MEET THE PASTOR

Gerald R. Menk

Gerald (Jerry) R. Menk was born September 3, 1952 in Janesville, Minnesota where he attended Trinity Lutheran School.  In May of 1970 he graduated from Janesville High School.  He then went on to attend Concordia College, St. Paul, graduating in 1974 with a B.A. in Elementary Education and a concentration in church and school music.

Following graduation, he was assigned to Zion Lutheran Church and School, St. Louis Missouri.  He taught school for five years, was church organist and choir director.  He also served a year as interim principal.

It was during the summer of 1977 that he began taking classes at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.  In the summer of 1979, he was officially accepted into the Colloquy program.  At that time, he relinquished his teaching position and became a full-time student again, graduating from the seminary in May of 1980.

He was then assigned to a delayed vicarage at St. John Lutheran Church, Galva, Iowa.  Upon completion of his vicarage, he was certified by the Colloquy Board of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, was called by St. John to be their Pastor, and was ordained and installed on July 19, 1981.

In 1974, Pastor Jerry was united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Wolf at Fulda, Minnesota.  This union was blessed with three children: Elizabeth Hope (Mrs. Mike) Jetto of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Joshua Gerald of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Deborah Joy of Lake Forest.

Pastor Jerry and his wife Mary have also served parishes in Des Moines, Iowa and Lakefield, Minnesota.  In 2001, Pastor Jerry accepted a call to serve as Director of Development & Recruitment at Lutheran High School, Mayer, Minnesota and most recently served as Administrative Pastor at St. John Lutheran Church and School, Chaska, Minnesota.

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