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Interim Pastor Gary Hedding
Phone: (715) 568-5446 ext, 11
Email:  [email protected] or [email protected]
Alt email: [email protected]
Gary Hedding is a retired pastor who graduated from Luther Seminary in 1978. He served his internship in Brooklyn, NY. His first call was Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Coloma, WI; then as associate pastor and later lead pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Marshfield, WI; followed by serving six years as assistant to the bishop in the Northwest Synod of WI; then as pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, IA. Gary has been retired since 2018. Gary is married to Linda and they live in Chippewa Falls, WI with their dog, Strider. Their daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons live in the Fort Worth, TX and their son and daughter-in-law and one granddaughter live in Eau Claire, WI. Gary enjoys time with family and friends, card games, wilderness canoe tripping, fishing and hunting, reading science fiction and urban fantasy, and vegetable gardening.
Deacon Martha Libersky
Email: [email protected]
Home: (715) 568-4653   Mobile: (715) 829-4653
      Deacon Martha is the daughter of Cliff and Wanda Marek and was raised in Bloomer with six siblings.
      She was married to Francis Libersky for 45 years and has been a widow for 10 years. She is the mother of four children and has four grandchildren.
     Her studies post high school include UW-EC (music education) and Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, (music ministry.) Although retired from classroom teaching and being a church musician, she stays involved by accompanying  band students for solo/ensemble festivals and occasionally filling in for worship services.
     Worship and liturgy fill her heart and feed her soul.
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Debbie Poirier, SAM
Email: [email protected]
Cell Phone: 715-210-0579
Minister Confirmation Leader and Preacher/Leader of Wednesday Night Services

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 Victoria Prince-Silvas - Office Manager/Financial Secretary
          Having been born and raised in Bloomer, I was anxious to explore the world when I graduated from Bloomer High.  I joined the Army National Guard soon after beginning my college education at UW-EC, partly to pay for my education, but also due to a drive to challenge myself beyond which I thought myself capable.  Just before graduation in 1990, I was deployed to Saudi Arabia for the first Gulf War, where I served as a combat medic in a field hospital just south of the Iraqi border.  Fortunately, this first war was relatively short, and I was able to return six months later and complete my BBA degree with an emphasis in Business Management.  I graduated Cum Laude and with many club memberships under my belt. 
           Now, I was ready to tackle the world, because as I saw it, if I could handle war, the rest of life should be a piece of cake, right?  Well, as we all know, life is full of many types of challenges, all of which will test our resolve and our faith, and I have had my share. 
         After working a short while in Stevens Point and Wausau after graduation, I experienced through my military service, a three week training exercise near Santiago, Panama.  This experience, having been in the dead of a bitter Wisconsin winter, lead me to decide to move to a more warm and tropical climate.  I moved to sunny South Texas, Corpus Christi, which is on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.  This move did serve me well for what it was.  I became a successful Real Estate agent, then Broker while obtaining a Master’s Degree in Accounting from Texas A & M - Corpus Christi, where I also graduated with honors. 
          Then, a major shift occurred; I met my husband Richard, started a family at the age of 39, and within 4 years, knew a move back to Wisconsin was going to happen, sooner rather than later.  Both my husband and I knew that Bloomer  was a much better place to raise our two children than where we were.  So, here we are.  We arrived in Bloomer at the end of 2016 where he works in construction and I am now here, at St. John’s as your office manager and financial secretary, grateful for the opportunity to serve this community of believers in any way I can.
Email: [email protected]
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Amanda Larson- Preschool Administrator/Director/Teacher &
Director of Youth and Family Ministry
Hello. My name is Amanda Larson. I am the Administrator, Director, and Lead Teacher for the Preschool, along with the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at St. John's Lutheran Church. This is my third year in these roles. I grew up just a half hour south of Bloomer in Eau Claire WI, and moved to the area two years ago with my family. I have a four-year-old son, Emmett with my husband Matthew, and two step-children, Ellie (12) and Easton (7). 
I have always had a passion for working with children of all abilities from a very young age. I studied in Social Work for 2 years with UW-Green Bay, and then changed degrees to Early Childhood Education. I graduated from WITC with honors in December 2018 and then continued my education at UW-Stout and now UW-Whitewater where I am currently finishing my dual licensure degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education.  I have worked in the education field in various positions over the past 10 years, teaching children from infancy up through 7th grade.  I am looking forward to serving the Bloomer community and families of the preschool program, along with our families and students in our youth ministry program. God bless.  
 ​Email: [email protected] 

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Rose Marie Powell - Wednesday Meal Coordinator
I began my work at the church in January of 2015 cooking for the youth. 

My husband Tom and  I have lived  in rural New Auburn for many years.  We have five grown children, eleven grand-children, and their partners and eleven great grand-children. All that are very special and make us proud.
 
I have truly enjoyed cooking for the youth and the senior citizens. Cooking has always been very enjoyable to me. Hopefully the people I serve are pleased with my meals.
 
In my free time I help at the food pantry. I also do several crafts and enjoy visits from the family. If all else fails I can sit and watch all our kittens playing in the yard. What a beautiful area we live in.