leadership at hope lutheran church

Hope Lutheran Church leadership of Pastors, Church Elders, and Church Council often work together to guide our congregation.

  • PASTORS:  Pastors lead the spiritual life of Hope Lutheran Church by preaching, teaching, and praying.  They shepherd our congregation through counseling, care, and daily ministry.  They assist with the Elder team to focus on the Word.
  • ELDERS:  Elders oversee the spiritual health and direction of Hope Lutheran Church.  They are grounded in sound doctrine and protect the church from false teaching. 
  • COUNCIL:  Council manages administrative and business operations of Hope Lutheran Church.  Council is elected by the congregation, and represent Hope Lutheran with decision making and planning.  Some of these decisions must be brought to a vote to be decided upon by the congregation during quarterly voters meetings.

Our pastors

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  • vacancy pastor: pastor paul ficken

    Joining Hope Lutheran Church  in September 2026, Pastor Paul Ficken is providing Hope Lutheran with Pastor leadership and duties while Hope completes the pastoral call process.   Pastor Ficken is the current Pastor at Lutheran Chapel of the Cross Church in Racine, WI.  Pastor Ficken completed his Masters of Divinity / Ministry from Concordia Academy St. Louis.


    In addition to leading church service, he serves in ministering to the sick, distressed, troubled, bereaved, and all who desire spiritual counsel.

  • pastor emeritus:  Rev. Maurice Lind

    Rev. Maurice Lind leads the Liturgy, Old Testament Reading, and Epistle Reading during Sunday service for Hope Lutheran Church.  


    Pastor Lind was born on January 16, 1952 at Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and spent most of his growing up years in west Texas finishing High School in Elgin, Illinois.

         He graduated in 1975 from Concordia Teachers College in River Forest, Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education holding concentrations in Earth Science and Music. In 1975 he entered Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois and Ft. Wayne, Indiana and spent his year of vicarage at The Lutheran Church of Arcata, Arcata, California. In 1979 he received his Masters of Divinity degree and was ordained into the ministry on June 24, 1979 at St. John Lutheran Church Rodenburg, Schaumburg, Illinois.

          He served as Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Stanwood, Iowa from 1979 to 1987, Faith Lutheran Church, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa from 1988-1995, St. Peter Lutheran Church, Elma, Iowa from 1998-2001, and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, East Troy, Wisconsin from 2004 until his retirement on July 31, 2017.

         In 2007-2008 he completed a four quarter Clinical Pastoral Education residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, in Iowa City, Iowa, with concentrations in the Neurology Unit, the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and the Neurological Intensive Care Unit; receiving Advanced Standing from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Ecclesiastical endorsement from The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in hospital chaplaincy.

         In 1995-1996 he completed a second, four quarter Clinical Pastoral Education residency at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Blanks Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, concentrating his time on several surgical floors and at Blanks Children’s Hospital.

         In 2001, he became a chaplain at St. Michael Hospital, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where in addition to regular floors visits he served as the chaplain for the ICU unit, served on the hospitals ethics committee, and while at St. Michael was received into membership by the National Association of Professional Chaplains. 

  • pastor emeritus:  Reverad Dr. Timothy oswald

    Reverend Dr. Timothy Oswald retired from ministry at Hope Lutheran Church on August 30th, 2026, almost 10 years from when he was installed as Pastor on November 13, 2016. 


    He grew up in Addison, IL and graduated from Wheaton College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical and Religious Studies. He also holds a Master’s degree in Divinity, Master of Military Studies, Master of Theology in Systematic Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Military Ministries. His area of special interest in his studies arose from his work as a Navy Chaplain and examined Christian ministry in religiously pluralistic settings. Pastor Oswald retired as a Captain in the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps after 22 years. 

     

    Pastor and his wife of 36 years, Dawn, have four grown children. His passion is to present God’s Word in preaching and teaching, always with a view toward how each segment of text contributes to the larger message of the Bible as a whole which is God’s work to reconcile people to Himself through His Son Jesus Christ.

Our elders

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  • Peter voigt - chairman of the elders

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  • george kelm

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  • paul trettin

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  • Mike gomski

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  • paul schneider

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  • gary schaetten

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Our cOUNCIL

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  • pAUL tRETTIN

    COUNCIL PRESIDENT

  • gARY sCHAETTEN

    COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT

  • pEGGY TEUTING

    SECRETARY

  • dICK cOOKE

    FINANCE

  • pETER vOIGT

    CHAIRMAN OF THE ELDERS

  • gEORGE kELM

    STEWARDSHIP

  • pAUL SCHNEIDER

    EVANGELISM

  • KYLE WACHhOLDER

    TRUSTEE

  • patti holbek

    TREASURER


Our other team members

There are three computers and a soundboard to run every Sunday.  This is our team!

  • Phyllis klen - church secretary

    Phyllis took over Hope Lutheran Church Secretary role in 2025.  We couldn't be happier he is part of Hope keeping up with the daily tasks behind the scenes.  She can be reached at:  secretary@hopetwinlakes.org

  • Brian and Amanda Larie  -  Audio/video (a/V) livestream team

    Brian runs the sound board and camera control while Amanda takes care of the slide show for our Sunday service livestream. 

  • Stan and Cheryl Grey  -  Audio/video (a/V) livestream team

    Cheryl creates the PowerPoint presentation for Sunday service.  They also provide the video for Adult Sunday School and our Children's Sunday School online presence.  Stanley and Cheryl provide back up duties when Brian and Amanda are unavailable.

  • dawn oswald  -  Audio/video (a/V) livestream team

    Dawn provides assistance to the camera control and livestream slides for Sunday service.  Dawn will run the livestream during special events and select Saturday service.