Our Staff

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After high school, I attended Potomac State College and WVU where I received an A.A. and B.A. in biology and a B.A. in psychology.  After several years working as a preschool teacher and an aftercare worker in a community mental health facility in Fairmont, WV, I returned to WVU and earned a J.D.  For the next 22 years I practiced law and we raised our family in Wheeling, WV.  In 2002, I entered Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and received my M.Div. in 2006.  I spent a brief time ministering at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Farnham, NY, just south of Buffalo.  In October of 2006, I accepted a call to the Bittinger Lutheran Parish in Garrett County, MD, where I served for six years.  On December 1, 2012, I was installed as the pastor at Trinity.  Cindy and I were married in 1972.  We have four children and four grandchildren. 

 Jamie has lived and worshiped in several different states and is now settled in West Virginia. She taught music K-12 for over 13 years and most recently worked for the Clay Center. She has  two teenagers/young adult with her husband John and enjoys many activities with family and friends 

Jamie has been the Trinity Bell-Tones director since September 2017, and Music Director since 2019. She has been music director for  St. Phillip Lutheran Church in Trenton, Michigan where she worked with children's choir, started chime choir and directed the adult choir as well as arranging for soloists and special music. She is continuing to expand the musical offerings here at Trinity and makes use of the talent in the church and community.

One more hat she wears is providing streaming for the services and coordinate the technology to do so.

Christine is a retired ELCA pastor and served 20 years as an active duty chaplain in the United States Air Force.

Christine received a BM and MM in Organ Performance from the Dana School of Music in Youngstown, Ohio, where she studied with Dr. Ronald Gould and Dr. Robert Hopkins. She attended Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH, and Warburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, IA, where she received an MDiv and was ordained in 1985. In 1991 she earned a DMA in Church Music/Organ from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City where she studied with Dr. Alec Wyton and Dr. Arthur Lawrence. In addition, Christine received a Master of Operational Military Art and Science from Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, and a MA in Religious Studies from the University of the West in Rosemead, CA, where she is currently a PhD candidate in Buddhist Studies. She served parishes in Wisconsin and New York and was College Pastor at Thiel College in Greenville, PA until she entered the U.S. Air Force in 1997. 

After retirement, Christine and her husband, Mark (also a retired ELCA pastor) moved to Charleston WV. The Blice-Baums have two adult children and one grandson. Christine also leads the mindfulness meditation group at Trinity.