The Congregation at Duke University Chapel

Staff

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Rev. Lynn Holmes

Interim Senior Pastor

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Karen Rhodes

Office Administrator

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Rev. Kenneth Moland

Pastoral Assistant for Pastoral Care

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Mindy Erdmann

Pastoral Assistant for Youth and Young Adults

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Kirsten Ford

Communications and Outreach Assistant

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Staff Biographies

Reverend Lynn Holmes

Lynn Holmes is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and currently serves as the Interim Senior Pastor for the Congregation. She is an Associate Minister at First Baptist Church-Wilmington Street in Raleigh where she was licensed and ordained.

After graduating from Mount Holyoke College and Georgetown Law Center, her professional career has included a range of leadership roles both in the private and public sectors in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

In order to follow God's call and prepare for additional ministry training, she enrolled and completed a Master of Divinity degree magna cum laude and a Certificate in Baptist Studies at Duke Divinity School. Her field experiences allowed her to serve with the Congregation at Duke Chapel and at Newton Park Methodist Church in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She continues her affiliation with Duke University as an adjunct professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and serves at the Divinity School as a member of the Board of Visitors.

Lynn is happily married to Louie Ross, a retired behavioral researcher and professor of sociology. Their blended family includes a son and daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

Karen Rhodes

Karen Rhodes serves as the Office Administrator for the Congregation. A member of the Congregation for over twenty years, Karen has served on the Finance & Stewardship, Staff-Parish Relations, and Nominating and Leadership Development committees.

Karens love for Duke Chapel began as an undergraduate, when she joined the Duke Chapel Choir in 1989. Professionally, Karen worked in various leadership roles at Bayer Crop Science and its predecessors before retiring in 2021.

Karen and her husband, David Sauer, were married in Duke Chapel in 2012, and were honored to have the Duke Chapel Choir sing during the service. When she is not singing in the choir, Karen enjoys traveling and watching sports with her husband.

Reverend Kenneth D Moland

Kenneth Moland holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and a Master of Divinity degree from the Free Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, MN. He is an ordained Pastor in the Lutheran Church and has served congregations in Minnesota, North Dakota and the state of Washington. He has also served in teaching and administration at the Free Lutheran Bible College in Minneapolis, MN.

Ken is married to Barbara, an early childhood educator and piano teacher, who now sings in the Duke Chapel Choir. They are the parents of six adult children, Lydia, Luke, Naomi, Hannah, Joseph and Rachel. They moved to North Carolina in 2018 and connected with Duke Chapel and the Congregation in worship that fall.

Ken and Barbara love the outdoors and enjoy hiking, camping and gardening. They also enjoy traveling and exploring Gods amazing world.

Mindy Erdmann

Mindy graduated from Duke Divinity in 2022 with her MDiv and Certificate in Christian Education. She served the Congregation as an intern in 2021-22 and returned in the summer of 2024 to serve as the Pastoral Assistant for Youth and Young Adults. Mindy has a passion for teaching Scripture and helping congregations engage in racial justice work. She is currently beginning the candidacy process for ordination as a Deacon in the United Methodist Church.

Mindy lives in north Durham with her husband Mark, a local art conservator, and her two sons.

Kirsten Ford

Kirsten graduated from UNCW in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in English with a focus in Technical Writing. She served as the Communications Assistant for the Congregation in 2018 but took a break to pursue other passions and now is back to help and expand the Congregations communication and outreach. She currently is the Volunteer Engagement Supervisor for Durham Habitat and enjoys all things contemporary art and music.