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 Pastor
Sam Zumwalt, 54, has been Senior Pastor of St.
Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church , Wilmington
, since July 2004. Most of
Pr. Zumwalt’s life and all of his previous years
of service as an ordained pastor were spent in Texas.
Pastor
Sam holds a BA in English and German from East
Texas State University , a Master of
Divinity from Christ Seminary, and the Doctor of
Ministry in Preaching from the Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago .
Ordained in 1981 in the former AELC,
Pr. Zumwalt served the first year after ordination
as a chaplain resident at Parkland Hospital in
Dallas TX and as a pastoral assistant at Good
Shepherd, Irving. He served
Lord of Life, Lancaster, a mission of the LCA the
next six years and then St. Matthew, Waco
, a mid-sized former LCA congregation for the next
seven years. After that, Pastor
Sam served as Senior Pastor of St. Martin’s in
downtown Austin , a large former ALC congregation,
for the next nine years.
Pastor
Zumwalt is married to Laura, an attorney, from Brenham
TX . Presently Laura is
working at home as mother to their daughter Clare.
Prior to their marriage, Pr. Sam was a
single-parent for five years. He
has three adult children from a previous marriage:
Stephen, 34; Layla, 31; and Joshua, 23, a
biological son serving in the Navy. Stephen
and Layla are both married and live in Dallas,
TX. Pastor Sam’s
grandchildren are Chloe, Karley, Frank, and
Peyton.
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 Nancy
Magruder and her family have been members here for over 6 years. She
has a college-aged daughter, Catherine, and a son, Patrick, who is
in elementary school. Nancy is married to Randy Magruder.. Nancy
has served as co-chair and chair of the Youth Ministry Team. Nancy 's
previous work experience includes working as an assistant teacher for
third grade in the New Hanover School System, and as a part-time
assistant in our Youth Ministry. We are excited about the talents Nancy
has brought to this position and the passion she has for working with
our young people.
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 Judy
Clemmons, our church Administrative Assistant,
is vital to the everyday operations of the church. She is always hard at
work behind the scenes!
Judy has
worked at St. Matthew's since March of 1999. She
worked at St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church
for 8 years prior to joining our staff. She is
married 35 years, and has 3 grown children and 8
grandchildren and one dog named Rusty.
As Administrative Assistant here
she also serves as coordinator for building use. She
schedules the calendar for building use and gets the
request forms for use to the Building Use Committee
for approval or disapproval. Judy enjoys walking and
she enjoys reading and doing puzzles. Judy is a long
time member of Wesleyan Chapel United Methodist
Church in Scotts Hill where she serves on the
Hospitality Committee, and as a Lay Minister.
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