Intentional Interim Pastor

Pastor Peggy Rose

I am delighted to be beginning this time of intentional interim/transition ministry at Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church in Conover, Wisconsin.

The Apostle Paul begins his letters with thanksgiving and prayer.  It’s a great way to begin ministry.  Be it long or short term we are bound together in the faith, love, and hope that we have in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  We are called to be disciples: to go and make the good news known in words and deeds that others may come to know Jesus and the faith, hope and love that we share.

So, to begin – thank you!  Thank you for your faith and love and hope that have brought us to this new partnership in the gospel of Jesus Christ!  Thank you also for your hospitality, grace, warmth, humor, time, and energy in welcoming me to serve with you in the priesthood of all believers here at Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church.

Please know that I am praying for all of you and am available for you to reach out via

Phone: 715-479-4966
Email: ilcpastorpr@gmail.com
Snail mail: Rev. Peggy A. Rose, 3675 Pioneer Church Rd., Conover, WI 54519

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
When we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus
And of the love you have for all the saints –
The faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven
And that you have already heard about in the word of truth,
The gospel that has come to you.
All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing,
Just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it
And understood God’s grace in all its truth.

Colossians 1:3-6

And now a little about me…

I was born, raised, and lived for 25 years in Marquette, Michigan.  I grew up at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and heard the “call” to ordained ministry from Pastor J. Cyrus Warmanen when he said, “Peggy, you’d make a cool pastor.”  It stuck!  I am a graduate of Northern Michigan University and Luther-Northwestern Seminary (now simply Luther Seminary) in St. Paul, MN.  My siblings – J.R., Kathy, & Stephen, and their families all live in Marquette, MI.  My “home base” for the past 20+ years has been Plymouth, MI.

In a sense I “grew up” as a pastor in rural Iowa.  My seminary internship was in eastern Iowa in a rural two-point parish north of the Quad Cities.  After graduating from LNTS in St. Paul, MN in 1985, I returned to Iowa serving for seven years as pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church in Manson, Iowa. I was blessed to celebrate their 150th anniversary with them in 2021.

Between 1992 & 2006 I served three calls: as a pastor in two congregation – Antioch L.C., Farmington Hills, MI & Christ the King L. C., Livonia, MI (now Celebration L. C., Westland, MI) – both in the SE-MI Synod; and as the Assistant to the Bishop for Congregational Life Ministries in the NWL-MI Synod.

It was during this time that I took the Interim Ministry Network (IMN) training to become an intentional interim pastor – a seven-month process of classes, fieldwork, and projects.

In the fall of 2006, I returned to Iowa to serve as the Intentional Interim Pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal; followed by a short-term consultation and supply at Zion & Lost Island Lutheran Parish in Ruthven (during a colleague’s sabbatical); I spent 2007-2008 at First Lutheran Church in Algona, Iowa.  I returned to Michigan in 2008-2009 to serve as the intentional interim pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Negaunee, MI in the Northern Great Lakes Synod; then back downstate from 2009-2011 at Prince of Glory Lutheran Church in Madison Heights, MI; back up north for 22 months at Christ Lutheran Parish in Ironwood, MI; and for a 18 months at First Lutheran Church in Gladstone, MI; next back to the SE-MI Synod where I served for 2 years as the Transition Pastor at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor, MI.  Next, I served a two-year term call as Transition Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Big Rapids, MI following the tragic death of their pastor.  While in Big Rapids, St. Andrew Episcopal Church generously shared their rectory with me, and I served as consecration minister.  From December 2018 – March 2020, I served as the transition pastor of Christ Lutheran, Waterford, MI. Most recently I navigated the pandemic as Transition Pastor of Spirit of Grace Church: a Lutheran-Episcopal Community of Faith in W. Bloomfield, MI.

I enjoy walking, reading, movies (I love making the Christ in culture connection!), swimming, kayaking, cross country skiing, & Tai Chi.

You should also know that I am extremely allergic to lilies of all kinds, so thank you for keeping these deadly flowers out of the church. We will need to cultivate more creative & colorful floral offerings & Easter gardens!

So, here we are!  I look forward to our ministry together as we get to know each other in creative ways (during these constantly changing times) and as we explore and enhance and keep growing in faith, hope, and love.

During this time, please pray for our congregation, community, country, and world; also, continue to reach out to me and to one another.

Living in God’s Amazing Grace,

Pastor Peggy Rose
Intentional Interim Pastor

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