Pastor Matt Ruesch
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Pastor Matt Ruesch has served as pastor of Our Redeemer since November 2017, when he came to Kingsford after three years of serving as a church planter for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Pastor Ruesch is a native of the Iron Mountain-Kingsford area and a son of the congregation. He attended Kingsford High School (1996) and then received his Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University Wisconsin (2000) and a Masters of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2005). He has served parishes in Garrison, Minnesota (Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church) and Bear Creek, Wisconsin (Grace & Trinity Lutheran Churches).
Pastor is married to Heather, a youth ministry author and speaker originally from Florence, WI, and they have three children: Isabella (a sophomore at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay), Paul (a junior at Kingsford High School) and Sofia (a seventh grader at Kingsford Middle School). The Ruesches reside in Kingsford and enjoy time together as a family and with their boxer: Rosco, and two cats: Marley and Charlie. |
Ministry Staff
Our Redeemer Officers
Jim Reed, Chairman
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Scott "Skip" Schoenborn, Vice-Chairman
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Claire Valeski, Secretary
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Gene Tessmann, Treasurer
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Sherry Caduto, Financial Secretary
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Board of Elders
Dana Bey
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Rick Hinkley
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Mark Mortl
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David Muchka
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Gary Peterson
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Ed Thornton (Chair)
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Damian Treiber
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Board of Trustees
Jim Harris
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Will Patton
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Bob Thone (Chair)
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Other Board Chairs
Jessica Garvaglia, Education
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Carol Thornton, Missions
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John Messer, Stewardship
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