{"id":2026,"date":"2020-11-11T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/?page_id=2026"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:17:41","slug":"staff_directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/staff_directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2026\" class=\"elementor elementor-2026\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6af5923a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6af5923a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ha-member-name\"><span style=\"color: #2e4c71;\">Andrew Menz<\/span><\/h4><p><em>Senior Administrative Pastor<\/em><\/p><p>My name is Pastor Andrew Menz and I am the Senior Administrative Pastor at Zion.\u00a0 My biggest joys in ministry are preaching, teaching, visiting members, and serving in a Lutheran school environment.\u00a0<\/p><p>I grew up in Cadillac, Michigan and attended Concordia University, Ann Arbor.\u00a0 After graduating in 2004, I married my better half, Emily.\u00a0 We then moved to St. Louis Missouri where I studied at Concordia Seminary.\u00a0 My first congregation was in Coloma, Michigan where I served from 2008 until 2017.\u00a0<\/p><p>Emily and I have been blessed with three children, Henry, Lillian, and Madelyn. They all attend Zion Lutheran.\u00a0 In my spare time, I am often outdoors hunting, fishing, playing disc golf, skiing, and simply enjoying God\u2019s wonderful creation with family and friends<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7012cfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7012cfc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef9c20f\" data-id=\"ef9c20f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e116a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00e116a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1277\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1.jpg 1277w, https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zionauburn.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hemme2a-1-1022x1536.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc0947a\" data-id=\"cc0947a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afe7036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"afe7036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e3dd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49e3dd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ha-member-name\"><span style=\"color: #2e4c71;\">Seth Hemme<\/span><\/h3><p><em>Associate Pastor<\/em><\/p><p>My name is Pastor Seth Hemme and I have been serving as the Associate Pastor at Zion since 2010. I am involved with many things at Zion, including preaching, teaching, visitation, and working with the youth of the congregation.<\/p><p>It is great to share God\u2019s love in Jesus with the people here at Zion. I grew up near St. Louis, Missouri and attended college at Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois. I went to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, and was placed at a congregation in the Detroit area after graduation in 2004. There I met my wife Patty, who was a teacher at the Lutheran school of the congregation. We are blessed with two children, Hannah and Matthew.<\/p><p>My wife teaches 5th-8th\u00a0grade Math and Science at Zion. I love learning about new things, reading, exercising, and enjoy spending time with my family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb359f elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"feb359f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. 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