Pastor Pam Schaefer Dawson
Associate Pastor

Pastor Pam is primarily responsible for pastoral ministry, with an emphasis on ministry to the home bound, and she is also involved in worship planning and leadership, as well as being a part of two of our Ministry Teams at Holy Shepherd.  She is a caring and deeply reflective preacher who strives to help all to see new connections within Scripture, as well as new connections between the Biblical story and their own stories.

Pastor Pam is married to John Dawson.  John is loving stepdad (SD, as they call him) to Pam’s adult daughters, Anne and Katherine. Anne is married to Pastor Joshua Serrano, former Associate Pastor of Holy Shepherd, and she is stepmom to his boys, Sebastian and Isaac. Katherine is engaged to Kevin, and they are planning a January wedding. Pastor Pam’s parents, Marty and Barbara, are a huge part of her life as well.

Pastor Pam is part-time at Holy Shepherd; in addition, she teaches high school math full-time in Petaluma. When home, she enjoys cuddling with her two cats while watching Netflix. She also loves taking walks, going to movies, reading over coffee at Starbucks, and spending time with family.

B.A., Mathematics, San Francisco State University

Teaching Credential, Mathematics, SFSU
M.Div., PLTS, Berkeley, Ca.
Ordained into Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America