Pr Jay grew up in Colorado before heading to the Midwest for college and seminary.  He graduated from Luther College in 2001 with a degree in Peace Studies, and from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 2006 with his Master of Divinity.   Ordained in 2006, he served Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Denver, CO, until being called to Grace (Thiensville) in December of 2009.  At church, he loves worship, playing guitar with the band, teaching Bible study, and getting to know the wonderful people of Grace.  At home, he loves to cook (especially on the grill), read, watch movies, have long talks with his wife, Ann, and play with his delightful little toddler, Lydia.   CONTACT PR. JAY

Brian Dearing has been an active church musician from an early age.  His professional career began in 1979, when he became Organist and Choirmaster of St. Adalbert’s Church (R.C.) in Schenectady , NY .  Since then, he has served four Catholic and two Lutheran congregations in five cities in the US and the UK .  While living in the UK , he served as a clinician for the Northampton Diocese in Choral Conducting and Organ Improvisation.  He holds the Service Playing Certificate from the American Guild of Organists.  He is also founding conductor of the Milwaukee Messiah Community Chorus and Orchestra, which mounts an annual production of Handel’s Messiah in December.  In addition to his musical activities, he has had a successful 30 year career in business, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ARI Network Services, Inc., a small publicly held information technology company based in Milwaukee , WI .  He and his wife, Cindy, live in Mequon , WI and are the parents of four children.
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Shonda has been the nursery attendant/Sunday school pre K teacher for the past six years.  Besides working here at Grace she also works full time at Ebenezer Childcare, here in Mequon.  She has been in the field of child care for about 10 years now and got her Associate degree from MATC in 2002. 

Some of her favorite things to do are reading books, being a couch potato, cooking, taking walks, swimming, watch NASCAR, baseball and football.  She also LOVES bowling but tends to be a homebody unless out with friends.  Babysitting on the side is also one of her loves.  If you are reading this and you have kids......

Shonda hopes to continue many more years  at Grace watching your kids during church services, and teaching them during Sunday school. 
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Pastor Ann grew up in nearby Waukesha, Wisconsin with an older sister and a younger brother.   She attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa where she majored in religion and loved singing in the Nordic Choir.   In 2006, Ann completed her Master of Divinity at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.   Ann worked in the campus ministry department at Regis University in Denver, Colorado until she was called to Grace Lutheran in Thiensville.  Pastor Ann enjoys reading (especially Jane Austen), cooking, traveling, not-too-scary-movies, the questions kids ask during confirmation and spending time with her family. 
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Brooke is very excited to be serving here at Grace!  She was born in Madison and grew up in the Middleton/Cross Plains area.  She was a member of St. Martin’s Lutheran from birth until she left for college in Milwaukee.  During her first year at college she became passionate about youth and family ministry and started a senior high youth group at her home church.  During her first two years at UW-M she became a camp counselor at Lutherdale Bible Camp.  Brooke and her husband Jose have been blessed with a son, Nolan Thomas.  Brooke loves music, and listens to a lot of praise and worship/contemporary Christian music, as well as plays guitar and sings.  She is trying to learn to play the piano.  Her passion for Christian outreach changes her life every day and she cannot wait to see what is next! 
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     Sandy Luettgen joined our team in February 2011. She lives in Grafton with her family. She is typically available from 9am-2pm, Monday-Friday.