{"id":11,"date":"2008-04-26T23:36:51","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T06:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-02-26T10:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:17:53","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/staff","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rev. Dr. Damon D. Laaker<\/a>, Pastor<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/em>A graduate of Christ Seminary – Seminex<\/a>, Pastor Laaker has served Grace for the last 40+ years. Heralding from Western Nebraska, Laaker began his ministry in Omaha on the northside. He now serves on the near south side in an urban area.<\/p>\n

Pastor Laaker received his undergraduate training at St. Pauls College, Concordia, Mo. earning an A.A. degree in 1972. He received his B.A. degree from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, In. in 1974. He graduated from Christ Seminary, St. Louis, in 1978 with an M. Div. degree. He received his Doctor Of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Care and Counseling from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago in May 1995.<\/p>\n

Pastor Laaker serves half-time at Grace. He also serves St. Luke’s Lutheran half time.<\/p>\n

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Brenda Spahr<\/a>, Secretary<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/em>Brenda Spahr became the part-time office secretary of Grace Church in March of 2010. She brings a patient love to serve all people.<\/p>\n

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Grace is currently searching for an organist.<\/a>, Organist<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alma Lopez, Sexton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Alma Lopez began working part-time for Grace in February 2014.<\/p>\n

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Barnabas Dyedi, <\/span>Sudanese Ministry Leader<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Barnabas Dyedi is a dedicated leader that has a passion for helping the Mabaan community in Omaha and beyond. We are blessed by his leadership. He is pursuing theological training to become an ELCA pastor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rev. Dr. Damon D. Laaker, Pastor A graduate of Christ Seminary – Seminex, Pastor Laaker has served Grace for the last 40+ years. Heralding from Western Nebraska, Laaker began his ministry in Omaha on the northside. He now serves on the near south side in an urban area. Pastor Laaker received his undergraduate training at … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-pastor","post-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graceluth.com\/grace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}