Welcome Rev. Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz!
The Rev. Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz (she/her) is a transplant to Michigan from the Finger Lakes region of Western New York. Before hearing her call to ordained ministry, she worked for 17 years as a teacher of high school and college English and ESL, in the U.S. and abroad (China, Honduras, Romania, and Qatar). She is a proud Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served in Romania from 2001 to 2003.
While in seminary at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Becka worked in youth ministry at Third Presbyterian Church and Lake Avenue Memorial Baptist Church in Rochester, NY. She was also the assistant director at Camp Whitman on Seneca Lake, a Presbyterian-owned camp, for four years.
Becka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and art history from Boston University, and two Master of Arts degrees from American University in Washington, DC—one in teaching and the other in international peace and conflict resolution. Most recently, she earned her Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. She was the 2024 recipient of the Theodore Louis Trost Memorial Prize, awarded by vote of the faculty to the graduating senior who exhibits “unusual promise in becoming a faithful pastor, preacher, and parish minister.”