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The Reverend Michael Edwards is the Senior Pastor at Good News Lutheran Brethren Church. He has been serving in this office since 2011, following a 20 year career in store operations and human resources management with Waldenbooks/Borders Books and Music. He married Christy (Meiser) Edwards in 1991 and they have two adult children, Gabriel (m. Leilynn-Junne) and Margaret, and one granddaughter, Anastasia Lucia.


Marc Sperlich is the Associate Pastor of Mission & Discipleship at Good News Lutheran Brethren Church. He was born in St. Georgen, Austria, but grew up in Mifflintown. Good News became his home church before it was built in 2000. He initially went to Eastern University in 2004 to study Mathematics, but quickly changed his major to Biblical Studies and Youth Ministry. After marrying his wife, he transferred to Messiah College to finish his degree in Biblical studies in 2008. Shortly after, he and his wife began leading the youth ministry at River Church in Mifflintown and served there for almost 9 years. During this time, Marc also went back to school to get his teaching certificate in Mathematics at Penn State Harrisburg. He served as a short and long term substitute teacher from 2011-2018, until he was called to be the associate pastor at Good News on November 18, 2018. He has been married to Elizabeth (Brotzman) Sperlich since 2007 and is the father of Elijah, Micah, and Josephine.