MeettheStaffandCouncil - St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Pastor Patricia (Pat) Geiseman ...

Pastor Geiseman was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. In 1976 she graduated from Carthage College and from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 1980. Pastor Geiseman served two parishes, one in northeastern Ohio and the second in Elgin, Illinois, before accepting the call to serve at St. Mark's in 1996. She is married to Edward Hunter; and they are the parents of two sons.

Pastor Geiseman was called to St. Mark's in 1996. Pastor Geiseman can be contacted at: pgeiseman@stmarksaurora.net

Proclaiming Christ’s Abundant Love

CONGREGATION COUNCIL

      Rebecca Mueller President
      Preston Runyan Treasurer
      Michelle Leedham Outreach
      Roger Shields Property
      Melvin Smith Worship
      Jim Frank
      Julie Langerveld
      Bryan Hanacek

      Jeff Winter

Financial Secretary: Jim Erickson

Pastor Brian Wise ...

Pastor Wise is a graduate of Valparaiso University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology with a minor in music. He served on the chapel staff at Valparaiso his final 3 years as a residential minister, offering ministries to students and holding weekly Bible studies. Brian went on to receive his Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago in 2010, after which he served a one-year internship at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Vancouver, Washington. While waiting for a call, Brian worked in the office of the presiding bishop at the Chicago office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Brian has a passion to lead, teach, and use music as a tool of ministry for children and young adults.

Brian began his ministry at St. Mark's on October 1, 2011, and was ordained here on Saturday, October 22, 2011. Pastor Wise can be contacted at: bwise@stmarksaurora.net