Our Minister
Reverend Pat Jobe is a 32-year veteran of pastoral ministry. He is the author or co-author of nine books and does commentary as a volunteer for WNCW through a feature known as Radio Free Bubba.
He was arrested twice protesting South Carolina’s failure to provide Medicaid expanded coverage to poor people and went eight days in 2014 without solid food protesting mountaintop removal in West Virginia.
For 40 years, primarily as a volunteer, Pat has been an ally of battered women and their children. He currently serves as the minister to the Unitarians of Lake Norman, and All Souls Community in Rutherford County, N.C. He writes for a local paper in Rutherford County and works with both the FeedNC ministry at Lake Norman and chainfreedogs.org, part of the Heart of the Carolinas UU Animal Ministry.
Rev. Jobe is a foster parent to two adults and has four other children and four grandchildren. He is married to Gabriele (Gabe) Rissmeyer and they live with their three dogs, as well as Gabe’s sister, Rachel, and her cat.
Rev. Pat Jobe can be reached at patjobe13@gmail.com
Our Musicians
Mike Alicke on guitar and Theresa Woody on the piano
Our Board of Trustees 2025
- Jim Arnold, President
- Greg Davis, Vice President
- Linda Heydenburg, Treasurer
- Karen Abrams, Co-Treasurer
- Véronique Singerman, Secretary
- Natalie Heling, Trustee at Large
