Pastor Karen Liddy began serving at Jerusalem Lutheran Church this past October. She grew up in Wadsworth and graduated from Wadsworth High school in 2001. She attended Capital University in Columbus then moved to New Haven, Connecticut, receiving a Master’s in Religion from Yale Divinity School before returning to Columbus to attend Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Her first call was to Peace Lutheran Church in Ashland, Ohio where she served from 2012 to 2024. She is married to Pastor Randy O’Donnell who serves at Christ the Redeemer Lutheran church in Brecksville. She has twin adult step daughters, Kaley and Rachel. Kaley lives in Delaware, Ohio and works as a program director for a Lutheran church in Columbus, and Rachel lives in Hollywood, California and works in the film industry. She and Randy also have two littles, Theo who is seven and in 1st grade and Tess who is three and a half and loves the color pink.