Rev. Lori Anne wyckoff

The Rev. Lori Anne Wyckoff began serving as pastor of Centre Church in September 2017, after completing her student ministry and two years as Congregational Care Coordinator at Hancock UCC in Lexington, MA. Rev. Lori describes her professional life as a long arc of caring ministry that began with obstetrical nursing in the United States Air Force after earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Binghamton University in 1985. After numerous volunteer gigs while her children were young, Lori then spent a decade working in Early Intervention serving children with developmental disabilities and their families. Following her call to ministry, Rev. Lori earned her Master of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School in 2016. Throughout her adult life, she served every church she belonged to in varied roles, including leading the mission trip ministry of her home church, First Church Nashua.

Rev. Lori has a passion for stories and storytelling and is a budding musician who loves to play (ukulele) and sing with her older brother, Michael. Throughout the pandemic and beyond she developed her skills in graphic arts and video and has loved the opportunities to engage her imagination and creativity.

Rev. Lori and her husband Mike Rottman have three grown children, Kevin, Megan, and Colleen. After 28 years and 5 dogs, they ended up with two Tuxedo cats, Winnie and Bill. Rev. Lori is still dreaming of having a “church dog” one of these days.