Our Pastor

My name is Kenneth Reschke. The Lord has given me the tremendous privilege of serving as Pastor here at Trinity Lutheran Church.

I was born on August 8th, 1993. My father is a machinist who makes parts for paper machines, and my mother is a graphic designer. I am the youngest of three children, with one older brother who lives in Appleton WI, and my older sister is married to Pastor Swanson, who serves a small town near Watertown, WI.

I was baptized at St. Paul’s, Wrightstown, and attended Preschool and kindergarten there. After those years, my family transferred membership to St. Mark, Green Bay, where I had the benefit of seeing a great number of Godly role models enthusiastically preaching the Word of God.

For high school, I attended the local area high school, Fox Valley Lutheran. During these years I gained my love of cross country running and writing. During these years I also took my first job, working at God-Father’s Pizza.
Over the summers, I would volunteer at Camp Philip, a Christian summer camp. The experiences there are some of my fondest memories.

When the time came to move on to College, I went to MLC and began study to be a pastor. While there I furthered my enjoyment of running and had the chance to get the experience of working retail at Wal-Mart, and at a factory over the summers.
Before long, I progressed to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Over the summers, I had the opportunity to serve as a Summer Vicar at Light of Life in Greenwood Indiana, and help out at St. Peter’s in Helenville Wisconsin. My vicar year was spent in Brookings SD learning under Pastor Brokmeier and getting to know some of the culture of South Dakota. All of these helped to prepare me to serve God, and to serve you as your pastor. I graduated from the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2020 and received my first call to serve here in South Dakota.

I look forward to serving the members of Trinity Lutheran as well as the greater community of Sturgis.
God bless.