Pastor David D. Reedy was born and raised in East Tennessee and joined the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod through adult confirmation at the age of 21.  He graduated from East Tennessee State University summa cum laude with a B.A. degree in Humanities concentrating in Philosophy.  In 1996 he graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and served parishes in Washburn/LaRose Illinois, Cincinnati Ohio and Dayton Tennessee.  In Cincinnati he also served as a part-time hospital chaplain at University Hospital.  Having previously served 8 years with the US Navy, Pastor Reedy was called to military chaplaincy and returned to active duty in 2005.  As an Air Force chaplain, he provided Presidential Support at Andrews Air Force Base, served for two years at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., deployed to Kirkuk Iraq as the Senior Protestant Chaplain, served a year remote tour in Osan South Korea, and three years as Senior Protestant Chaplain in Alconbury England.  In 2013 he was selected for specialized training in clinical pastoral care at the San Antonio Military Medical Center and served his last assignment providing spiritual support to Air Force wounded warriors and critically ill at Wilford Hall.  He retired from active duty on the December 29th 2014. He was called to serve at Mount Calvary in 2015.  Pastor Reedy met his wife Debbie in St. Louis and they were married in August 1995.  They have two children Bethany and Rebecca.

Rev. Harrison Goodman is the newest addition to our pastoral staff coming to us from Nebraska. He obtained his Bachelors degree from Illinois State University in 2006 and graduated from Concordia Seminary Ft. Wayne in 2010. He has served as an ordained pastor since 2010. He is a known leader with Higher Things Youth Ministry and does regular podcasting. He has a love for liturgical worship and preaching the Gospel. Mount Calvary is very happy to welcome Pastor Goodman and his wife and two children to our family.

Craig Meissler was baptized into the faith at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Munster Indiana. The love of church music began at home, where Craig’s father would play classical organ records, and was reinforced by his family’s regular attendance at church.  At the age of five, Craig’s family moved north to Hales Corners, Wisconsin which is a small community southwest of Milwaukee. He attended Hales Corners Lutheran School and then Martin Luther High School. After serving a four year enlistment in the United States Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist in Korea and Utah, Craig remained in Ogden, Utah and attended Weber State College and served as the music director at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogden. After working in the private sector and serving as a music director at churches in Utah and Wisconsin, Craig moved from Appleton, Wisconsin to Mesa, Arizona to help his siblings care for his father who had, and succumbed to prostate cancer in 1994. Craig met his wife Nia while in Arizona, and we were married at Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix. While in Phoenix, Craig and Nia were told that they would be unable to have children and made plans to move to Austin for Craig to attend the pre-seminary program at Concordia University and then on to the seminary in Fort Wayne. Two months before their intended move, Nia became pregnant with their first child – and plans to move to Texas and the seminary were placed on hold. Upon the start of their family, Craig respected Nia’s desire to be at home with their child, and instead stayed on in his position with his current employer. Eventually, that same company moved Craig’s new family to Austin, Texas where he served as Music Director at Mt. Olive Lutheran while continuing to hold his full-time job. Finally, due to frequent changes in upper management within his company, Craig accepted a new position as area manager in Wisconsin with another national staffing company, and moved his growing family to Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

In Sheboygan, Craig served as Director of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church. His family grew by yet another child, and in 2003, He received and accepted a call to be Minister of Music at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. During his tenure at Shepherd of the Hills he completed his seminary education and grew his family by two more children.  Craig and Nia have been married for twenty-one years and are blessed with five children In the spirit of full disclosure, they still maintain an unwavering allegiance to the Green Bay Packers, bratwurst, and most cheeses.

Butch Watson has served served the people of Mount Calvary for over 25 years. A certified Lay Minister with the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, Butch provides critical spiritual care for our home bound members and ill of the congregation.

If you call the church office, you are likely to speak with Susan, who has faithfully served Mount Calvary for over 15 years!

David Thompson serves as our Facility Manager. Retired from active duty military service, he provides logistical support for events and activities as well as taking care of all aspects of our facility. David served as a facility manager during President Bush’s tenure overseeing the presidential campus on the Bush ranch in Crawford Texas as well as providing facility support to the White House.