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Bishop Stewart Ruch IIIBishop and Rector
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…
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Father Steve WilliamsonSr. Executive Pastor
My story with Jesus and his church God gave me the gift of an incredibly loving Christian family. Our lives centered around the Church, as…
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Father Brett CrullDiscipleship Pastor
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…
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Father Matt WoodleyMission Pastor
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Deacon Val McIntryePastor of Pastoral Care and Healing
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”…
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Will ChesterYouth 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…
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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…
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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…
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Meghan RobinsPastoral Care Director
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…
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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…
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Whitney BurnsPersonnel Director
I have been a Christian for the majority of my life, accepting Christ into my heart at the young age of six (or so) years.…
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Chad MagnusonChurch Planting Resident
My story with Jesus and the church One of God’s greatest gifts to me was a set of parents who loved the Lord and served…
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Deacon Margie FawcettClergy Cabinet Member
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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John RainesWorship Leader
John is married to Hattie, and they have one son, Faber Theodore (you can just call him Theo). They currently live in the Humboldt Park…
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Laura WruckOffice 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…
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Cecilia WhitacreFinance Assistant
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…
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Lydia SaldanhaWorship 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.…
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Emily PacchioliChildren's Manager
I came awake to the truth of the Gospel when I was sixteen years old. God spoke to my heart through Galatians 2:20, which a…
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Julia DamionMission Administrative Assistant
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…
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Christina FestenDiscipleship 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…
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Alison FreemanMinistry Resident
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…
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Hudson BrownMinistry Resident
I grew up in a Christian home surrounded by a family who loved God and loved each other, one of the greatest earthly gifts I…
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Mark MeyersMinistry Resident
I was born into a family who loved Jesus and taught me to do the same from a very young age. Through their faith and…
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Madeleine RuchMinistry Resident
I was born into a vibrant Christian family who introduced me to Jesus and his Church from the time I was born. My love for…
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Christy BodettMinistry Resident
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…
