Lakewood United Methodist Church
3856 West Tenth Street
Erie, PA 16505
814.833.4131
Pastor Kathleen Schoeneck
Lakewood United Methodist Church Erie PA is a loving congregation
focused on helping people discover, experience and
know the love and presence of Jesus Christ.
Lakewood United Methodist Church 3856 West 10th Street 814.833.4131
Rev. Robert Lewis, Pastor pastor@lakewooderie.org
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Staff Email Addresses
Pastor: Rev. Bob Lewis
pastor@lakewooderie.org
Administrative Secretary: Janet Coon
secretary@lakewooderie.org
Lay Visitor: Robert Yates
rjyates7@gmail.com
Newsletter: Emily Killian
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Preschool Director: Jackie Carlson
lakewooderiepreschool@gmail.com
Sonlight Puppets: Norma Buerk
nbuerk@luthermemorialonline.org
Webmaster: Michael Paul
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Custodian: John Thorr
thorr.jc69@gmail.com
Education Coordinator: Pam Anthony
pkayanthony@yahoo.com
Music Director: Jeremiah Bull jeremiahbull@hotmail.com
Organist: Carolyn Sanford
carolynsanford44@gmail.com
Nursery Attendant: Jackie Reynolds
renyoldsjackie21@gmail.com
Rev. Robert H. Lewis was born September 27, 1955, and grew up as a Methodist in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1977 from West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He worked for two years in a state hospital in West Virginia and three years in an outpatient clinic in
Pittsburgh. Rev. Lewis met his wife Barb while they were doing volunteer work at Forbes Hospice in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Barbara (Shigo) Lewis is a native of Hazelton, PA. They married in 1982 and have 2 adult children, Christopher and Katrina.
Rev. Lewis earned a Master's degree in Divinity in 1986 from Wesley
Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. While he was in seminary, he served as a student pastor at a Disciples of Christ church in Rockville, MD from 1983 to1985. He then studied for a year in clinical pastoral education at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He became a probationary pastor in 1986 and was ordained an elder in 1988. Reverend Lewis was appointed in 1986 as Associate Pastor at First UMC in Irwin, PA, where he served that congregation for four years.
In 1990, he began a ten-year pastorate at Cascade UMC in Erie.
In 2000, he moved to Masontown in southwestern Pennsylvania and served nine years as Pastor at Masontown UMC. In March 2009, he was appointed to be the new pastor at Lakewood and returned to the Erie area in the summer of 2009.
The Lakewood congregation is very blessed to have Bob & Barb Lewis with us. Reverend Lewis is a talented leader known for his friendly, outgoing persona, his fostering of personal face-to-face relationships and his caring touch for all members of the church.
Pastor Bob conducts traditional worship services featuring both the old-style Methodist hymns and some praise songs, and enjoys telling lighthearted jokes to start his sermons. He is also known as Pastor Bob or “PB” to the children. If you'd like to speak to Pastor Bob (or Rev. Lewis) you may call him (833-4131) or email him at pastor@lakewooderie.org.