Meet & Greet Pastor Annemarie on Sunday, May 31 in Werner Hall after worship.
Special Congregation Meeting on Sunday, June 7 after worship for the Vote to Call Pastor Annemarie Burke.
Pastor Annemarie Burke was born and raised in Tucson and calls the Sonoran Desert home. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology. Later, she followed a call to offer her love of language and diverse cultures in service of God’s mission to love and bless the world by joining Wycliffe Bible Translators. There she served as a Sociolinguistic Survey Specialist in Tanzania, traveling with a team in remote regions of the country.
After returning, she attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and served her internship year in Northern Minnesota on the Iron Range. She went on to serve ELCA congregations in the Mountain West before returning to Arizona. Most recently, she has served in hospice chaplaincy supporting patients and their families. In January of 2026 she celebrated her 20-year ordination anniversary.
In her free time for rest and renewal, she enjoys reading, hiking, desert gardening, discovering a new favorite restaurant with friends, playing the piano, staring at sunsets, and a good binge-watch on Netflix. She enjoys being outdoors more than indoors, is a dog-person who has cats, and will wax poetic about Star Trek if not closely monitored.