First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greensburg, PA

People of different ages, including yours, sense that believing and belonging is important to life itself. They have found that being believers and Christian disciples is relevant to the decisions and opportunities that they face in their lives on a daily basis. They have found the church to be a lively place where they can consider a different set of priorities for daily living. There is freedom to be both genuine and empowered to reach their full potential as God created them.

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Welcome Pastor Jerry!

At services on May 13th, a special meeting was called to order to see if the congregation would accept the Call Committee and the Church Council's recommendation that Pastor Nuernberger be accepted as our new senior pastor. The congregation voted to extend the call to Pastor Jerry by the required 2/3 majority vote following the two services over which Pastor Jerry presided. The Mission of our Church moves forward with the addition of our new leadership.

A brief biography is provided for those unable to attend the Meet and Greet session held the night before or attend the services Sunday morning.

Pastor Nuernberger grew up in suburban Chicago where his parents were public school teachers. While in high school he played sports and the guitar. He attended the University of Illinois, and then transferred to Valparaiso University as a Junior when he decided to be a pastor. He graduated in 1983 from Luther Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Over the course of his ministry he has served a wide variety of churches: a church of 2500 with a parochial day school (St. Paul, Minn.), a church in a declining inner city neighborhood (Toledo, Ohio), a mid-size church in a small rural town (Arlington, Ohio), a very large downtown church (Sioux Falls, SD), and a two point parish that consisted of stand alone churches in the corn fields (15 miles outside of Sioux Falls). He has enjoyed the relationships with all ages that he has built among those whom he as served, sharing the adventure of God’s transformational care and mercy in the world, and living in the life giving grace of God and inviting others to do the same.

Pastor Nuernberger has been married to his wife, Kate, for over 30 years. They have three adult sons who live in Denver, Chicago, and New York City. His parents live in Bettendorf, Iowa where his brother’s family lives. He has come to Western Pennsylvania where his wife grew up (Chicora, Pa.) in order for her to spend time and life with her large and close family from which she has been away for many years. They have built a house outside of Stahlstown, Pa., and it is their hope to settle in there for the rest of their lives.

Sunday Church Services are held at 8:15 and 10:45am

We return to the regular schedule.

Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 AM

Young members welcome! A nursery is available for ages 1-4