Our Staff

Rev. Joshua D. Rusert, Senior Pastor

PastorJosh@pilgrimbethesda.org

Available Tuesday-Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm

Pastor Josh was installed as the Senior Pastor at Pilgrim Lutheran Church on August 19, 2018. He is married to Samantha ("Sammy"), who works for Homeland Security in Washington, DC. They have two young children, a son and a daughter. 

Prior to his call to Pilgrim, Pastor Josh's first call out of seminary was to Trinity Lutheran Church in Mequon, WI, as an Associate Pastor. He attended Concordia Seminary, St. Louis from 2010-2014, especially enjoying studying systematic and practical theology during his time there.

Pilgrim is blessed that God called Pastor Josh to lead our congregation. Both Pastor Josh and Sammy feel humbled, blessed, and excited for their future here in the DC-Metro area, and for the future of Pilgrim Lutheran Church!

Eunice Kim - Music Director

Pilgrim is blessed to have Eunice Kim serve as our new Director of Music. Eunice is a professionally-trained pianist who has performed as a soloist and collaborative musician in concerts, festivals, and competitions throughout the United States and internationally. She has collaborated with renowned artists such as Robert McDuffie, formal New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, Montreal Symphony concertmaster Andrew Wan, Grammy-Winning violinist Mark O'Connor, and Düsseldorf Symphoniker concertmaster, Dragos Manza. She performs regularly with an award winning violinist, Jin Woo Lee in a violin and piano duo, which received the best duo prize in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been featured in WQXR, Aspen Public Radio, and Swiss National Radio and has performed in major concert venues such as Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, Carnegie Hall, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Kölner Philharmonie, Essener Philharmonie, and Dortmund Konzerthaus. Most recently, she was staff pianist at Robert Schumann Musikhochschule in Germany, while her husband was the first concertmaster in Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Eunice, her husband, and their two young sons are looking forward to becoming part of the Pilgrim family.

In addition to playing for our services, Eunice directs the youth and adult choirs. Please email office@pilgrimbethesda.org for further information on our music programs, or join us on Sundays to hear Eunice's beautiful music! 

Officers

Darrel Regier—President

Andrew Espeseth—Vice President

David Pollock—Secretary

John Summerville—Treasurer

Bailey Adams - Ex-Officio Member for Physical Properties

Kyle Drefke - Ex-Officio Member

Jill Caverly - Ex-Officio Member