Staff Biographies

Rev. Dr. Beth LaRocca-Pitts, Senior Pastor

Beth LaRocca-Pitts has been a member of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1983, though she has been preaching for longer than that! Read more ...

Rev. Phillip Thomason, Minister of Outreach and Pastoral Care

Phillip Thomason was born in Bristol, Tennessee, but has spent most of his life in Atlanta. He has an undergraduate degree from Emory University and completed his MSED from Georgia State University in the area of mental retardation. Read more ...

Rev. Mandy Sloan Flemming, Minister of Christian Education & Spiritual Formation

Mandy Flemming received her Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in May 2003 and she graduated (with honors) with a B.A. in Psychology and Christian Thought from Oglethorpe University in May 2000. Read more ...

Rev. Joshua M. Noblitt, Minister of Social Justice

Rev. Joshua Noblitt is Saint Mark's Minister of Social Justice. As an Ordained United Methodist Deacon, his twofold ministry is to Word and Service. Read more ...

Kim Sorrells, Minister to Children and Youth

Kim is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, but moved to Georgia to attend Berry College, where she majored in religion and minored in Psychology. Read more ...

Jane Burke, Minister of Fine Arts

Jane comes to us with a proven track record in choral conducting and pastoral skills. Most recently, Jane was the Minister of Fine Arts at Chamblee First United Methodist Church where she served 1996 - 2006. She has also served as the Director of the Festival Singers of Atlanta since 1997. Read more ...

John Richardson, Associate Director of Fine Arts & Organist

Since winning Second Prize in 1996 and First Prize in 1997 in the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Scholarship Competition, John Richardson has earned national recognition for his mature artistry as an organist and church musician. Read more ...