves helping people find ways to put their passion and energy to work making their community and other people’s worlds a better place. When he is not working at church, Shawn enjoys remodeling and construction projects around his family’s home.  But as busy as he gets, PS always has time for a quick nine (okay, 18) on the golf course. He enjoys playing sports of all kinds and fiddling with his guitar.

Herald of Good Tidings

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY “Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Go tell it on the mountain that...

Embracing the Paradox

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY The life of faith is all about embracing paradoxes. So much of what it means to be...

Die Sundigste Meile: The Most Sinful Mile

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY I had an opportunity to travel to Germany last month. I experienced lots of new things, but...

Two Is Better Than One

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY I recently took a group of men to the shores of Lake Chautauqua for a weekend of...

Asking Questions about Faith

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY I often find myself having conversations with people who are asking questions about faith. Full disclosure: there...

Small Marble Turtle

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY There is a small marble turtle I got in Madagascar in 2004 who sits on a shelf...

Mafia

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY There's a game we play with the older youth at our church called Mafia. If the title...

Good or Evil

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY As you have by no doubt realized by now (unless this is your first week reading, of...

“Welcome”

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY My family recently hosted my cousin and her husband as she passed through WNY from her home...

The Golden Rule

Contributing Writer Pastor Shawn Hannon Hope Lutheran Church, Arcade, NY There is one very simple rule every child must learn growing up: step on a crack and...