St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
12095 Blades Road, Cordova, MD 21625
Email: info@stpaulscordova.org
Phone: 410-364-5147
The Reverend Robert ‘Bob’ Lehman was born and raised in Southcentral Kansas until graduating from college. He grew up with a strong sense of community and a calling to help those in need. After graduating from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1984, Pastor Lehman's path took him to the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was there that he completed his Master of Divinity degree and was called and ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Since then, Pastor Lehman has served various congregations and communities throughout the United States, including Frederick, Washington, and Calvert Counties. But his passion for education and the environment led him to also pursue a career in teaching. For many years, he has been known as Mr. Lehman to his students at Bowie High School in Maryland, where he teaches Environmental Science and Advanced Placement Environmental Science. In 2016, Pastor Lehman completed his master’s degree in education from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. He has begun a certificate program in Climate Change Education at Goucher College in Baltimore. In addition to his roles as a pastor and teacher, Pastor Lehman has also served as an interim pastor at various churches, including Church of the Redemption (Episcopal) in Locust Point and St. Philip's Lutheran Church in Baltimore City.
Pastor Lehman is a spiritual and pastoral leader who is enthusiastic about serving God and God’s people. Join us in welcoming him to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
OUR CHURCH
Among the early settlers of Talbot County Maryland there were Christians of the Lutheran Faith. Most of these settlers had come from Germany. In the early 1900's they formed a congregation and worshiped at Zion Lutheran Church "Longwoods" (which later became Grace Lutheran Church of Easton
Many members lived in the Cordova area and found that travel to Longwoods was a hardship. They decided to organize and build their own church. St. Paul's was dedicated on May 23, 1909 with services held in both German and English.
While services are now held only in English, the German heritage is still celebrated. The words Vertrau auf Gott (Trust in God) are painted above the altar, and an Oktoberfest is held each fall. The congregation has grown to include people of varying ethnic backgrounds and people from outside the Cordova area. Members now come from surrounding counties and even from Delaware to worship with us.
To accommodate the growth of the congregation the church was renovated and expanded in 2008. While the original character of the building was preserved, along with original worship furnishings, it was modernized to make it comfortable for worshipers in the twenty-first century.