Staff

Rev. Paul A. Lauer - Pastor Lauer@oslcmankato.org Direct Line: 507-385-2184 Rev. Paul A. Lauer has been an ordained Pastor in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod since 1991 after completing four years of undergraduate study at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN and then four years of Professional education at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Divinity. He served as Associate Pastor in Bridgman, Michigan for three years and as Sole Pastor in Cadillac, Michigan for 11 years before coming to Our Savior's in September of 2005. Pastor Lauer is married, also since 1991, and has three children. He was raised in Southern Minnesota, the third son of an LCMS Pastor. Born in Trimont, he has lived in Blue Earth (Emerald Township), Glencoe, Rochester, and Hutchinson from which he completed highschool. ------------------------- PASTOR LAUER WILL HAVE REGULAR OFFICE HOURS each Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to Noon and again from 2 – 4 p.m. However, please call ahead to make an appointment whenever possible. ------------------------- WHEN YOU NEED TO REACH THE PASTOR, call his direct line at the church: 385-2184 to leave a message. If you have an urgent or emergency need, that number will give you the option to press “0” to be immediately transferred to his cellular phone where you can reach him at nearly any time, 24 hours a day. ------------------------- PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU by informing the pastor or the Church Office when you enter the hospital or desire special pastoral care. Any member who requests pastoral services will receive it provided that they make the request. It is especially necessary to share your needs and requests with the church office or the pastor since he does not yet know all our members.

Ruth Mackie - DCE for Music and Children’s Ministries ruthm@oslcmankato.org Direct line: 507-385-2183 "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And being with you, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:23-26 Ruth graduated from Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska in 1978 with a degree in Lutheran elementary education and a church music emphasis. She has taught in Lutheran elementary schools in Defiance, Ohio and Good Thunder, Minnesota and has served other communities and congregations in Missouri and Minnesota as an organist, choir director, coordinator of children's ministries, and volleyball/basketball coach. Ruth completed her coursework and was certified as a Director of Christian Education in July, 2007. Ruth was the organist for the 1998 Lutheran Laymen's League Convention in Rochester, Minnesota and served the Minnesota South District at its 2000 and 2003 conventions as the convention organist. She has written organ preludes for Concordia Publishing House's Hymn Prelude Series and particularly enjoys hymn playing and improvisation. The message of God's grace and presence in the midst of human struggle carries special significance for Ruth. It is what gives depth and significance to each story and person she finds in the Scriptures. Ruth's family - her husband Roger and her four sons, Paul, Robert, Timothy, and Benjamin - are the unique joys in her life. When she is not making music or teaching, she enjoys baking, walking, counted cross-stitch, and keeping up with the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, and Pistons in Detroit.

Andrew Kroemer Andy Kroemer came to Our Savior's in March of 2008. He is a 2000 graduate of the University of Iowa (go Hawkeyes)and was certified as a Director of Christian Education from Concordia University in St. Paul MN in 2003. Before coming to Our Savior's, Andy served as a DCE at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Frazee, MN. Andy is married to Jennifer (Wickland), a 2004 graduate of Concordia University in St. Paul and also a certified Director of Christian Education. Mr. Kroemer serves Our Savior's in the ares of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. andy@oslcmankato.org

Larry Schultz Larry currently serves as Our Savior's custodian.