Emmanuel's Pastors, Staff, Elders and Deacons serve the needs of Emmanuel and those in our community.

STAFF  

Scott Seaton Pastor	Young Lee Pastor of Community Care & Community Groups	Stephen Bates Worship and Youth Pastor
Brittany Burnham Office Administration & Treasurer	Carlos Dimas Outreach Director	Angela Na Children’s Ministries Director

ELDERS

Emmanuel believes strongly in the "priesthood of all believers," the biblical idea that all of us are called and equipped to tend to the spiritual needs of others. We also believe the Scriptures direct churches to elect from their own a group of elders to provide spiritual oversight to the congregation. Individually, elders are responsible to counsel, teach, pray with and for the members of Emmanuel. Collectively, these elders form what Presbyterians call a "Session," which governs a local congregation. 

To learn more about the ministry of an elder, please read Qualifications for Elder.

Josh Chang

Elder

Josh Chang moved back to the DC area in 2006 and has been a member of Emmanuel since 2008. Before this, he served as a deacon at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and was a member at Grace Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Josh enjoys the privilege of serving as a community group leader and teaching discipleship classes and children’s church. Josh is married to Melissa and they have two energetic boys, Caleb and Cyrus, who attend Arlington public schools. Having grown up in Minnesota, Josh is a diehard Vikings, Twins, and Wolves fan. His hope is that Emmanuel will deepen its understanding of what it means to be a church in Arlington and for Arlington.

Carlos Dourado

Elder

Carlos and his wife, Pam became members of Emmanuel in early 2015, following their move to Northern Virginia when Carlos retired after a long career as a pharmaceutical executive. His career took them to live in five different countries and eight different cities. Now during retirement, Carlos does translations (English to Portuguese) for The Gospel Coalition and is a board member of Sanctity of Life Ministries. Pam holds a Master’s degree in Counseling from Gordon-Conwell Seminary, works as a Life Coach and serves as a volunteer counselor for Hope NOVA, a crisis pregnancy center. They enjoy the privilege of co-leading a Community Group at Emmanuel and have a passion for seeing believers “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Favorite pastimes are fishing, traveling, watching soccer, reading and going for long walks. Carlos and Pam have two married sons and four grandchildren.

Jamie Johnson

Elder

Jamie Johnson has been a member of Emmanuel since the church’s beginning. Jamie’s passion for Emmanuel is for people to experience God’s presence and grace daily in the midst of life’s brokenness, trials, and hardships. Jamie has served in the Federal government over 25 years and is currently a senior executive with the Department of Homeland Security. Jamie enjoys tennis, fishing, travel, and golf. Jamie is also an avid sports fan and enjoys rooting for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Nationals, and North Carolina Tar Heels. Prior to Emmanuel, Jamie and his wife June were members of McLean Presbyterian Church (where they met) for 17 years until God called them to help plant Emmanuel. They have two daughters, Beth Ann and Marie.

Sang Lee

Elder

Sang and his wife, Eleanore, have been members of Emmanuel since 2012, and they have two kids, AJ and EJ. Sang serves in the worship and community group ministries at Emmanuel. He enjoys facilitating deeper fellowship within the church community through food, drink, games, and sports. Sang is originally from Chicago and looks forward to the glorious day that Portillo's and pizza puffs arrive in Arlington. If not at his day job as a lawyer for the government, Sang can be found on the Arlington fields coaching AJ's and EJ's soccer teams or on the basketball court trying to avoid getting injured.

DEACONS

At Emmanuel, all members are called to serve the needs of others. At the same time, our deacons will help us to "consider how to spur one another to love and good deeds" (Hebrews 10:24), addressing the physical needs of people in Emmanuel and the broader community.

To learn more about our diaconal ministry, please read Something More In Mind: Diaconal Ministry at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church.

Ordained

• Michael Chung (chair)

Appointed

• Brent Dieleman
• Pam Dourado
• June Johnson
• Judy Kauer
• Thomas Kraemer
  
• Jim Presswood
• Dave Roberts

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