Rev. Becca Messman
Starting October 23, 2021 – Senior Pastor and Head of Staff
Becca comes to us from Trinity Presbyterian Church in Herndon, where she served as co-pastor for 15 years. She is a native Virginian, growing up in Danville, Virginia, and graduating from the University of Virginia, where she majored in Classical Studies and Government. Each of those places gave her an affinity for history, the church, and a deep love of words. She also holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
While serving in Herndon, Becca helped launch a worshipping community of recent immigrants called Lunch for the Soul that has been used as a model for community engagement around the denomination. A prolific writer, she has served as Vice President of the Presbyterian Outlook magazine and co-authored “Cultivated Ministry,” a book about church vitality. She was Co-Chair of VOICE, Virginians Organized for Community Engagement.
Becca lives in Arlington with her husband and two children. She is an avid runner, a lover of puns and music and singing loudly, and a non-threatening board game player.
The Rev. Adam Ogg
Associate Pastor for Youth Ministry
Adam grew up in Ojai, a small town in Southern California, not far from the beach. He does indeed know how to surf but is quite terrible at it. He grew up going to Ojai Presbyterian Church, and became clearly aware of how Protestant he was by attending a Catholic institution for his years in high school.
Being challenged to think about his faith during these formative years, this led him to attend Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington where he studied Theology. After several different experiences in youth ministry, Adam felt the call and inspiration to go into ministry. He went on to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. While there he fell in love with reading and learning while figuring out his calling, in both an urban ministry setting, as well as a stint as an interim youth director.
After graduating, he worked in a seminary-owned garden and as an assistant cheese-maker at a dairy until he moved to serve as the intern at Siesta Key Chapel, a Presbyterian church in Sarasota, Florida. After a year he accepted the call and moved to Burke. Outside of BPC, Adam enjoys podcasts and audiobooks, music, running, or some combination thereof. He can be found hanging out in coffee shops with a good book, seeing live music, or throwing a Frisbee in the park. adam@burkepreschurch.org
