Orting United Methodist Church

About Pastor Carol

Pastor Carol has been the minister at Orting United Methodist Church since 1998, her first appointment after being ordained. She attended seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Prior to becoming a minister, Pastor Carol was on staff at the Renton First United Methodist Church, where she was the Director of Adult Programs for eight years, and was a retreat leader and Spiritual Director. Before her job with the Renton First United Methodist Church, she was the editor of the newspaper for the statewide organization of the United Methodist Church for ten years. Earlier in her career, she worked for Boeing, and for Pacific Northwest Bell.

Pastor Carol is a native Washingtonian, born in Colville. Before moving to Orting, she lived on Mercer Island for 28 years. She is married to Sulmo Mariano. Sulmo was born in Argentina and grew up there, moving to the United States as a young adult. He is an aeronautical engineer for the FAA in Tukwila. They have two grown children. Adrian lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife, Joni, and daughters, Aelliana and Nova, and does math research. Sonia lives in Krakow, Poland, where she attends medical school.

Pastor Carol is involved in many church and community activities and has been instrumental in helping the church grow and expand its outreach programs.

One of Pastor Carol's hobbies is music. Going to seminary meant she had to give up her position in the Seattle Symphony Chorale; she had been a member for 25 years and dearly loved singing with the Symphony. Now, she has been taking harp lessons since the beginning of 2000, and she very much enjoys learning and playing.