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Hope Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod

 Who We Are

 

Church Family

Staff

Council Members

Elders

Service Coordinators

Trustees

 
Church Family

The family Hope Lutheran is a diverse group of saints and servants of the Lord.  There are families with young children, and families with grown children.  There are seniors and singles, teens and college kids.  There are people who have been Lutherans since they were baptized as infants, and there are people who have come to us from other denominations.  There are some people who have heard about Jesus and don't really know Him yet - they are with us to get to know Him better. 

We are a loving church, as Christ has called us to love one another.  And we are a church of servants, as Christ has called us to serve Him and each other.


Staff

The staff at Hope is responsible for critical ministries and functions of the church.

  Pastor......................................................................... Larry Eckart  
  Director of Connecting &Training ,
Parish Assistant..........................................................
Amy Watts  
  Music Director........................................................... Marianna Ziegler  
  Office Manager.......................................................... Barbara Thibodeau  
  Janitorial.................................................................... Sherry Hoffman  

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Youth Ministry

An important ministry at Hope is to the youth of the community. Those who serve in this ministry are volunteers and we are very blessed to have them.

  Youth Director............................................................ Ellie Sevick  

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Council Members

The council members are the governing body of Hope.  All positions are elected from members of the church body by the voters, and have term limits.

  President..................................................................... Pam Snyder  
  Head Elder.................................................................. Kevin Golden  
  Treasurer..................................................................... Shelley Cleaver  
  Co-HeadTrustee.......................................................... Paul Hinze & Russ Rhodes  
  Recording Secretary.................................................... Ellie Sevick  
  Sunday School Superintendent.................................... Kim Colmer  
  Stewardship................................................................. Carol Bleuer  
  Member-at-Large........................................................ Mike Bickford  
  Member-at-Large........................................................ Dave Nicholls  
  Member-at-Large........................................................ Ned Powell  

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Elders

Elders are servants of the church who are men of word and prayer.  They are responsible for assisting the Pastor in family ministry, hospital devotions, distributing communion, and leading a service usher crew.  Elders  must serve one year as an apprentice before being approved by the voters.

Some elders are assigned a group of families they care and pray for.    Find your elder below, based on the first letter of your last name

  A, B, C, and D Families............................................... Doug Barber  
  E, F, G and J Families.................................................. Al Awrylo  
  H, I, and K Families..................................................... Dale Plummer  
  L, M, N, and O Families............................................... Jim Colmer  
  P, Q, R, S-Sc Families.................................................. Kevin Golden          (Head Elder)  
  Sd-Sz, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Families ........................... Wil McKeachie and                  Dave Smeckert  
    Dave O'Toole  
    Richard Abraham  
    Mark Klumpp (AE)  

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Service Coordinators

Service coordinators are servants who are responsible for the smooth running of our worship services.

  Bill Buerkel Ken Konsza  
  Dale Kuehn Jim Ruhlig  
  Roger Hill    

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Trustees

Trustees are servants with specific areas of expertise in maintaining and running Hope's facilities.

  Paul Hinze Charlie Jones  
  Russ Rhodes Doug Rebhahn  
  Dave Lenk Mike Sbiegay  
  Doug Hickey Chris Applin  
       
       

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