It is a joy
to serve with St. John United Church of Christ as pastor and teacher.In our tradition, a sense of call by God, a
time of educational and discernment preparation, and an affirmation by the
church lead to ordination.I recognized
my call to ministry as a teenager, but after completing a Bachelors’ Degree at
the University of Wisconsin-Platteville I taught high school for a few years
and gained additional life experience.In 1989 I earned my Master of Divinity Degree at the University of Dubuque
Theological SeminaryDubuque,
Iowa.Since then I have served First Congregational
U.C.C. in Fulton, New York;
First Congregational U.C.C. in Dupo, Illinois; Elm Street Congregational in Bucksport, Maine;
and St. John’s U.C.C. in Bucyrus, Ohio before coming to Granite City in May of
2006. and was ordained at First Congregational
United Church of Christ in
The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. Each of these was, in turn, the result of a union of two earlier traditions.
