Pastor Jack Gillam
Senior Pastor
pastor@triluthgi.org

It is a great joy to be part of the Mission and Ministry Team of Trinity Lutheran Church and School. “Connecting People to Jesus ~ Building Homes of Faith” is my mission focus and I invite you partner with me in this mission of serving Christ.

I was born and raised a Cornhusker in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, then attended college at St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas and Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska graduating with a degree in Elementary Education. I served as a DCE in Houston and Austin, Texas and in Birmingham, Alabama prior to entering the seminary in St. Louis. After graduating from Concordia Seminary, I served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Amherst, Nebraska and then Senior Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and School in Stuttgart, Arkansas. I serve as a member of the Executive Board of Pastoral Leadership Institute – International responsible for leadership training of pastors in Tanzania, West Africa.

My wife, Lin, is a teacher – now teaching first grade in Grand Island Public Schools. We have three sons and a daughter-in-law: Jeremy and Melissa live in Hastings, Nebraska; Jeff in St. Louis, Missouri; and Jason in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Joshua Leigeber
Vicar
vicar@triluthgi.org

A little bit about me:

I was born in St. Louis, Missouri and soon thereafter moved to northeast Arkansas. I grew up there in Arkansas in a little farming community, in a town of right around one hundred people. After graduating from high school, I came to Nebraska to go to college at Concordia University in Seward, where I earned my bachelor’s degree in history.

I am currently working on my Master of Divinity degree at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, which has enabled me to spend this next year with Trinity here in Grand Island as a sort of internship (also called “vicarage”).

My girlfriend, Tiffany, has moved here from St. Louis and will be spending the next year here in Grand Island, as well. She will be taking college classes, working, and helping out around Trinity. Tiffany and I are also both singers/songwriters/guitar players and are looking forward to making some music around town while we’re here.

I am very excited about getting to spend this year here at Trinity, and if there’s anything I can do for you, please e-mail me and let me know. The peace of Christ be with you all.

I came to Trinity in the summer of 1998.

Currently, I teach general music to all students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Trinity Lutheran School, in addition to directing the children's choirs and the student handbell ensemble.

My church responsibilities include serving as adult choir director, handbell ensemble director, principal organist, and worship planner.

Music is a major part of our worship life, and I am privileged to be able to minister in this way.

Trinity called me to begin a Family Life Ministry program in January of 2000.

My ministry before this included teaching first grade and preschool in Lutheran Schools for 18 years.

Family Life Ministry encompasses birth through death, focusing on Christian education, parenting, childcare, support groups, and special activities.

Both singles and family units will find Trinity cares about them as individuals.

We welcome people from all walks of life into our church family as we offer spiritual, educational, and social opportunities for all ages throughout the week.