Pastor and Staff

 

Pastor Pat Weyrauch

Pastor Pat came to Manhattan as Senior Pastor in June of 1996. He served as Senior Pastor in Ames, IA, Nashville, TN, and Union, ME. Pat also served as Youth Pastor in Emporia, KS while attending Mid-America Nazarene University. He graduated from MNU in 1987 with a bachelors in religion and was ordained in 1989 in Nashville, TN.

Pat married his wife, Judy, in Newton, KS on October 1, 1977 and has been blessed with two wonderful children, Ben and Emily. He also enjoys being a grandfather to Gracelynn and Shelby as well as father-in-law to Amber.

When not at the church Pat enjoys reading, fishing, bow hunting, and bird hunting. Pat shares, "I love people and enjoy fellowship at our home and the homes of others. If that fellowship includes games that is even better! I love my Lord and have served Him since November 1977 when I found Him as my Savior."

Pastor Pat can be reached on his cell phone at (785) 532-8324.

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Pastor Linda Johnson

Pastor Linda came to Manhattan as Family/Children's Pastor in November 2007. Before moving to Manhattan, Linda lived in Elkhart, KS for 27 years. She married Darrel on February 20, 1981 and they have been blessed with three children: Kayla, Kyle and Klay.

Linda enjoys crocheting, taking pictures, playing the piano, and watching Little League baseball. She shares, "My favorite activity is having friends come over for fellowship at our home. My deepest joy is being around children and interacting in their lives. My greatest love is my Lord, and my deepest longing is to sit at His feet in Heaven."

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 Pastor Molly Latchaw

Molly grew up in Nebraska and moved down to Kansas back in 2001.  She graduated from MidAmerican Nazarene University in 2005 with a degree in Youth and Family Ministry and went on to get her MDiv from Nazarene Theological Seminary.  She spent 2 summers with Nazarene Youth in Mission in Sydney, Australia and one year as a Nazarene Mission Corps volunteer in Poznan, Poland.  Prior to joining the staff in Manhattan in June, 2010, she served 2 ½ years as the Pastor of Discipleship at Central Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, KS. 
 
Molly married Jeremy Latchaw on July 17, 2010.  They enjoy traveling, kayaking, hiking, camping, and taking their giant dog, Jake, to the park.  They hate driving in traffic and olives (green and black are equally terrible). 
 
For Molly, ministry is about loving God and loving others.  She is passionate about seeing teenagers transformed by the love of God to be life-long disciples who change the world.  And she is looking forward to seeing the amazing things God is doing in Manhattan.