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Bishop Stewart Ruch IIIBishop
Stewart first came to Church of the Resurrection as a Wheaton College junior on Palm Sunday, 1988. He completed his Master’s in Theology at Wheaton College Graduate School (where he…
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Father Steve WilliamsonCathedral Dean
My story with Jesus and his church Sunday mornings often began before dawn as a kid, as my brother and I stumbled into the station wagon and joined our dad…
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Father Matt WoodleyCathedral Vicar
My story with Jesus and the church: Every weekend my dad and mom and six siblings piled into our wood-paneled station wagon and trekked to church–an event that often bored…
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Father Brett CrullCathedral Vicar
Although I graduated high school in Colorado, I spent my childhood years in Iowa and small town South Dakota. I came to this area to go to college, and there…
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Anne KesslerExecutive Director of Operations
I grew up in the Catholic Church and have believed in God my entire life. It wasn’t until much later in life that I realized what I truly needed was…
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Brenda DumperLay Canon to the Ordinary
My first Sunday at Resurrection was in the spring of 1984, at the end of my 6th grade year. We’d just moved to the Wheaton area and found the church…
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Canon Rev. Dr. Stephen GauthierCanon Theologian of the Upper Midwest Diocese
I shall forever be grateful that I was born into a family deeply committed to Christ and his Church and was surrounded from my earliest years by a powerful community…
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Deacon Val McIntyreSpiritual Formation Pastor
Recently I spent a whole day reflecting on this question: “Through the course of my life, when have I made concrete decisions to say “yes” to God?” I thought immediately…
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Deacon Margie FawcettDiscipleship Pastor
I trusted Jesus and was baptized as a child. My college years were difficult and shortly after graduation I found the love of Christ meeting me through his church. I…
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Amy PattonExecutive Director of Gregory House
I grew up in a family that loved Jesus and loved his Church. Witnessing my parents commitment to Jesus and their dedication to our church remains an incredible gift that…
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Will ChesterYouth & College Pastor
The turning point in my spiritual journey occurred at a Christian summer camp when I was twelve. I remember looking at the stars on the last night of camp and…
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Kevin SheehanChildren's Pastor
As a child, my parents gave me the best gift they could possibly have given me—a home in which I learned to love and trust Jesus from an early age.…
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Meghan RobinsPastoral Care Pastor
I had the great privilege of being raised by missionaries, so my earliest memories are full of the love of Jesus and his Church. As I grew up on the…
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Rev. Dr. Steve LakeClergy Cabinet Member
Jesus Christ came into my damaged, dysfunctional heart—physically and spiritually—at a very young age. I was born with a host of life-threatening cardiovascular defects. At the age of 4, I…
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Deacon John ClarkClergy Cabinet Member
When I began looking for a church at age twenty-three, I didn’t know that the one being sought was me. I wasn’t quite sure what I hoped to find, or…
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Dawn JewellCommunications Director
My earthly father adored me as a child—he took me on cheesecake dates and carried me on his shoulders on the beach. So, when my parents separated at age 10,…
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Christiana OstoichProduction Director
I grew up surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. From giants of the faith like Elisabeth Elliot and Warren Wiersbe to the small-but-mighty, like Mrs. Frickel and Mrs. Rudell,…
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Charis BuellStaff Musician
I will forever be a small-town Nebraska girl, and God was very much a part of my childhood there. Jesus was frequently on my Mom’s lips in song and scriptures,…
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Alec SmithWorship Leader
After 10 years away from Resurrection, it has been my joy to rejoin the music ministry at the church that my wife, Jill, and I have long considered our spiritual…
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Cecilia WhitacreFinance Manager
I was raised in a Catholic home where we went to church every Sunday morning and I enjoyed going. I don’t remember ever really connecting with God during that time…
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Julia DamionMissions Manager
Born and raised in Maine, my most meaningful encounters with God as a child were when I was out in nature. I saw God’s handiwork in the beauty and patterns,…
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Christina PrechterDiscipleship Manager
I was baptized as an infant at Resurrection, and when I look back on my life, I can see that my baptism was God making his claim on me. I…
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Laura WruckOffice & Facility Manager
I grew up attending church with my family, and being encouraged to learn about God by my parents, but the things I was learning in church didn’t have much of…
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Lydia VermeeschWorship Manager
Sometimes, Jesus reveals Himself in startling, dramatic ways. For me, though, Jesus has often spoken gently, beckoning me into relationship with Him in simple ways. I grew up in a…
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Christy BodettYouth & College Manager
I was raised in a Christian family and was blessed to know Jesus at a young age. But sometimes this knowledge of Jesus was more of a head knowledge than a heart…
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Alison FreemanDiocesan Administrative Assistant
I arrived at Resurrection in September 2017, new to Wheaton and new to Anglicanism. I was a lifelong Christian with a passion for the Body of Christ, but recent experiences…
