Mike Lueken – Senior Pastor
So what do you really do at the church?
I maintain the boiler room and work on various small and mid-size repair projects to keep the joint humming along. [Editor's note: He's kidding about this of course — the boiler room rarely hums along properly.]
Education:
Goodland Elementary School; McKinley Junior High School (the Vikings); Jerome Increase (a.k.a. JI) Case High School (the Eagles); University of Wisconsin-Madison (the Badgers); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (the Saints).
I grew up in:
Racine, Wisconsin. A fantastic place to be “from.”
Family info:
Julie and I have been married for a long time. We have three kids: Sam, Abigail and Izzie. We also have a yellow lab named “Moose” who is perpetually on the trading block.
Do you have a weird habit?
Sometime between 9 pm and Midnight, I change into more comfortable clothing and go to bed.
Favorite book:
The Divine Conspiracy, Life Together, Amusing Ourselves To Death.
Favorite movie:
Anything with John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart.
Favorite saying:
“I guarantee it.”
Favorite thing to do:
Golf and hang out with my family. I mean, hang out with my family and golf.
Favorite team:
Green Bay Packers.
Favorite color:
Orange.
What is your dream place in the world?
San Juan Taneo.
You’re stuck on a deserted island and boy you’re glad you packed your:
Laser pointer.
Do you have any fears, irrational or otherwise?
I am deathly afraid of being abducted by aliens and transported to their planet where I undergo the shorning of my entire body, am dipped in Crisco and forced to clothe myself in a blouse made of scratchy burlap and dark green, and leathery German lederhosen with buttons at the knee that are so tight, they leave a red imprint on my flesh. I am also forced to don a straw hat.
I also have a recurring dreadful thought of driving to Lake Tahoe in a snowstorm and becoming permanently stranded for not knowing how to put chains on my car.
15 minutes of fame:
I once played the god “Baal” in a community theatre production of “Hosea”; I was covered in gold paint and was amazingly still. Awe-filled gasps filled the auditorium when I stood to take my bow at the shows’ end.
Most notorious around the office for:
Things you wouldn’t understand; things you couldn’t understand.
Something we’d be surprised to learn about you:
I despise reality television shows including “American Idol,” “Bachelor,” “Bachelorette,” “The Apprentice,” “Dance Competition,” “Survivor.”
Adjective co-workers would use to describe you:
Quiet and sweet.
Became a Christian how?
Had a profound encounter with God one night when I was 19 years old.
Am particularly fond of/moved by/drawn to this verse:
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17
Seriously though…
I think I would be a lawyer, a detective, or a butcher if I wasn’t a pastor.