Pastor Scott Spaulding
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: sspaulding@bllh.org
A 1980 graduate of Northwestern College in Watertown, WI and a 1984 summa cum laude graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Pastor Scott Spaulding has 23 years of parish ministry experience. Having served as Associate Minister for nearly 20 years he currently serves as Senior Minister of Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran Church.
Pastor Spaulding and his wife Lori Ann have four children, Megan, Christopher, Leighton and Hannah.
Pastor Rod Pudell
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: revpudell@yahoo.com
Pastor Pudell is a graduate of Northwestern College, Watertown Wisconsin and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary of Mequon Wisconsin. He began his ministry at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Shakopee, MN and served there from 1980-1992. He then accepted the call to serve as Religion Department Chairman at St. Croix Lutheran High School in West St. Paul, MN. After ten enjoyable and fulfilling years there, he came to our Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran Church staff as Mission Pastor.
Pastor Pudell and his wife Debra have two children - Sarah and Matt - and three grandchildren. In addition to his ministry among us, Pastor Pudell continues to record and perform with the Contemporary Christian Band, ExCorde, of which he was one of the founding members in 1981. Besides music, Pastor Pudell also enjoys hockey, fishing, snowmobiling, and waterskiing.
Pastor Eric Schroeder
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: eschroeder@bllh.org
Pastor Schroeder, a native of Appleton, Wisconsin, is a graduate of Fox Valley Lutheran High School, Martin Luther College, and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. In May 2007 he was assigned to serve as Associate Minister to Bloomington Living Hope.
Pastor Schroeder and his wife Bethany have one daughter, Sofia.
In his spare time, Pastor Schroeder enjoys outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishing.
Youth Minister Kory Henkel
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: khenkel@bllh.org
Born and raised in the Twin Cities area, Kory attended St. Croix Lutheran High School and Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato MN. Over the years, his ministry has taken him to Miami FL, Chicago IL, Detroit MI, Nashville TN, Raleigh NC, Birmingham AL, Milwaukee WI, Toronto ON and Jackson Hole WY. He had the privilege of teaching English for a year at Peking University in Beijing, China.
Kory enjoys video games and sports of all kinds and has the uncanny ability to name almost every NCAA Division 1 mascot.
Administrator / Worship Coordinator Lyle Strehler
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: lstrehler@bllh.org
In 1996, Lyle Strehler accepted a position at Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School. After six years of serving as Teacher and Assistant Principal, Lyle was called to serve as Bloomington Living Hope's Church Administrator, Worship Coordinator and Technology Coordinator.
Lyle is married to Lori who is a Customer Service Representative at Horizon Agency. They have two sons who attend St. Croix Lutheran High School.
Ministry Coordinator Norm Lentz
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: nlentz@bllh.org
With a background in Accounting and Economics, Norm brings years of management experience to his role as Ministry Coordinator. He worked in many parts of the United States and Europe while working within the travel industry for Unisys Corporation.
His areas of responsibility include our small group ministry, Love in Action; Youth & Family Sunday School; Information and Communications; and other family ministry and outreach functions.
Norm lives in Apple Valley, MN with his wife, Christine and their three children, Gregory, Alexandra and Megan.
Director of Church Music Rachel Zahn
Phone: 952-888-2475
Email: rzahn@bllh.org
Rachel was born and raised in Michigan. She is a 2005 graduate of Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN, with a BS in Education and an emphasis in music. Her first call to Bloomington Living Hope was to teach 1st grade, and then 3rd grade. Although she loves to teach, she says that her real passion is for music. Rachel’s “duties” include: playing organ for worship, coordinating music for services, directing the senior choir, teaching music classes once a week to our grade school children, among other things.
Rachel lives in Shakopee with her husband Joel and their dog Josie. A little known fact that you may not know – her last name was Zahn before she got married, too! (No, they were not related before they got married! They checked that all out.) Besides her love for music, she enjoys playing fast-pitch softball, reading, shopping, and taking Josie for walks.