Pastor Susanna Muzzin

Hello! I joined Amazing Grace in July 2019 - first as an intern pastor, and now as the full pastor (after my ordination in January 2021). I was born in Indiana but grew up in Maine, and earned degrees in History from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After a career as a Middle School History teacher in both Baltimore and the Detroit area, I answered the call to go to seminary (Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota) and enter the ordination process. Before coming to Amazing Grace, I led Children, Youth, and Family Ministry at Antioch and Hope Lutheran Churches in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and Christ Church (Episcopal) in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

I live in Farmington Hills with my husband, Michael, who works in the electric vehicle battery industry. Our daughter Elspeth just earned her Master’s in Social Work at at Wayne State University and for the CDC Foundation in Detroit. Last year, we added a bouncy Chocolate Lab puppy named Packard to our household; he is now 9 months and 90 pounds of energy!

I’m passionate about sharing God’s love for all of creation through preaching, leading worship, working with Amazing Grace in the community, leading Bible Studies, teaching Confirmation, and more. In my spare time, I love to weave, travel, garden, and read, especially science fiction, mysteries, and poetry.

Favorite Bible verse: There are so many that this will change often, but one of my very favorites is Romans 8:38-39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Amen!

Elizabeth (Liz) Duerksen, Office Administrator

Liz has been a member of Amazing Grace since February 2016 was appointed Office Administrator by the Church Council in August 2024. If you call or come during the week, She will usually be the one you will contact. She is an award winning girl scout leader. Her husband is on council. They have three wonderful children, Dominic, Aleah, and Carly. Liz is a business owner, Momma Mows Best LLC. We are so blessed to have her as our newest staff member.