Our Interim Rector
While St. Mark's conducts its search for our next fulltime rector, The Reverend Pam Fahrner is serving as St. Mark’s interim rector on a part-time basis, meeting our parish needs in the areas of worship, pastoral care, and parish administration. She and husband Jeff are thrilled to join our parish!
Pam came to ordination late in life after twenty years as a registered dental hygienist in California and Virginia. She and Jeff concurrently owned an art gallery in Virginia. Pam’s call became clear as her health career concluded, and God provided the time and opportunity to focus her ministry on the path to ordination. She was ordained a deacon in 2008 and a priest in 2009 in the diocese of Maryland. She served yoked parishes in Garrett County, Maryland until she was welcomed into All Saints Hilton Head in 2012, remaining there in an ever-growing active role as Senior Associate Rector before retiring on December 31, 2024. Throughout her tenure in the Lowcountry, she has served our diocese in a variety of ways, notably as a member of the finance committee, diocesan council co-chair, and the standing committee in the absence of a bishop. Closest to her heart are pastoral care ministries and preaching. She brings a light-hearted, down-to-earth approachable style and cannot wait to meet you!
Pam and Jeff have 2 dogs, Bello and Sophie. Married for decades and parents of 2 sons, they have 4 grandchildren and live in Bluffton.