PBC Staff
Jack was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from California University in 1974 with a degree in Secondary Education. Shortly after graduation he married Sue and they recently celebrated their 48th anniversary.
They are blessed with four children and six grandchildren. Jack recently retired after having worked in the fields of marketing, inventory control and administrative work and is very excited to be working with Pittsburgh Baptist Church as Church Administrator.
Don was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Kansas City. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wichita State University and his Master of Music in Trumpet Performance degree from Arizona State University. Don has played with professional orchestras and ensembles for 30 years, including the Chicago Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and the Christian touring brass ensemble, The King’s Brass. He has also spent 14 years in full time church music ministry. Don’s wife Helena is from the beautiful Czech Republic and was also raised in a Christian home. They have three boys and moved to Pittsburgh in 2013.
The life verse that the Lord gave to Don early in his Christian walk is Philippians 3:10, “That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death”
Pat Burke has been working as Financial Secretary for seven years. She has served in Adult Choir, Children’s Choir and Children’s Camp ministries at Pittsburgh Baptist.
She has three children and her hobbies are walking and interior decoration.