About - Messiah Lutheran Church

Church Staff Leadership

These are the people in our church office that keep our wonderful church running! We are also enormously blessed by our amazing volunteers who give, willingly, of their time and talents.

Pastoral Vacancy

Sole Pastor

We are currently without a called pastor, but we are blessed to be served by a number of local and vacancy pastors to help lead our worship services.

Barbara Lattyak

Secretary

Barb has been the secretary at Messiah since January 2020 but has been involved in many areas of the Church since her family began attending in 2008.

Paul Frese

Organist

Paul joined Messiah as organist in 2013 and has served us faithfully and musically since! We are blessed as a congregation by his talent!

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Our History

Founding of the Congregation

1925

Rev. Theodore L. Blanken was called as first Pastor of Messiah

Dedication of Chapel and School

August 29th, 1926

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Rev. Franklin C. Giese succeeds Rev. Blanken as Pastor of Messiah

August 1st, 1937

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Laying of our current cornerstone

Pentecost Sunday, June 5th, 1949

On this day the church celebrated the current building and held a special celebration!

Dedication of the Church

Pentecost Sunday, May 28th, 1950

One year later, the Church celebrated its dedication day!

Reverend Richard T. Drews Serves Messiah

1975-1987

First Rev Drews served as associate to Rev. Giese until 1979, then becoming Sole Pastor himself.

Reverend John Mueller Serves Messiah

1988-1998

Reverend Mueller served as Sole Pastor for 10 years!

Reverend Steven Geske Serves Messiah

2001-2010

Reverend Steven Geske served as Sole Pastor of Messiah until 2010.

Reverend Dr. Vernon E Wendt, Jr. Serves Messiah

2012-2022

Rev. Dr. Wendt served Messiah till Feb. 27, 2022

Messiah's Music Ministry

A large part of our worship experience revolves around the music present during our services. The Lutheran tradition is steeped in rich music, with every thing from traditional hymns to modern contermporary worship songs. Worship music was so important to Martin Luther that it caused him to write a number of beautiful hymns that we still use in worship today.

Organist Paul Frese

Paul leads our worship each Sunday, using his talents and experiences to enhance our worship experience.

Messiah's Lay Musicians

Vocalists Kathy Dembowski and Vanessa Ueltzen use their talents on choral pieces.

Trumpeter David Grim provides accompaniment and descants during Festival Services.