“Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” Psalm 97:10
Pastor Jonathan Rimmert
Pastor Rimmert graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern College in Watertown, WI and completed his pastoral studies with a Master of Divinity degree from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI.
Pastor Rimmert's first call was to a mission church in Kettering/Centerville, Ohio. Later he served as pastor in a dual parish in Friesland and Dalton Wisconsin. He has been serving Grace as the Pastor since June, 2000.
Mrs. Keri Patterson
Mrs. Patterson grew up in Shawnee, KS (Kansas City area) where she attended Mt. Olive Lutheran School through 8th grade. She graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in 1993. She graduated from Martin Luther College with a degree in early childhood and elementary education in 1998.
She taught preschool and was childcare director at Abiding Love Lutheran in Cape Coral, FL for 2 years. She then married Chris Patterson and taught grades 3-4 at St. John in St. Paul, MN for 1 year before the birth of their first child. In 2002, she accepted a call to teach preschool at Little Lambs in Inver Grove Heights, MN until the birth of her second child. In 2006, her family moved to La Crosse where her husband accepted a call to teach here at Mt. Calvary-Grace Lutheran School (MCG) and she was able to stay home with their growing family – their third child in 2007 and their fourth in 2009. She returned to teaching by accepting a call to teach preschool in 2011 at MCG.
Mrs. Susan Siegler
Mrs. Siegler graduated from Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. She received an M.Ed. degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Mrs. Siegler taught first and second grades at St. Stephen’s Lutheran School in Beaver Dam, WI. Later, she moved to La Crosse, WI to serve as organist, first grade teacher, and children's choir director. She has been with Grace since 1983 and presently teaches kindergarten, first and second grades at Mt. Calvary-Grace Lutheran School. She also teaches Sunday school, directs the church senior choir and chime choir.