Meet our Staff

Our staff are committed to providing a safe place for anyone facing distressing situations in life and to guide them with gentle compassion toward Jesus – the ultimate Source of all hope, truth, and love.

Sam & Cathie Gingerich

Sam serves as the administrator of LCM. He obtained his master's in Biblical Counseling from Providence Theological Seminary followed by ...

Elaine Yoder

Elaine came to LCM as a counselor in 1997. She received a master's in Biblical Counseling at Colorado Christian University ...

Joshua Strickler

Joshua Strickler joined the counseling team in 2008 and works with a variety of counseling needs. He holds a doctor ...

Darla Hackman

Darla joined the counseling team at LCM in 2012. She considers it an honor to journey with ladies seeking more ...

Naomi Zimmerman

Naomi joined the LCM counseling team in 2013. She is blessed to be the wife of Leon and enjoys interacting ...

Hannah Beiler

Hannah's personal journey brought her to LCM in 2006. Over the next several years she participated in women's groups, completed ...

Dave Myer

Dave joined the LCM team in 2015, coming with experience in correctional and industrial chaplaincy as well as 26 years ...

Michael Hochstetler

Michael joined the team at LCM in 2016. He was raised in southern Virginia and currently lives with his wife ...

Brenda Hershberger

Brenda, a native of the lovely Shenandoah Valley, joined the office team in 2018. Her life experiences include teaching school, ...

James & Sherilyn Mast

James moved to Lancaster County in 2019 to join the counseling team at LCM. He, his wife Sherilyn, and their ...

Adam Lehigh

Adam came to Life Counseling Ministries in 2021 with a passion for bringing the love of the Father into people's ...

Lonita Wise

Lonita grew up the fifth of seven on a farm in Lebanon, PA. With dreams of becoming a medical missionary, ...

Anna Stoltzfus

Anna joined the team as a receptionist in 2023. She has had previous experience as a receptionist in a chiropractor’s ...
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Bettina Yoder

Bettina grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her family, and in the early 1990s spent time ...
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Mary Petersheim

Mary was born and raised in northwestern Ontario to missionary parents. After marrying Mark Petersheim, they served together for twenty-three ...

Janice Miller

Janice Miller joined the LCM office in April of 2024. The beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia has been home for ...