Rev. Emily Norris was ordained as a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in May of 2020 and serves as the Lead Pastor and Developer of The Dwelling, a community of faith intentionally, but not exclusively, for neighbors who are currently or have lived the experience of homelessness and the often intersecting identities of addiction/recovery, severe and persistent mental illness, incarceration reentry, and/or other marginalized experiences.